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Title: Grassley Presses for More Answers on Operation Fast and Furious, Allowing Guns to “Walk”
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Grassley website
URL Source: http://grassley.senate.gov/news/Art ... customel_dataPageID_1502=33268
Published: Mar 26, 2011
Author: Grassley's people
Post Date: 2011-03-26 20:54:08 by Wood_Chopper
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Grassley Presses for More Answers on Operation Fast and Furious, Allowing Guns to “Walk” WASHINGTON – Senator Chuck Grassley continues to press the administration for answers about the policy that allowed guns to “walk” over the Mexican border. Grassley began questioning the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) in January. His requests for information about the involvement of various agencies, including ATF, the Justice Department, the Department of Homeland Security, Immigrations and Customs Enforcement and Customs and Border Protection have been stonewalled by the administration. Grassley is now asking Customs and Border Protection for information about reportedly stopping Blas Gutierrez and Miguel Carrillo near the Mexican border. The two were recently indicted as part of a gun trafficking operation involving the mayor of Columbus, New Mexico. Additionally, Grassley is asking about allegations that Customs and Border Protection stopped Jaime Avila, who was recently indicted as the straw purchaser of weapons found at the scene of Border Patrol Agent Brian Terry’s murder. In both instances, Border Patrol agents allegedly found the gun runners to be in possession of multiple weapons, but let the suspects proceed for unknown reasons. “No longer can this administration stand idly by and answer every question by saying that the Justice Department Inspector General is investigating. There is too much at stake. U.S. agents may have been killed because of a tragically ill-advised policy,” Grassley said. “The President said a serious mistake may have been made here, and that, if so, he would hold someone accountable. It is clearer every day that serious mistakes were made. Now it’s time for accountability.” Grassley’s letter to Customs and Border Protection (March 16, 2011) made a specific request for officials knowledgeable about the agency’s involvement in Operation Fast and Furious be made available at a briefing that was already scheduled to take place with Grassley staff. Customs and Border Protection did not make officials available and there have been no attempts by the agency to schedule a subsequent briefing when officials would be available to answer the questions in Grassley’s letter. Click here to read Grassley’s latest inquiry to Customs and Border Protection. Grassley’s letters to the administration about the policy of letting guns walk can be found on his website, Grassley.senate.gov.
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#1. To: Wood_Chopper (#0)
Pancho Villa burned and sacked the city in 1916, resulting in General "Nigger Jack" Pershing leading an expedition into Mexico to try to find him. The Columbus NM police chief runs drugs too. Legalizing drugs would ruin these guys fun, by taking all the profit out of it. I recall a re-run of MASH I saw where this uber right winger named Colonel Flagg... a gun trafficking operation involving the mayor of Columbus, New Mexico
Federal documents also show that the village trustee, Blas Gutierrez, and Police Chief Angelo Vega were working to outfit a village van so they could smuggle 600 pounds of drugs for the cartel.
"We (government) need to do a lot less, a lot sooner" ~Ron Paul
Godwinson posted on 2011-02-23 11:47:32 ET
http://libertysflame.com/cgi-bin/readart.cgi?ArtNum=18011&Disp=46#C46
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