Posted on 07/07/2011 4:52:14 AM PDT by marktwain
Part of 'Operation Castaway'?
Exclusive Special Report by Mike Vanderboegh and David Codrea
Virginia O’Brien, Special Agent in Charge at the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives Tampa Field Division, ran a gun-running investigation that was walking guns to Honduras using the techniques and tactics identical to Fast and Furious, it was reported to these correspondents this evening via private correspondence from a proven credible source.
On 21 September, 2010, A. Brian Albritton, United States Attorney for the Middle District of Florida issued a press release on Operation Castaway:
Part of 'Operation Castaway'?
Exclusive Special Report by Mike Vanderboegh and David Codrea
Virginia O’Brien, Special Agent in Charge at the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives Tampa Field Division, ran a gun-running investigation that was walking guns to Honduras using the techniques and tactics identical to Fast and Furious, it was reported to these correspondents this evening via private correspondence from a proven credible source.
On 21 September, 2010, A. Brian Albritton, United States Attorney for the Middle District of Florida issued a press release on Operation Castaway:
United States Attorney A. Brian Albritton, Virginia O’Brien, Special Agent in Charge of central and northern Florida Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) operations, and Susan McCormick, Special Agent in Charge, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), Homeland Security Investigations, Tampa Field Office announce the initial results of Operation Castaway, an intensive and wideranging Organized Crime and Drug Enforcement Task Force (OCDETF) firearms trafficking investigation conducted by ATF, ICE, the Orange County Sheriff’s Office, the Osceola County Sheriff’s Office, the Brevard County Sheriff’s Office, and the Miami-Dade Police Department. ATF describes Operation Castaway as the most significant firearms trafficking investigation in Central Florida history.
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Another point Melson clarified for investigators was that the ATF group carrying out the mission of Operation Fast and Furious was placed under the direction of the Arizona U.S. Attorney’s office.
I'm thinkin' it's about time to start looking a little more closely at a LOT of different US Attorneys' offices.
bttt
It’s pretty simple. This Admin HATES guns...and wants to exercise GUN CONTROL domestically. How better, than to get a bunch of US guns involved in MURDERS and crime, and then cry OUT for the need of gun control? Remember...this admin never wastes a crisis. Who says they won’t CREATE one to use?
The NYT, LAT, WarshPost and other Leftwingtard operations ran the stories under their own or "attributed" bylines.
Those stories are no longer available at the WarshPost public server.
The "gunrunner" program seems to have been designed to fill the gap with real guns!
Ill assume your question isn’t rhetorical. F&F’s primary goal was to manufacture ‘evidence’ that guns from the US were causing significant problems in Mex. and the border. Therefore, it would be incumbent on Congress to draft and pass even more stringent (draconian really) gun control such as a permanent ban on ‘assault weapons’ etc etc. How do we know this was the purpose? First, the ATF had no means of tracking the weapons after they left the country. Once guns were confiscated at crime scenes in Mex there was no way to do a back trace b/c 1) the ATF never told the Mex authorities about their op and 2) the ATF had no substantial presence in Mex with which to do the leg work of sorting thru the weapons and doing the traces. In the last few days there have been news stories saying that guns from F&F have shown up in crimes scenes here. So, our own govt was in the business of abridging our rights...that quite some stmt isn’t it!! At this point the talking TV heads and pols in DC are singing the ATF had the best of intentions song. Soon though its going to become obvious just how wrong they’ve been to cover for the ATF and the Barry Soetoro administration..
Thats only half the story tho. Theres another class of weapons which haven’t been discussed much. Those would be DDs (grenades mostly I think) and select fire weapons. The SF weapons certainly wouldn’t have come from US gun dealers, they’re far too expensive, not so prevalent (most at least) and the time for a sale can be very long (months). As for the grenades found at crime scenes they’ve been proven to be of US origin via military aid. That means Mex or some other South American govt is selling its military aid (or surplus) on the black market or even directly to the drug cartels. Then there are all those weapons which originated in China, Russia etc. Basically, they’re using the drug cartels to wage war against the US and the Mex people. LOL, and the UN huffs and puffs about stopping small arms trafficking. Its their own members who are up to their eyeballs in it. I cant think of any rational reason they’d stop b/c the UN said so.
I think this would qualify as a process "under the radar."
I hope Grassley and Issa destroy these bums.
Exactly why did they want the border sector from the Gulf of California to Big Bend OPEN.
President of Honduras may want a little payback. I know I would be pretty angry.
“Okay, I’ve had enough of this crap.”
So?
“All holy hell is going to break loose if A. this crap isn’t stopped immediately. B. Current laws on the books are not brought into line with the McDonald and Heller decisions. C. Any new anti-gun laws are passed.”
A. It won’t stop. It never does.
B. One case at a time, kicking and screaming and taking advantage of the stupidly high cost of filing and winning suits.
C. There will be.
So whatcha gonna do about it?
Maybe Holder wanted border agents killed? Are most of them white?
SAC = Strategic Arms Control
Cummings did more to draw attention to his probable involvement in organized crime than it did to cause concern about “too many guns on the street”.
All those jokes about "Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms" being a convenience store, not a government agency? They weren't joking.
But Honduras????
Just in time to arm a guerilla movement for the return of Zelaya?
Mexico gets most of its guns from Central and/or South America. If the admin wanted to get weapons into the hands of Mexican criminals, makes sense they’d send guns there.
G-d Help us!
Not sure He hears us any-more. If He can turn His back on His chosen people, where does that put America?/ with its’ idolatry, abortion and homosexuality, just to mention a few?
America is as the Jews of Old Testament. When you eat the fatted calf too long, you tend to forget about the God of Israel who provided the feast.
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