DOJ Office of the Inspector General: Report re: Operation "Fast & Furious", et al.
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Posted 30 October 2014 - 08:17 PM
#2
Posted 02 December 2012 - 11:49 PM
#3
Posted 01 December 2012 - 11:52 AM
Food, shelter, healthcare, and clothing (orange jumpsuit) forever, sure, or for a LONG time. They deserve to be prosecuted, and since the Feds won't go after them criminally, Arizona needs to, as does Mexico. They lied, they armed international criminals, and many people died.
They committed many crimes, many offenses of far greater harm than many who are, who have been, and who will be looked up for a long time. Hard time, fellas. You earned it.
As I'm sure you've said to many over the years, "Take it like a man."
#4
Posted 01 December 2012 - 08:45 AM
"All are expected to receive full retirement benefits."
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Posted 30 November 2012 - 09:44 PM
#6
Posted 30 November 2012 - 04:11 PM
According to credible ATF sources, officials heavily involved in Operation Fast and Furious and named as partially responsible for the program's failure by Department of Justice Inspector General Michael Horowitz and the House Oversight Committee have been stripped of their government security clearances while some have been fired, demoted, and transferred. Criminal charges are also reportedly pending.
Former ATF Special Agent in Charge of the Phoenix Field Division Bill Newell, former ATF Special Agent in Charge of Operations in the West Bill McMahon and former Assistant Special Agent in Charge of the Phoenix Field Division George Gillett have been fired while former Assistant Special Agent in Charge Jim Needles and Field Supervisor David Voth have been demoted. Hope McAllister, the lead case agent for Fast and Furious, has been put on leave and transferred out of Phoenix according to reports.
http://townhall.com/...rious_officials
#7
Posted 17 November 2012 - 01:14 PM
ProCon
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Posted 11 November 2012 - 10:56 PM
#9
Posted 26 October 2012 - 12:10 PM
I wonder how many Managers and Supervisors have experienced a 'Hard Drive Crash' while being involved in F&F and all other legal cases.
Why do you think they buy time?
This should be investigated: The number of ATF employees experiencing Hardware crashes while under investigation.
You will be surprised.
#10
Posted 26 October 2012 - 10:34 AM
GOD BLESS ATF AND GOD BLESS AMERICA
Rediscovered news account sheds light on Fast and Furious deception
- By: David Codrea
Gunwalking? What's that?
A two-year old news article about Arizona guns falling into the hands of Mexican cartels, that preceded the death of Border Patrol Agent Brian Terry and the unraveling of government-sanctioned gunwalking, has been rediscovered by Attorney David Hardy on his Of Arms and the Law blog. The story was filed “[r]ight in the middle of the Fast and Furious gunrunning,” Hardy observes, adding “with SAC William Newell overseeing the operation.”
Special Agent in Charge Newell headed the Phoenix field division from which Operation Fast and Furious was executed.
“Weapons that trace back to dealers and sellers in Arizona are being found at various Mexican crime scenes,” the ABC15 news account begins, citing Newell throughout.
Video: ATF's Newell denies gunwalking under oath
“At various Mexican crime scenes, Newell said they are finding weapons that trace back to dealers and sellers in Arizona,” the story continues, quoting Newell’s claim that “I go to Mexico all the time, I see US-sourced firearms there all the time. A large percentage of those firearms that they illegally acquire and illegally traffic to Mexico are from the U.S. and a large percentage are from Arizona.”
What Newell gave no hint of was the involvement of his office in doing its utmost to ensure that would happen, and by the time he opportunistically used the media as his mouthpiece, we know from the Congressional Joint Staff Report on Fast and Furious subtitled “Fueling Cartel Violence,” he was masking his involvement in upping the numbers at the same time he was exploiting gun trafficking as a public relations tool.
“In late 2009, ATF officials stationed in Mexico began to notice a large volume of guns appearing there that were traced to the ATF’s Phoenix Field Division,” the report reveals. “These weapons were increasingly recovered in great numbers from violent crime scenes. ATF intelligence analysts alerted Darren Gil, Attaché to Mexico, and Carlos Canino, Deputy Attaché, about the abnormal number of weapons. Gil and Canino communicated their worries to leadership in Phoenix and Washington, D.C., only to be brushed aside. Furthermore, ATF personnel in Arizona denied ATF personnel in Mexico access to crucial information about the case, even though the operation directly involved their job duties and affected their host country.
“Rather than share information, senior leadership within both ATF and the Department of Justice (DOJ) assured their representatives in Mexico that everything was ‘under control,’” the report continued. “The growing number of weapons recovered in Mexico, however, indicated otherwise.”
Noting the date when Newell was publicly wringing his hands about gun trafficking and private sales, it’s illustrative to note the report reveals “ATF officials in Mexico continued to raise the alarm over the burgeoning number of weapons. By October 2010, the amount of seized and recovered weapons had “maxed out” space in the Phoenix Field Division evidence vault. Nevertheless, ATF and DOJ failed to share crucial details of Operation Fast and Furious with either their own employees stationed in Mexico or representatives of the Government of Mexico.”
So while Newell was patting himself on the back and getting free publicity, his sanctioned operations were creating what Canino described as “the perfect storm of idiocy.”
We also know from the report that even though noises were being made to shut down Fast and Furious three months before Newell mugged for the ABC15 piece, it took the death of Border Patrol Agent Brian Terry, and the discovery of walked guns at his murder scene, to get ATF officials, who knew perfectly well their role in things, to abruptly pull the plug—contemporaneous with when Eric Holder aide Monty Wilkinson advised then-District of Arizona U.S. Attorney Dennis Burke “"I've alerted the AG..."
A congressional hearing exchange, featuring Newell being questioned by Rep. Jason Chaffetz, where the ATF caporegime dodges and weaves and denies guns were allowed to walk, is presented in this column’s sidebar video player. Because it is so unbelievable, watching it will be more instructive than any description. Also recall that Newell was the one who sent Fast and Furious information to then-Director of North American Affairs for the National Security Council Kevin O’Reilly with the caution “You didn’t get these from me,” that O’Reilly was removed from the country to a State Department assignment in Iraq, and that, even with his return, the White House Counsel will not allow him to testify to the Oversight Committee, and he has refused to cooperate with the Office of inspector General.
What’s clear is if the continued inquiry is left solely to Republican Congressional investigators, resolution will remain unattainable goals, blocked at every turn by continued DOJ stonewalling and legal maneuverings, by the Democrats, and by a media sympathetic to an uncooperative administration. The Republican leadership, the Romney/Ryan ticket and the National Rifle Association have all taken great advantage of Fast and Furious opportunities, but to date have refused to weigh in on the one thing that would ensure a complete and thorough accounting: a commitment by Mitt Romney that, if elected, he will revoke executive privilege protecting subpoenaed documents from the Oversight Committee, and direct his administration to cooperate fully with the investigation. Let anyone who objects to that for personal reasons lawyer up on their own dime, without the practically invulnerable shield and inexhaustible resources of the federal government to hide behind.
But the key, ultimately, is not with supposed friends, who for reasons of their own have kept silent on a Romney commitment—it’s with everyone who professes to want to see truth and justice and accountability for Fast and Furious. If you’re one of those, and have not yet made your expectations clear, the key is with you. If they only hear from a handful, they’ll figure the issue is safe to ignore with no repercussions, and they’ll probably be right.
#11
Posted 15 October 2012 - 07:50 AM
Thomas Sowell
#12
Posted 30 September 2012 - 07:18 AM
“The consequences of the controversial ‘Fast and Furious’ undercover operation put in place by the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) in 2009 have been deadlier than what has been
made public to date,” the network said. “The exclusive, in-depth investigation by Univision News’ award-winning Investigative Unit — Univision Investiga — has found that the guns that crossed the border as part of Operation Fast and Furious caused dozens of deaths inside Mexico.”
Among other groups of Fast and Furious victim stories Univision says it will tell in the special to air Sunday evening at 7 p.m., is one about how “16 young people attending a party in a residential area of Ciudad Juárez in January of 2010″ were gunned down with weapons the Obama administration gave to drug cartel criminals through Fast and Furious.
“Univision News’ Investigative Unit was also able to identify additional guns that escaped the control of ATF agents and were used in different types of crimes throughout Mexico,” the network added. “Furthermore, some of these guns — none of which were reported by congressional investigators — were put in the hands of drug traffickers in Honduras, Puerto Rico, and Colombia. A person familiar with the recent congressional hearings called Univision’s findings ‘the holy grail’ that Congress had been searching for.”
#13
Posted 29 September 2012 - 03:35 PM
As you can see from the drop in postings on this site, just like post 911 most people have lost their interest and moved on to something else or are too scared to open their mouths. Except for those who have lawsuits pending and other various personal interests at stake, no one cares anymore. The message has been chiseled into every Agents brain that what the law says does not matter if you open your mouth and speak against the organization. Yes you can stand on principle, but you will go bankrupt doing so in legal fees.
The intended chilling effect on all those who cannot retire and need their job has been a success. People on both sides of this will retire soon. I will be VERY surprised if a single person actually is fired. To think someone will be prosecuted is a pipe dream. All in all a few took heat and got some dirty laundry out into public view. In the end all will still have their fat pay checks and be just as stupid and incompetent as they were when it all began. This is the ATF culture....always was and always will be. Only thing that changes are the names.
#14
Posted 29 September 2012 - 12:03 PM
To ALL and with all do respect to the position of Acting Director, the Agency and DOJ DID NOT and never intended to show up to mediation in good faith. WEIGH YOUR choices closely before attending such a dog and pony show. On the LARGER Issue, obviously none of you agree with the Acting Director that CUATF is some internet "sideshow". FYI sir, I am reasonably certain you have not received close to a million visits to YOUR Changecasts. Thats because they go ignored. #2, I am reasonably confident that the United States Congress does not listen OR try to glean honesty or FACTS from your/ATF website. They DO however directly interact with this site because we answer their questions about corruption, mismanagement and waste fraud and abuse. We Do NOT default to DOJ or smoke and mirrors. ANSWER them as we have and the American People MAY start to trust ATF. YOU, NOT DOJ closed one of the most critical field offices in the country as it relates to genuine public safety. Tell him why. Its easy. You (ATF Bosses and Attorneys) DID have a good reason right?
#15
Posted 20 September 2012 - 08:27 PM
In July 2011, I told you all so...
"As many who have been thru a few rodeos know, often times, especially with things like F&F, the Wall Street banksters rip-off, etc, the "investigation" is part of the cover-up."
- Posted July 2011
#16
Posted 19 September 2012 - 02:47 PM
AG Holder also issued a statement, "“I want to assure the American people that I, and my colleagues at the Department, will continue......"
Duties of the Attorney General (among others):
- Supervise and direct the administration and operation of the offices, boards, divisions, and bureaus that comprise the Department.
- Furnish advice and opinions, formal and informal, on legal matters to the President and the Cabinet and to the heads of the executive departments and agencies of the government, as provided by law.
- Perform or supervise the performance of other duties required by statute or Executive Order.
Guess not......
#17 Guest_CUATF Webmaster_*
Posted 19 September 2012 - 01:38 PM
"A Review of ATF’s Operation Fast and Furious and Related Matters"
(redacted)
Attached Files
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Posted 13 September 2012 - 12:38 AM
#19
Posted 11 September 2012 - 07:25 PM
Who is paying the hourly fee for these attorneys? It's expensive.
#20
Posted 11 September 2012 - 05:44 PM
The way it ought to be.....
Mr. Horowitz, release this report!
instead of
Mr. Horowitz, redact this report!
(In memory of the words of a fine American President, Ronald Reagan)
("Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall!")
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Posted 11 September 2012 - 03:27 PM
#22
Posted 01 September 2012 - 03:33 PM
This sort of sums it up, don't you think?
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Posted 30 August 2012 - 06:20 AM
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Posted 29 August 2012 - 09:56 AM
#25
Posted 28 August 2012 - 02:41 PM
Attached Files
#26
Posted 27 August 2012 - 09:35 PM
"Since the controversy was first exposed, a divide has developed between the ATF staff in Phoenix who oversaw and implemented Fast and Furious; and their supervisors at ATF headquarters and the Justice Department. The Phoenix officials say higher-ups approved of the case. But the higher-ups say it was all the brainchild of rogue ATF officials in Phoenix."
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Posted 27 August 2012 - 05:50 PM
#29
Posted 25 August 2012 - 11:48 AM
apply the LAW just this once?
#30 Guest_CUATF Webmaster_*
Posted 23 August 2012 - 02:53 PM
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