Fast and Furious 3
Mistakes can't be rewarded
- The Minot Daily News (N.D.)
The federal government "is broken," it has been said. Why? Because incompetence is rewarded too often while misconduct goes unpunished. It has happened again, this time regarding mistakes that may well have cost lives. For many months the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives operated a program code-named "Fast and Furious." Its intent was to learn more about how U.S. firearms are sent to Mexico, where drug cartels put them to murderous use.
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BATFE director out of top job
- CBS News
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives Acting Director Kenneth Melson is being moved out of the top job at the bureau, ATF special agents in charge announced during an internal conference call today. He will transfer to the Justice Department and assume the position of senior advisor on forensic science, Office of Legal Programs.
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Gun inquiry costs officials their jobs
- The New York Times
The Obama administration on Tuesday replaced two top Justice Department officials associated with an ill fated investigation into a gun trafficking network in Arizona that has been at the center of a political conflagration.
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Grassley, Issa: Shakeup Won't Stop Probe of ATF
- The Wall Street Journal
There might be more to come in the investigation of the anti gun trafficking program that sparked the shakeup at the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, according to two lawmakers who have spearheaded the congressional probe.
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More Fallout Expected Over Botched Gun Sting
- National Juornal
The botched sting operation known as Operation Fast And Furious has claimed the careers of at least three Justice Department officials, with Republican lawmakers expecting even more fallout to come.
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New warning bells in Operation Fast and Furious probe
- Washington Examiner
A bruised and battered veteran of the U.S. Civil Service explained how the government silences whistleblowers and other uncooperative employees: "They give you a big promotion, a fancy title and a new office, but no staff and nothing to do.
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Heads Roll In Wake of BATFE Fast and Furious Scandal

In the latest development in the on-going Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (BATFE) Fast and Furious scandal, the Department of Justice announced this week the appointment of U.S. Attorney for the District of Minnesota B. Todd Jones to serve as Acting Director of BATFE, replacing Kenneth Melson. The DOJ also announced that Dennis Burke, U.S. attorney for the district of Arizona, has resigned. And the Wall Street Journal reported that Emory Hurley, the assistant U.S. attorney responsible for the day-to-day operations of Fast and Furious, has been removed from his post and reassigned to the departments Civil Division.
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Cover-up in ATF gunwalker case?
- CBS News
Congressional investigators tell CBS News there`s evidence the U.S. Attorney`s office in Arizona sought to cover up a link between their controversial gunwalking operation known as "Fast and Furious" and the death of Border Patrol Agent Brian Terry.
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White House received emails about Fast and Furious gun-trafficking operation
- Los Angeles Times
Newly obtained emails show that the White House was better informed about a failed gun-tracking operation on the border with Mexico than was previously known.
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Evidence Suggests Cover-Up in ATF Scandal, as More Guns Appear at Crime Scenes
- Fox News
Just hours after the death of Border Patrol agent Brian Terry, federal officials tried to cover up evidence that the gun that killed Terry was one the government intentionally helped sell to the Mexican cartels in a weapons trafficking program known as Operation Fast and Furious.
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Fast & Furious fallout: Holder should be next
- Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
Tuesday`s replacement of the acting director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, who led Operation Fast and Furious, and resignation of the U.S. attorney for Arizona, who oversaw related prosecutions, are fitting consequences for their roles in that fiasco. But they leave open questions of higher officials` culpability.
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Editorial: Keep asking questions about bungled gun sting
- Detroit News
Continued probing by Congress is needed into the botched federal gun-running sting known as Operation Fast and Furious. This week, the acting head of the primary agency that ran the failed sting, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms, was removed and reassigned. But the real question is how much about the operation was known by senior members of the U.S. Department of Justice, including Atty. Gen. Eric Holder.
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BATFE Gunwalker case to be transferred out of Arizona
- CBS News
In a move that signals more trouble for the US Attorney's office in Arizona, sources tells CBS News the Department of Justice is transferring two controversial weapons cases and a murder case to other districts. The cases are the Fast and Furious "gunwalker" case, a major grenade case, and the murder of Border Patrol Agent Brian Terry. "The Department of Justice is giving a no confidence vote to the US Attorney's office in Arizona," says one law enforcement source.
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Gun store owner had misgivings about BATFE sting
- The Los Angeles Times
In the fall of 2009, ATF agents installed a secret phone line and hidden cameras in a ceiling panel and wall at Andre Howard's Lone Wolf gun store. They gave him one basic instruction: Sell guns to every illegal purchaser who walks through the door. For 15 months, Howard did as he was told. To customers with phony IDs or wads of cash he normally would have turned away, he sold pistols, rifles and semiautomatics. He was assured by the ATF that they would follow the guns, and that the surveillance would lead the agents to the violent Mexican drug cartels on the Southwest border.
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White House records sought in inquiry on BATFE gun operation
- The Los Angeles Times
Congressional investigators formally asked the Obama administration to turn over copies of "all records" involving three key White House national security officials and the failed gun tracking program Operation Fast and Furious.
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Obama Misinformation Machine Gears Up
In a clear sign the 2012 presidential election campaign is in full swing, the Obama campaign launched a new website this week: AttackWatch.com
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White House official was told of BATFE plan
- The Washington Post
Congressional investigators looking into the operation have been probing whether high level Obama administration officials were aware of Fast and Furious.
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Grassley questions if the White House tried to cover up BATFE's 'Fast & Furious'
- The Hill
Sen. Chuck Grassley (R Iowa) questioned Friday whether high ranking White House officials tried to cover up their knowledge of the "Fast and Furious" gun trafficking operation.
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McCain wants Senate hearing on Fast and Furious
- The Associated Press
McCain on Wednesday asked the Homeland Security & Governmental Affairs Committee for a hearing as soon as possible on the operation, known as "Fast and Furious."
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Cox: 'Fast and Furious' scandal has Obama administration in full cover-up mode
- The Daily Caller
The more we learn about the "Fast and Furious" scandal -- in which the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (BATFE) illegally facilitated the transfer of thousands of guns to violent drug cartels in Mexico -- the more apparent it is that we are witnessing a large scale cover up of epic proportions.
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Lawmakers claim Justice Inspector obstructed probe into 'Fast and Furious'
- Fox News
The inspector general of the Department of Justice undermined and obstructed a congressional investigation by releasing secret tape recordings that corroborate allegations of misconduct in "Operation Fast and Furious," according to a letter written by Rep. Darrell Issa and Sen. Charles Grassley.
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Holder's hell week: More Fast & Furious fallout
- The New York Post
The stench from Washington is getting stronger. Rep. Darrell Issa has called for a special prosecutor to get to the bottom of the festering mess known as Operation Fast and Furious.
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The Big Question Is: Who Knew?
Where Will The Buck Stop When It Comes To BATFEs Failed Fast and Furious Operation?
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The Cover-Up
No longer content with simply stonewalling a congressional investigation into Operation Fast and Furious, President Barack Obamas Justice Department is now engaging in a full-blown cover-up through the promotion of hostile witnesses as investigators within BATFE.
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Republicans step up pressure on Holder as more details surface on 'Fast and Furious'
- Fox News
Congressional Republicans once again are turning up the heat on Attorney General Eric Holder, asking more questions about whether he had a role in the controversial anti gunrunning operation known as "Fast and Furious."
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Lawyers, guns, and money
- The Weekly Standard
Last December, U.S. border patrol agent Brian Terry was murdered in a firefight with three Mexican nationals in Arizona. Two guns recovered at the crime scene were traced back to an ongoing Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) investigation, informally known under the code names "Gunwalker" and "Fast and Furious." As part of this investigation, ATF had allowed American firearms dealers to sell more than 2,000 guns to Mexican criminal gangs with no plan to interdict or recover the guns. Several ATF agents had expressed concern about the operation. One of the firearms dealers involved had even emailed the ATF agent in charge to express concern that the operation was putting the lives of border patrol agents at risk -- six months before Terry's murder.
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U.S. government used taxpayer funds to buy, sell weapons during 'Fast and Furious,' documents show
- Fox News
Not only did U.S. officials approve, allow and assist in the sale of more than 2,000 guns to the Sinaloa cartel the federal government used taxpayer money to buy semi automatic weapons, sold them to criminals and then watched as the guns disappeared.
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Fast and Furious: Using humans as collateral damage
- Town Hall
The Canyon Del Oro High School auditorium in Tucson, Ariz. was packed full of at least 500 people last night as anxious tea party members waited to hear from ATF whistleblower Vince Cefalu, Pinal County Sheriff Paul Babeu and Arizona Rep. Paul Gosar about the Obama Justice Department's Operation Fast and Furious. The theme of the night? Accountability. "The only thing I have ever asked is to put all the cards on the table. Tell the truth," ATF whistleblower Vince Cefalu said.
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Informant helped smuggle guns to Mexico, investigators say
- The Los Angeles Times
An FBI/DEA confidential informant helped smuggle firearms from the ATF's Fast and Furious gun trafficking surveillance operation to drug cartels in Mexico, according to evidence compiled by congressional investigators.
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More Fast and Furious hearings could come as early as next month
- ABC News (Phoenix, Ariz.)
More Congressional hearings in the Fast and Furious case could come as early as next month, meanwhile hearings could be starting up right here in Arizona. Congressman Darrell Issa, Chairman of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and committee member, Rep. Paul Gosar, were in Phoenix over the weekend, talking to the ABC15 Investigators about the future of the controversial case, which involves the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives.
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Gunrunning informant used taxpayer money to buy drugs, possibly ...?
- Fox News
Congressional investigators are confronting the Justice Department about evidence they say indicates an FBI informant used U.S. taxpayer money not only to buy drugs but also possibly to buy guns for the Sinaloa cartel.
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Obama evades 'Fast and Furious' questions from Latino media
- The Daily Caller
During a White House roundtable with three Spanish language media outlets on Wednesday, President Barack Obama skated around questions about Operation Fast and Furious.
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A 'Furious' revelation: Feds sold guns to drug gangs
- The New York Post
This just might be the smoking gun we've been waiting for to break the festering "Fast and Furious" gun running scandal wide open: the Department of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives apparently ordered one of its own agents to purchase firearms with taxpayer money, and sell them directly to a Mexican drug cartel.
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Allegation: BATFE target was FBI informant
- CBS News
Confidential sources have told Congressional investigators that a main target ATF was trying to identify in Fast and Furious was actually a DEA confidential informant working with the FBI. That twist is just part of the new information included in a letter from Sen. Charles Grassley (R Iowa) and Rep. Darrell Issa (R CA) addressed directly to Attorney General Eric Holder, who has indicated he neither knew of nor approved of the "gunwalking" operation that allegedly allowed thousands of weapons to be sold to suspected traffickers for Mexican drug cartels.
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