Posted on 07/10/2011 5:48:34 PM PDT by moonshinner_09
WASHINGTON The embattled head of the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives has told congressional investigators that some Mexican drug cartel figures targeted by his agency in a gun-trafficking investigation were paid informants for the FBI and Drug Enforcement Administration.
Kenneth Melson, the ATF's acting director, has been under pressure to resign after the agency allowed guns to be purchased in the U.S. in hopes they would be traced to cartel leaders.
Under the gun-trafficking operation known as Fast and Furious, the ATF lost track of the guns. Many were found at crime scenes in Mexico. Two guns also were recovered near Nogales, Ariz., where a U.S. Border Patrol agent was killed.
Gun-trafficking controversy
In two days of meetings with congressional investigators over the weekend, Melson said the FBI and DEA kept the ATF "in the dark" about their relationships with the cartel informants. If ATF agents had known of the relationships, the agency might have ended the investigation earlier, he said.
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That's a fact.
It feels a little strange recommending that foreign nations accuse us of terrorism doesn’t it? But it’s going to take a village of nations to help us get rid of our idiot tyrant.
Remember what the Rat left did to Ollie North in Iran-Contra?
Reagan sold weapons to a recognized foreign government (legal act of the Executive branch) and they tried to railroad Ollie while violating the Fifth Amendment.
Obummer sold and delivered weapons to KNOWN narco-terrorist gangs and conspired with them to accomplish murders of Mexican and US government officials.
How bad do you want it to get before you use the words asocial terrorist sociopath?
If you’ve seen many of my posts at all you would know that I’ve been calling him that and worse for quite some time.
However Obummer is the first President in a long time that is ACTUALLY guilty of the very serious crimes.
I keep getting attacked for such trivial stuff I guess I'm getting a little jumpy.
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