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Report by House Democrats Absolves Administration in Gun Trafficking Case
NY Times ^ | January 31, 2012 | CHARLIE SAVAGE

Posted on 01/30/2012 10:16:33 PM PST by neverdem

WASHINGTON — Democrats on the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee on Tuesday are expected to publish a report on the disputed gun trafficking investigation called Operation Fast and Furious, concluding that agents in Arizona — not Obama administration officials — were responsible for the tactics used in the inquiry and for providing misleading information relayed to Congress.

In an 89-page report, titled “Fatally Flawed: Five Years of Gun-walking in Arizona,” the Democratic staff portrays Fast and Furious as the fourth investigation, dating back to 2006, in which Arizona-based agents of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives employed the tactic “gun-walking” — failing to interdict illegally purchased guns in an attempt to build a bigger case.

“This report debunks many unsubstantiated conspiracy theories,” Representative Elijah E. Cummings, Democrat of Maryland, wrote in a cover letter. “Contrary to repeated claims by some, the committee has obtained no evidence that Operation Fast and Furious was a politically motivated operation conceived and directed by high-level Obama administration political appointees at the Department of Justice.”

Still, because the report was written by Democrats, the political impact of its conclusion exonerating high-level officials of wrongdoing may be limited. Its publication comes two days before Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. is to testify before the committee. In previous hearings, Republicans have accused the department of sanctioning the tactics and lying to Congress.

In Fast and Furious, which ran from late 2009 to early 2011, A.T.F. officials lost track of about 2,000 guns purchased by suspected “straw buyers.” Many weapons are believed to have reached a Mexican drug cartel. Two guns linked to the investigation were found at the site of a shootout in which a Border Patrol agent, Brian Terry, was killed.

Congressional Republicans — led by Representative Darrell Issa of California, the...

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The NY Times buried it on page A17.

A Fast & Furious fib - Holes in Holder’s testimony?

That information came in a series of e-mails in which the former US attorney in Arizona, Dennis Burke, discussed the F&F’s first fatality, agent Brian Terry, with a Holder deputy. The e-mails were sent in the early hours of Dec. 15, 2010, the day Terry died of wounds received the day before in a shootout 18 miles inside the US border, near Nogales.

The deputy, Monty Wilkinson, responded: “Tragic. I’ve alerted the AG.”

1 posted on 01/30/2012 10:16:38 PM PST by neverdem
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To: neverdem

“Report by Baghdad Bob confirms no American troops have entered Baghdad”.


2 posted on 01/30/2012 10:18:11 PM PST by Cringing Negativism Network (Escape the Rino preserve!)
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To: neverdem

WHITEWASH!


3 posted on 01/30/2012 10:22:27 PM PST by SatinDoll (NO FOREIGN NATIONALS AS OUR PRESIDENT)
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To: neverdem
Still, because the report was written by Democrats, the political impact of its conclusion exonerating high-level officials of wrongdoing may be limited.

When the truth comes out, all these will have exposed themselves as accessories after the fact.

4 posted on 01/30/2012 10:24:59 PM PST by Smokin' Joe (How often God must weep at humans' folly. Stand fast. God knows what He is doing)
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To: neverdem

I had to make sure as I thought it was AzConservative, but with the NYT is is difficult to tell truth from fiction.


5 posted on 01/30/2012 10:25:18 PM PST by Michael.SF. (When you hear hooves, think horses, not zebras.)
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To: neverdem
Democrats on the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee on Tuesday are expected to publish a report . . .





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6 posted on 01/30/2012 10:28:51 PM PST by TLI ( ITINERIS IMPENDEO VALHALLA)
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To: neverdem

“Report by House Democrats Absolves Administration in Gun Trafficking Case”

Well then, that settles it. Whew. We can now move to other pressing matters. Like the re-election of Obama.


7 posted on 01/30/2012 10:35:40 PM PST by garjog (If not Newt, who?)
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To: Michael.SF.

For a minute there, you made me look...

Whew!

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8 posted on 01/30/2012 10:36:28 PM PST by TLI ( ITINERIS IMPENDEO VALHALLA)
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To: neverdem

This is one of the Congressional Black Caucus clowns who thinks white folk just pretended to like Herman Cain to hide their foul racism.


9 posted on 01/30/2012 10:36:59 PM PST by jiggyboy (Ten percent of poll respondents are either lying or insane)
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To: neverdem

The magic bullet theory rides again.


10 posted on 01/30/2012 10:38:50 PM PST by combat_boots (The Lion of Judah cometh. Hallelujah. Gloria Patri, Filio et Spiritui Sancto.)
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To: garjog
We can now move to other pressing matters. Like the re-election of Obama.

...and keeping Guam from capsizing

11 posted on 01/30/2012 10:44:36 PM PST by Doogle (((USAF.68-73..8th TFW Ubon Thailand..never store a threat you should have eliminated)))
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To: neverdem

“Nope, my brother didn’t kill those hens,” said the fox.


12 posted on 01/30/2012 10:54:49 PM PST by Lancey Howard
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To: neverdem

Issa puts up Fast and Furious Website

http://issues.oversight.house.gov/fastandfurious/


13 posted on 01/30/2012 11:02:51 PM PST by diji (IF YOU DON'T STAND BEHIND OUR TROOPS, PLEASE, FEEL FREE TO STAND IN FRONT OF THEM !)
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To: Cringing Negativism Network
“Report by Baghdad Bob confirms no American troops have entered Baghdad”.

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media-bias0

Countdown until Zer0 leaves Office: 355 days as of January 31, 2012.

14 posted on 01/30/2012 11:10:20 PM PST by BobP (The piss-stream media - Never to be watched again in my house)
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To: Doogle
"keeping Guam from capsizing"

Yes, our Representatives have failed to give the pressing issue of Island flipping enough attention. I say, appoint a Island Stability Czar immediately. AND we need to send a delegation to the south pacific for a fact finding tour. Of course they will have to make a few stops at golf courses in Hawaii.


15 posted on 01/30/2012 11:10:35 PM PST by garjog (If not Newt, who?)
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To: neverdem

Non-binding political theater that means little to nothing.


16 posted on 01/30/2012 11:11:54 PM PST by Gator113 (~Just livin' life, my way~..... GO NEWT GO--itÂ’s about the survival of our country!!)
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To: garjog
Excellent! I added a little documentation (and sarcasm with his new title) for ya. :)


17 posted on 01/31/2012 12:10:46 AM PST by Cobra64 (Common sense isn't common anymore.)
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To: SatinDoll
Who is going to buy this when the Criminal Division AUSA just invoked his 5th Amendment rights?

Let me be blunt. You can't lay on an operation like this without the help of the AUSA. All your wiretaps, subpoenas, warrants, etc. have to go through the AUSA. It doesn't matter if the head of ATF tells you to do it himself, you still can't get that stuff without the concurrence and support of the AUSA's office.

To buy this load of garbage one has to give a pass on Holder having no responsibility for either his enforcement agencies or the U.S. Attorneys that work directly for him. Additionally, at this point the scandal has gotten to breaking down the coverup and we don't even know what they were trying to cover up yet.

18 posted on 01/31/2012 12:26:50 AM PST by USNBandit (sarcasm engaged at all times)
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To: Joe Brower; Travis McGee; LucyT; vette6387; MetaThought; 60Gunner; XHogPilot; FreedomPoster; ...

Barf Warning. Ping.


19 posted on 01/31/2012 12:30:22 AM PST by MestaMachine (obama kills)
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To: neverdem

Blame-a-red-state


20 posted on 01/31/2012 1:04:28 AM PST by HiTech RedNeck (Sometimes progressives find their scripture in the penumbra of sacred bathroom stall writings (Tzar))
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