Posted on 05/15/2012 7:00:09 PM PDT by Rebelbase
JACKSONVILLE, N.C. (CBS Charlotte) — An investigation conducted by the Naval Criminal Investigative Service finds that Marines stationed at Camp Lejeune sold $2 million in stolen combat equipment online to gangs in the U.S. and other foreign countries, including China and Russia.
The Jacksonville Daily News reports that the two-year undercover investigation implicated nearly 60 people.
(Excerpt) Read more at charlotte.cbslocal.com ...
Gibbs must jave been on the case!
Semper non-Fidelis
Eric Holder has to be involved in this somehow.
Hopefully it was the early Gibbs and NCIS not what is on now.
Hopefully it was the early Gibbs and NCIS not what is on now.
God save us all...
60 people??
whoa
and the investigation of the MISSING 8 Billion US dollars that our government sent to Iraq is where in the invetigative process?
An FBI agent visiting my indoor range in CA told me this was going on in 1999. The weapons are being sold by gang members who joined the military and sell to their homies. The weapons are being cached in anticipation of a hot shooting war on our soil. Gangs vs everyone else. This isn’t news. It is a long term pattern. It won’t be pleasant when the shooting starts.
Gangs infiltrating the armed services?
Dang it! I wanted some IR Night 3gen goggles real bad too.
The fish rots from the head down.
We have Russian soldiers training WITH our troops at Ft Carson this weekend. Why are they here? Would they be deployed against non-compliant US citizens? Will they be useful when Obama has “more flexibility” after the election? What did Medvedyev tell Vladimir after the meeting with Obama?
“Fast and Furious” is where our government supplied Mexican gangs with weaponry.
Now we hear that “Marines” are being accused of selling to “Mexican gangs”.
I have a very good idea how hard it is to get a weapon out of an arms room. It ain’t easy.
I know how hard it is to “lose” a weapon and just say, “sorry, sorry, sorry....lost it.” It is impossible. The command will turn an installation over spade by spade for a lost weapon.
I know how closely weapons transfers and turn-ins are monitored. See above: “lost weapon”.
IOW, I’m damned suspicious of this, and I wonder if there wasn’t a “Marine” level fast & furious going on.
I know it’s just speculating...suspicious mind, conspiracy, all that....but given F&F, if I were the US House of Reps, I’d put a hold on this investigation and take it over.
I saw an article in the Raleigh News and Disturber and recognized a name. I think I was in his wedding. He was selling military stuff including weapons and NCIS was investigating. I read the article and locked a search on the name.
The article disappeared. I googled it and found another on WRAL. To my knowledge, nothing has happened since. Weird
Heard that too, from farther back. Some left the country.
“RALEIGH, N.C. – Military authorities recovered about $1.8 million in stolen property as part of an ongoing investigation that so far involves almost 70 civilians and active-duty Marines and sailors.”
Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/us/2012/05/15/2m-in-stolen-military-property-recovered/#ixzz1uzqocGBL
““We’re talking about sophisticated, hi-tech flashlights that cost the government up to $800 per unit,” an official told Stars and Stripes. “The temptation and ease with which to steal and sell them, for some, is irresistible.”
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