The scandal in Washington no one is talking about

[mystery-ak]

http://nypost.com/2016/05/21/the-scandal-in-washington-no-one-is-talking-about/



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The scandal in Washington no one is talking about

By Paul Sperry

May 21, 2016 | 6:37pm

The deadly-but-forgotten government gun-running scandal known as “Fast and Furious” has lain dormant for years, thanks to White House stonewalling and media compliance. But newly uncovered e-mails have reopened the case, exposing the anatomy of a coverup by an administration that promised to be the most transparent in history.

    “At least 20 other deaths or violent crimes have been linked to Fast and Furious-trafficked guns.”

A federal judge has forced the release of more than 20,000 pages of emails and memos previously locked up under President Obama’s phony executive-privilege claim. A preliminary review shows top Obama officials deliberately obstructing congressional probes into the border gun-running operation.

Fast and Furious was a Justice Department program that allowed assault weapons — including .50-caliber rifles powerful enough to take down a helicopter — to be sold to Mexican drug cartels allegedly as a way to track them. But internal documents later revealed the real goal was to gin up a crisis requiring a crackdown on guns in America. Fast and Furious was merely a pretext for imposing stricter gun laws.

Only, the scheme backfired when Justice agents lost track of the nearly 2,000 guns sold through the program and they started turning up at murder scenes on both sides of the border — including one that claimed the life of US Border Patrol Agent Brian Terry.

While then-Attorney General Eric Holder was focused on politics, people were dying. At least 20 other deaths or violent crimes have been linked to Fast and Furious-trafficked guns.

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[libertybele]

Great post. Interesting that the article seems to deflect Hilary's responsibility and seems to blame it on her cronies and Hussein himself.

..."They also indict Holder deputy Lanny Breuer, an old Clinton hand, who had to step down in 2013 after falsely denying authorizing Fast and Furious.

Their efforts to impede investigations included:

    Devising strategies to redact or otherwise withhold relevant information;
    Manipulating media coverage to control fallout;
    Scapegoating the Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco and Firearms (ATF) for the scandal."

There have been numerous reports that Clinton was not only involved but the 'mastermind' behind Fast and Furious.

It's going to get interesting.  Fast 'n Furious, Clinton Cash and Benghazi are all going to resurface right before election time. 

http://www.examiner.com/article/breaking-new-evidence-shows-hillary-a-mastermind-behind-gunwalker

[andy58-in-nh]

I don't expect the mainstream media to do anything other than to continue its practice of laying down covering fire for the Clinton-dominated Democrat Party.
Nor do I expect the capons who run the RNC to do anything but continue to hunker in their bunkers.

But wouldn't it be interesting if Bernie Sanders were instead to take up the charge? After all, he cannot possibly support the intentional selling of military weapons to foreign drug dealers, or the resultant deaths of Americans as a direct consequence of such action.

Perhaps someone ought to ask him.

[Sanguine]

Great post. Interesting that the article seems to deflect Hilary's responsibility and seems to blame it on her cronies and Hussein himself.

That may actually be somewhat true.  Clinton was a do-little-to-nothing SOS, and would have gone along with whatever the 0bama administration would have told her to do, rather than actually put in some effort.