Gunwalker: Drug Enforcement Agency Admits Involvement
Newell also admitted that he briefed a friend in the White House about the operation, a staffer on President Obama’s National Security Council named Kevin O’Reilly. The Obama administration is standing by its claim that while every director in federal law enforcement and NSC staffers were briefed, the White House knew nothing.
The White House continues to claim they did not know about the gunwalking operation while it was occurring, a position shared by U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder as his underlings seem primed to turn upon one another to keep from facing the political and legal consequences of the operation.
The potential for a rending conflict in the executive branch is not limited to the Justice Department.
Gunwalker took place in Arizona, where DHS Secretary Janet Napolitano was both governor and state attorney general, using personnel the secretary had in her own state administration. It is highly unlikely that Gunwalker occurred on Napolitano’s “home turf” and one of her current areas of focus without her knowledge — or advice.
Even the most faithful of left-leaning media outlets are concerned that Gunwalker may eventually be a serious problem for President Obama:
Now that Republicans in Congress won important concessions from President Obama in the debt ceiling debate, the next partisan battle is likely to be over what promises to be the first major scandal of the Obama administration: the botched gun sting known as “Operation Fast and Furious.” The administration should waste no time and come clean about what happened, who approved it, and how it can be avoided again.
Unfortunately, the early signs are that Obama is going to handle this controversy as poorly as he handled the debt ceiling debate.
The writer of that sentiment, Adam Winkler of the Huffington Post, can’t seem to get his head around the fact that Gunwalker is more than a political headache; it’s a deadly serious legal one as well.
Being an accessory to murder is a felony in the United States and Mexico, and that is just one of the many possible criminal charges that federal agents, supervisors, political appointees, and elected officials may face in both U.S. and Mexican judicial systems (for example, the ATF’s Newell).
As Gunwalker continues to unravel, it will be interesting to see who comes forward to testify in exchange for reduced charges or immunity. The line to turn witness could be long, and every indication is that it will point to the highest levels of the Obama administration.
Thanks, Bob, you are a Patriot.
This still needs way more exposure than it’s gotten so far: we should be flooding Congress with our outrage and our desire to follow this up the chain as far as it goes.
at the very least all personell involved in this CORRUPT ILLEGAL opperation should do at a minimum ten years and one day of hard labor. prefferably on an old fashioned chain gang,
If the House of Representatives keeps going after the root causes of this botched program, Eric Holder will eventually go down. The big question is, if a whole new conservative government is elected next year, will Congress still go after Holder and the other people responsible for this mess? Will they still be held accountable, or will it all be forgotten after this administration is thrown out of office? I hope Holder gets thrown in jail for lying and for supporting this insane idea.
If the sea change continues in Washington, we can be sure that Holder and many of his co-conspirators will be out on their keisters.
That opens the door for local jurisdictions to press charges for conspiracy to commit murder. If it’s discovered that Loughner’s gun was a GunWalker gun, RICO should be used to indict the lot of them for conspiracy to commit mass murder.
…And if found guilty, they should be executed…
Sean, you are reading from the Declaration of Independence. What you say is what we are directed as Americans, to do. The commies read from Rules for Radicals. Our Founders were smarter, and gave us the tools and methods for executing the commies and their covers.
Do you believe this? Never thought we’d get to this point where we must look at our documents and realllly understand what they are telling us. It’s like finding Noah’s ark in our own backyards. Let’s do this!!
If this results in arrests and court,
there will be almost every person in
the obozo administration in jail. AND,
a new president should automatically
form a grenf jury & special prosucuter
to bring justice to America by finding
these people guilty and death by hanging.
DOWN WITH OBOZO!
Would someone please check me on this: When a federal official becomes aware of lawbreaking by another federal official, does the former have a legal, enforceable obligation to blow the whistle on the latter? At the very least, that strikes me as an ethical obligation, but I think it might also be in the United States Code.
Clearly, there are one whole heapin’ lot of people in federal service who should be getting their resumes up-to-date.
There are one whole heapin’ lot of people in federal service who should be packing their toothbrushes and remembering to not bend over and pick up the soap.
There are enough people involved in Gunrunner and its derivatives, that this rises to the level of insurrection against the United States. Send in the military to clean out ATFE, FIB and DEA. Then hang most of them for Treason.
How I wish that enough people would see it that way!
It also rises to the level of an Act of War against a (nominally) friendly foreign nation. This is by far the more serious matter, and one which so far no one seems interested in addressing.
I guess it’s only illegal if it’s done by a Republican administration vs. a hostile Marxist regime’ (Iran-Contra). Doing it against a friendly government, apparently in the hope of making it more amenable to the “export” of certain substances (cocaine, etc.) necessary for the mellowness of American progressives, somehow isn’t considered any big deal.
But it is, nevertheless.
clear ether
eon
Eon, you always end your posts with “clear ether.” What does that mean? I’ve always wondered. Thanks!
Karla, it means he is a fan of early science fiction. Doc Smith, IIRC. “Clear ether” was replaced by “over and out” on radio calls.
Francis, maybe that theory is wrapped up in the If You See Something Say Something directive. Maybe it’s part of the Don’t Leave The Scene Of An Accident, or the order to give or get aid to help someone hurt or in an accident. If those reactions are simply ethics according to one’s perspectives, then they are unenforceable. People can’t be made to be good or nice but they can be jailed for not being nice by breaking laws. Sometimes we have people in government positions who have character, not many, but there are some. The lawyer who spoke out against the black gal who headed the dept where he worked reacted to the request to bring suit against The New Black Panthers for intimidation at a polling place and was told by her that there would be no cases approved for her lawyers to participate in, when the perp was black and the victim was white. He heroically resigned in protest because of that, and the cowardice of the other lawyers who were bender-overs. The current Skunk-In-Office won’t win, and his controllers who put him in the IL Senate and Oval Office will be revealed and THEY will be executed with him as Traitors to the USA.
Good question. That kind of provision exists in the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, but then that law is for mere civilians and not our betters in government.
Yes and no. They have a moral obligation, as they swore to uphold the Constitution et al, but they are not legally required to… unless they carry a badge and a gun. If they are considered “officers of the court”, like lawyers and police, then they are required to report any illegality. The thing is, all the miscreants involved were “officers of the court”.
In the end, police need to police themselves. That requires a high moral code. Since police are drawn from society at large, the society needs to have a high moral code itself. Thus do people get the kind of government they deserve. Moral people get moral government. Immoral people get immoral government. Immoral people get “Fast and Furious”.
Just the name of the operation itself is a big clue that something may be wrong with the operation. The name should have raised red flags, but it does not when the police have become militarized. There is a big mindset difference between kicking down doors and real detective work. Macho versus mental.
What allows law enforcement to commit felonies with impunity?
There is still 18% of the population that believes the government enjoys “the just consent of the governed.” Those must be people who aren’t paying attention or federal employees.
Well, G*d knows the gubmint has been growing it’s employment base at a huge rate. What with direct, supportive and dependency classes…could be.
“Now that Republicans in Congress won important concessions from President Obama in the debt ceiling debate, the next partisan battle is likely to be over what promises to be the first major scandal of the Obama administration: the botched gun sting known as “Operation Fast and Furious.” The administration should waste no time and come clean about what happened, who approved it, and how it can be avoided again.”
“First Major Scandal”???!! No, not first, how about biggest, or worst?
Har, har, har.
Try “Most recent big mess up that we have heard about”.
Did the Obama administration folks who were involved in this fiasco actually pay taxes on the profits they made from selling guns across the border?
Wake me up when they get around to appointing a special prosecutor. The longer they go without one, the more time for hard drives and paper trails to be eliminated.
When it comes to Big Government Stupidity, this government knows no bounds.
Thanks for keeping us up to date on this unbelievable criminal activity by the Justice Department. Hopefully, someone is keeping Pres. Calderon updated, as well. Viewed objectively, Mexico is battling anarchy on a massive scale, and the US Government is aiding and abetting the anarchists. The news this weekend is that another town near El Paso has seen its police force leave after the anarchists killed several of them. The international media should go with this, as it’s worse than losing the AAA credit rating by far.
O’Grady has an interesting article in today’s online WSJ about the current administration’s treatment of Latin American dictators. The patterns evolving on this regime in Washington all point to intentional destruction of the US. I am no conspiracy theorist, but how else do the dots connect?
Folks, I predict this: There will be no resignations over this. There will be no reprimands over this. There will be no consequences from this. There will be only inane finger-pointing and passing the buck, somehow the Tea Party will get blamed, George Bush will get blamed, a few “usual suspects” (folks that look a lot like you and me) will be rounded up and their lives ruined. The folks that made this happen will be on the jury and firing squad when the dastardly Tea Party right-wing extremists are “brought to justice”… and President Useless and his minions will carry on, business as usual, screwing up everything they touch until it’s finally time to leave office, write books, go on the lecture circuit, and rake in millions of dollars in retirement benefits and speaking fees. Anyone care to bet a cheeseburger on this outcome?
You are absolutely bang on right.
Bob, I would note that Fast and Furious was run out of the US Attorney’s office in Phoenix, bypassing much of BATFE’s administration for reasons that are now obvious.
The US Attorney in Phoenix is Dennis Burke, former Napolitano aide.
Napolitano had to know, and Holder had to know. Anyone who thinks these two would undertake a project of this magnitude without Obama’s approval is dreaming.
No, the fish rots from the head down. The plan had to at least be approved by Obama. Not even evil Erick would dare do something this reckless on his own. And what about all those DEMOCRAT Senators and Reps who voted the money for this operation? They’re all guilty. Saying you didn’t know what the money was going to be used for isn’t good enough. Its your job to know.
Forget it Jake, it’s Obamatown….
And now we would like to know if there was a coordinated effort to supply Sinaloa Cartel with weapons as well as allow them to bring drugs into America.
Good. Divide and conquer.
Our only hope of seeing any real prosecutions out of this is for someone to decide to break ranks in order to save their own skin.
Of course, by now it’s been made clear to the major players that any such action on their part may result in an unfortunate, and fatal, accident.
However, there are enough people involved here that we still do have a chance of getting one to tell the truth.
I hope the low level workers are sneaking out hard drives to cover their own butts, or they are going to be the ones to get convicted.
This must stop if we are to keep any freedoms at all. Stop the drug war, eliminate all licensing, eliminate the DEA, BATF, privatize the FDA, and rescind the Pure food and drug act and eliminate the EPA.
Drug Prohibition is a stalking horse for Gun Prohibition.
And yet most gunners are too terminally stupid to connect the dots. And those who connect the dots keep quiet. Mostly.
And yes Mr. Owens I’m speaking of you. When prior to the release of this little tit bit did you deal with the Drug War threat to guns? Not very often from what I have seen. If at all.
And if I’m in error about this correct me. But the general trend is not in dispute. The Drug War is not a big issue among gunners. Divided and possibly soon to be conquered. Enjoy! Because you know – the dopers have it coming. And now so do you.
A question that should be asked of every Republican presidential candidate: What instructions will you give your attorney general regarding the investigation and, as appropriate, prosecution of those involved in Operation Fast and Furious?
Oh, and now we find out that the big American banks — Wachovia, Bank of America, Wells Fargo, Citibank, and others — have been LAUNDERING hundreds of billions of dollars for the drug cartels.
http://www.uncoverage.net/2011/06/bankers-the-mexican-and-u-s-governments-drug-wars-and-40000-dead-graphic/
So what have we got here? (Just for starters!) DEA and FBI were paying “informants” in the drug networks in Mexico, who then used some of that money to buy guns in the U.S. via straw purchasers who were allowed to “walk” by the ATF. Guns were then used to kill hundreds if not thousands of people in the ongoing wars between the various cartels. They’re warring, of course, over turf, because the drug business is SO profitable. When you’re turning over that kind of money, you’ve gotta have help laundering it; that’s where Wachovia et al. come in — who were bailed out by your and my tax dollars. Then we find out, in the story linked above, that the Obama administration made a deal with the Sinaloa cartel to buy cocaine from them, ostensibly in an attempt to get information about some of the rival cartels.
http://rightwingnews.com/legal/documents-obama-admin-sold-guns-to-sinaloa-cartel-allowed-cocaine-into-u-s/
SO… Your and my tax dollars — through all the various agencies and bank bailouts — are paying for: the guns to arm the drug lords; the drug lords’ product, cocaine; payoffs to the drug lords who are informants; and money-laundering services for the drug lords by America’s largest banks. If I didn’t know any better, I’d say we had an administration that not only likes cocaine, but for some reason wants to see all hell break loose, starting at the southern border but spreading very quickly through the whole country.
Oh, and just one other little tidbit: Hezbollah, the Iran-backed jihadi terrorist group, has a growing presence in Mexico and has become increasingly entangled with the drug cartels. So when we arm the cartels… we’re also arming Hezbollah, which has sworn to destroy us and has been preparing for years to carry out attacks on our homeland.
http://www.businessinsider.com/lulzsec-leak-reveals-terrifying-ties-between-hezbollah-and-mexicos-drug-cartels-2011-7
If this isn’t treason, the word is meaningless. And the punishment for treason, if I remember correctly, is execution. All I can say is: Hang ‘em high.
DEJA VU- Read the excellently reviewed “The Strength of the Wolf” by Douglas Valentine and you will see history is repeating itself as all criminal, political, drug and gun scenarios are again repeating themselves in our short American historical memory.
In true crime fiction and other hothouse genres of police procedural literature their’s a tactic called “bracing” the suspect. Typically this can involve the “good cop bad cop” interrogation. Where in the cliche driven television cop drama the method of getting to the “person of interest,” a law enforcement figure confronts and “squeezes the balls” literally or figuratively to get the suspect to spill the contents of their soul or just say the “right” thing, like a sinner to his parish Priest.
One day soon hopefully their’s a parish Priest in the Justice Department and their gonna find a sinner who’s gonna holler and the walls of Jericho are gonna come tumbling down. The drugs the money and the guns and a ton of self righteous politicos and law” dis-enforcement” types make for a witches brew of criminal skullduggery looking for someone to apply the “brace”.
The money that is floating between the border of Mexico and the four states that exist to its’ north would give Mr. Standard and Mr. Poor a woodie.
While we criticize those involved with the “Fast and Furious” fiasco, we overlook the disturbing fact that a ten-year-old with some smarts could have devised a better scheme. A government for the people and by the people and run by a bunch of half-brained idiots cannot be held accountable. The people, including myself, who allow it to continue, are mostly to blame. Obama should
have been ousted after his first appointment of a Cczar, Aide, Cohort, you-name-it, to his inner sanctum. Men and women known to be enemies of the USA, as he seems to be himself…..and proves it in every word he mouths and every move he makes. Wake up !!! And when the next edict that jack-ass bellows is to restrict the ownership of guns, we’ll know what all this was about. See you at the gallows !!
The war on drugs equals the war on guns.
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