Tuesday, September 6, 2011

Gunwalker Miscellany: Filed under the heading of "Still trying to clean up after the flood and don't have time to keep up analysis of breaking news."

CBS: ATF Gunwalker case to be transferred out of Arizona.

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.

Both weapons cases involve the trafficking to drug cartels in Mexico. In both instances, ATF agents accuse the lead prosecutor in Phoenix of wrongfully allowing suspects to remain on the street as they continued to traffic weapons without interdiction. The Justice Department did not confirm the case transfers, and provided no immediate comment.


Dave Workman: ‘Grenade case’ explodes and leaves many questions.

AP: Mexico says US man smuggled grenade parts.

John Hayward: Gun Walking In the Midwest. Plus: grenades for Mexican cartels.

Michelle Malkin: And now…Project Grenadewalker?!; Plus: The Indiana story.

Heritage Foundation: Operation Fast and Furious -- An Obama Foreign Policy Disconnect.

1 comment:

Mickey Collins said...

Since Gunwalker is an administration wide strategy, if you want to transfer criminal cases away from the criminals, transferring them within the DOJ won't help.

If these cases are to become independent from the gunwalkers, they must be handed off to independent prosecutors outside the DOJ, and outside the entire Obamanation Administration.