The Year in Review 2012: Deadly legacy of "Fast and Furious" lives on (guns)

UPI ^ | 12/28/12

[Libloather]

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U.S. Sen. Charles Grassley said two guns linked to the operation were found last month after a gun battle between Sinaloa drug cartel members and the Mexican military.

Grassley said one of the weapons was lost by federal agents during "Fast and Furious" and the other was originally purchased by George Gillett, who served as Assistant Special Agent in Charge of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives field office in Phoenix during the "Fast and Furious" scandal.

Grassley, who has asked Justice Department Inspector General Michael Horowitz to investigate the findings, said firearms records suggest Gillett was the purchaser of the weapon. He said it is one of three such records in Gillett's name that list a non-residential address.

"Using false home residences on Firearms Transaction Records is a felony," Grassley said.

[Libloather]

Some 2,000 weapons were lost under "Fast and Furious" and not one seizure was made, nor were any drug leaders arrested, officials said. The weapons are believed to still be moving back and forth across the U.S.-Mexican border and will likely show up at crime scenes for years, the Los Angeles Times reported.

Maybe the Gaffemaster will include this in his report.

[Perseverando]

Special thanks to Pookie18 - Today’s Toons

[RIghtwardHo]

I think this one upsets me the most that it is going nowhere.

[Joe Brower]

Ping.

[USNBandit]

This is what they were trying to get the ATF whistleblower to do, buy weapons and put them in play. I'm betting the guns bought by this agent were bought with government funds and then resold in undercover buys to people they knew would transfer them to parties in Mexico.

Loss of contraband during investigations is a huge error, to the point where numerous contingencies are made to ensure it doesn't happen. That includes blowing the operation to get the contraband back.

ATF made losing contraband a standard practice.

[Eagles6]

It appears that we are being let down one again by the party of no stones. They had more than enough to impeach the ursurper but in the end chose to do....nothing.