“Completely embarrassing.”
He told them he was in contact with Mexican cartel members at the time, too. But he promised them — cross his heart and hope to die — that he would help them with their imbecilic gunrunning operation if they let him go. Which they did. And of course, they never heard from him
In light of the “Fast and Furious” fiasco, the Obama administration is embarrassing itself whenever it tries to convince the public that on issues like healthcare and immigration reform, the government is well equipped to ensure the safety of the American people.
Read the rest at Big Government
Beaver: Hey Wally! I got a swell idea!
Wally: Well, ya gonna keep me waiting all day? Spit it out.
Beaver: Well, when those mean old drug cartels in Mexico wanna get weapons and stuff, we could give ‘em ours and look the other way and then track ‘em once the bad guys have ‘em!
Wally: That’s a stupid idea. Y’know, you’re just a little kid. You should be out playin’ ball with Lumpy and let the big kids worry about stuff like that.
Beaver: Well gosh Wally, I’m just tryin’ ta help.
Do you ever get the feeling this country is being run by a bunch of corrupt and incompetent boobs? Yeah! Me too.
WASHINGTON – Late Friday, the White House turned over new documents in the Congressional investigation into the ATF “Fast and Furious” gunwalking scandal.
The documents show extensive communications between then-ATF Special Agent in Charge of the Phoenix office Bill Newell – who led Fast and Furious – and then-White House National Security Staffer Kevin O’Reilly. Emails indicate the two also spoke on the phone. Such detailed, direct communications between a local ATF manager in Phoenix and a White House national security staffer has raised interest among Congressional investigators looking into Fast and Furious. Newell has said he and O’Reilly are long time friends.
Typical of the Obama regime. The bad news gets released late on a Friday, right before the weekend so it’ll blow over before Monday and basically be forgotten about. That is this administration’s M.O.
ATF agents say that in Fast and Furious, their agency allowed thousands of assault rifles and other weapons to be sold to suspected traffickers for Mexican drug cartels. At least two of the guns turned up at the murder scene of Border Patrol Agent Brian Terry last December. Read the rest
Go ahead and check these documents and emails out. Not looking good at all for “The Regime.”
Newly-released White House documents (pdf)
ATF Manager says he shared Fast and Furious with the White House
ATF Fast and Furious: Who at the White House knew?
Newell email (09.03.10) (pdf)
Arizona Gunrunner Impact Team chart (pdf)
O’Reilly email (09.03.10) (pdf)
That seems to be the regime’s mantra… corruption. The only problem is, Rep. Darrel Issa. He’s not going to let go of this, and heads will roll. I’m glad he’s on our side.
via the Washington Times:
The Obama administration sought to intimidate witnesses into not testifying to Congress on Tuesday about whether ATF knowingly allowed weapons, including assault rifles, to be “walked” into Mexico, the chairman of a House committee investigating the program said in an interview Monday.
House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Darrell E. Issa, California Republican, said at least two scheduled witnesses expected to be asked about a controversial weapons investigation known as “Fast and Furious”received warning letters from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives to limit their testimony.[...]
Mr. Issa also said he is certain the Fast and Furious operation was known by most top officials at the Justice Department and that Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. either knew and misled Congress, or was so out of the loop that he’s guilty of mismanagement.
“How is it that the No. 2, 3, 4 at Justice all knew about this program, but the No. 1 didn’t?,” Mr. Issa said. “Is it because he said ‘don’t tell me’? Is it because they knew what they were doing is wrong, and they were protecting their boss? Or is it that Eric Holder is just so disconnected … ?
“Whichever it is — he knew and he’s lied to Congress, or he didn’t know, and he’s so detached that he wasn’t doing his job — that really probably is for the administration to make a decision on, sooner not later,” Mr. Issa said.
This is going to get interesting before it’s all over.
Incompetent. Stupid. Amateur. Corrupt. Radical-infested. Those are just a few accurate descriptors of this administration which has been nothing less than a giant clusterfuck since day one. Since we had to have a Democrat this time around, it should have been Hilary Clinton. I can honestly say yeah, I miss the good old days of the Carter administration. This presidency is a complete bust. I sure hope those of you that voted “hope and change” have learned your lesson. If you haven’t, well, the definition of insanity is repeating the same act while expecting a different result. You dig?
Imagine if you will the Bush administration ordering ATF agents to look the other way when American guns headed to the Mexican cartels passed illegally through the border. How would that make you feel? Now for the 64 thousand dollar question. Would you still be that fired up if it were the Obama administration that gave that order?
Do you know how to tell if you’re a phony, astroturf citizen? You will make excuses for one, and be outraged about the other. That means you are a follower, a simpleton following the pied piper and putting your loyalties to a man, not the law, and the country. Which one are you?
(CBS News) WASHINGTON – Federal agent John Dodson says what he was asked to do was beyond belief.
He was intentionally letting guns go to Mexico?
“Yes ma’am,” Dodson told CBS News. “The agency was.”
An Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms senior agent assigned to the Phoenix office in 2010, Dodson’s job is to stop gun trafficking across the border. Instead, he says he was ordered to sit by and watch it happen.
2010. Why that would be Obama’s watch, wouldn’t it? This lunacy is beyond belief.
“I’m boots on the ground in Phoenix, telling you we’ve been doing it every day since I’ve been here,” he said. “Here I am. Tell me I didn’t do the things that I did. Tell me you didn’t order me to do the things I did. Tell me it didn’t happen. Now you have a name on it. You have a face to put with it. Here I am. Someone now, tell me it didn’t happen.”
Sounds pretty convincing to me. I understand an investigation is forthcoming. It should not be conducted by the Obama administration, we already know what that outcome would be.
Agent Dodson and other sources say the gun walking strategy was approved all the way up to the Justice Department. The idea was to see where the guns ended up, build a big case and take down a cartel. And it was all kept secret from Mexico.
ATF named the case “Fast and Furious.”
Surveillance video obtained by CBS News shows suspected drug cartel suppliers carrying boxes of weapons to their cars at a Phoenix gun shop. The long boxes shown in the video being loaded in were AK-47-type assault rifles.
So it turns out ATF not only allowed it – they videotaped it.
Remember, videotape doesn’t matter to the Justice Dept. The New Black Panthers case showed us that.
In related news. Our agents in Mexico, even the undercover agents, well, you won’t believe what the incompetent fool has ordered. This defies logic. I’ll just give you the headline, and you need to be sitting down for this one. Obama: No Arming of U.S. Agents in Mexico. How much longer until this buffoon is sent back to Chicago? It can’t come soon enough.