Ten months of congressional investigation,document dumps,and following leads provided by ATF whistleblowers have led many to conclude that the real villains of Operation Fast and Furious were the Department of Justice-led agents of Director Robert Mueller’s FBI.
Since whistleblowing ATF Agent John Dodson first brought the Fast and Furious scandal to the attention of Senator Charles Grassley,blame for the gun trafficking scheme has been directed at the ATF from operatives throughout the Obama administration.
But during the criminal doings of Fast and Furious,the ATF was often played for a stooge and patsy while Department of Justice attorneys employed the FBI for the more secretive and dirty jobs.
For instance:
- Many of the cartel ”higher-ups” targeted by the ATF were already acting as paid informants in the employ of the FBI. As such,they were immune from prosecution. At least six such cases are known to have existed.
- ATF Agent Hope McAllister told Lone Wolf gun store owner Andre Howard he would need to increase his inventory as sales of AK and AR weapons were about to boom. She received this information through the FBI,which financed the purchase of at least hundreds,perhaps thousands,of weapons by funding drug cartel straw purchasers with taxpayer dollars.
- The FBI illegally approved the NICS background checks of known straw buyers and felons for the purchase of hundreds of firearms. Jacob Wayne Chambers and Sean Christopher Stewart,both convicted felons from Phoenix,bought more than 360 firearms between them.
- The FBI conducted the investigation at the scene of Border Patrol Agent Brian Terry’s death. Five suspects were involved,but the FBI claimed only two weapons were found. A third weapon has since disappeared.
- Three suspects arrested at the Terry murder scene were released from FBI custody and deported to Mexico. They were not charged in the agent’s death. However,Manuel Osorio-Arellanes,the lone illegal charged with the crime,said they were all armed and traveling with him. Apparently,the Obama administration refuses to deport anyone but possibly well-informed,Fast and Furious accessories to murder.
Right you are GiveUsLiberty,I don't know about the rank and file FBI,but I believe the leadership is "wormy"
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