Monday, July 11, 2011

Gunwalker Miscellany: Terry family lawsuit; Dobyns & Issa on NewsMax, etc.

FOX: Family of Murdered Border Patrol Agent Considering Suing Feds Over 'Fast and Furious'

NewsMax: Issa, ATF Agent Warn of ATF Cover-up



'Fast and Furious' scandal grows with revelation that Mexican cartel suspects may be paid U.S. informants.

Are high-profile suspects in Mexican drug cartels also paid informants for U.S. federal investigators? If so, could a brewing scandal in Washington implicate more U.S. agencies in the ongoing drug-related violence in Mexico?

Kenneth Melson, the embattled chief of the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), made the earth-shaking revelation in testimony early last week, The Times reports. Melson reportedly told congressional leaders that Mexican cartel suspects tracked by his agents in a controversial gun-tracing program were also operating as paid informants for the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) and the FBI.

The revelation is further complicating an already tangled scandal unfolding in Washington that ties U.S. weapons to the violent drug war in Mexico. The conflict has left about 40,000 dead in 4 1/2 years. In effect, the scandal also points to a deeper involvement of the U.S. government in Mexico's drug war than the public has previously known or suspected.

Times reporters have been actively covering the ATF scandal since it broke earlier this year. Using our stories, La Plaza explains below what is at stake.


Canada Free Press: Obama’s Watergate.

Right Scoop: Gunrunner vs Fast & Furious: An overview to separate fact from fiction.

PJ Tatler: If “Fast and Furious” was legal, why won’t Justice send Newell to Mexico?

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

http://reason.com/blog/2011/07/11/theres-still-no-evidence-that

Reason magazine's Mike Riggs is reporting that, according to sources privy to Melson's July 4th confessional, there is still no evidence that Holder knew about Fast and Furious - along with no one else of importance at DOJ.

It should also be pointed out that, technically, there is no proof that a falling tree makes any noise if no one is around to hear it.

Anonymous said...

But I heard that tree fall and I saw Eric Holder walking away from it after it fell. Since I am not one of the Anointed One's cluster of FANS than my word don't mean spit so it looks like he might get away with it. Yeah when PIGS FLY.
Just my 2 cents worth.