14 Replies to “"Holder Leading DOJ 'Cover-up' of Fast and Furious Investigation, Cornyn Says"”

1. newrouter says:

   October 5, 2011 at 4:21 pm

   per levin show palin not running

2. Abe Froman says:

   October 5, 2011 at 4:28 pm

   per levin show palin not running

   Thank God.

3. geoffb says:

   October 5, 2011 at 4:34 pm

   The “Operation Wide Receiver” that the left is so heated up over, BOOOOOSH, was reported on online back in Feb. and then more in June.

   Called Operation Wide Receiver, it involved straw purchases, RFID chips and antennae, and aerial tracking. The operation was run out of the ATF field offices in Tucson approximately five years ago and like, Operation Fast and Furious, guns made it across the border into Mexico.

   In Operation Wide Receiver, Tucson agents allowed the sales of more than 500 firearms to known straw purchasers. Like Gunrunner/Fast and Furious, the operation apparently backfired.

   Some firearms in Wide Receive were equipped with RFID tracking devices. In Wide Receiver, it seems the illegal purchasers seemed more than slightly knowledgeable of the way the ATF and how to take their aerial and electronic tracking procedures down.

   Knowing the time aloft numbers for virtually all planes used in government surveillance, the buyers had a simple method of getting their purchases across the border undetected. They simply drove four-hour loops around the area.

   As surveillance planes were forced to return to base for re-fueling, the smugglers simply turned and sprinted their cargo across the border.

   The RFID tags also turned out to be problematic.

   Rather than making large enough holes for the tags to be laid out inside weapons, agents force-fit them into the rifles.

   That cramming caused the antennae to be folded, reducing the effective range of the tags. And an already short battery life (36-48 hours maximum) meant that should purchasers allow the firearms to sit, the tracking devices eliminated themselves.

   This sounds like something out of “The Gang That Couldn’t Shoot Straight” but it’s not.

   One difference stands out, they actually tried to track the guns but were incompetent at it.

4. Joe says:

   October 5, 2011 at 4:35 pm

   http://www.forbes.com/sites/realspin/2011/09/28/fast-and-furious-just-might-be-president-obamas-watergate/ (on topic)

   Abe, I like Sarah (I know you do not care for her), but I am glad she is not running. It would have been brutal for her. fuck em. Did you see Nicole Wallace’s hit piece today. Dirty bitch.

5. sdferr says:

   October 5, 2011 at 4:44 pm

   CBS gags its blabber, of course.

6. Abe Froman says:

   October 5, 2011 at 4:48 pm

   I don’t dislike her, Joe. I’m simply fatigued from watching a medicocrity being both hated and exalted. She merits neither. Not by a long shot.

7. Joe says:

   October 5, 2011 at 4:55 pm

   I know it is not personal Abe.

   But back on topic, that CBS gagging story sdferr just linked is telling. I sense some panic over at the WH.

8. Joe says:

   October 5, 2011 at 4:57 pm

   http://althouse.blogspot.com/2011/10/jay-carney-sloughs-off-call-for-special.html Even althouse is noticing.

9. newrouter says:

   October 5, 2011 at 5:07 pm

   a clown show

   Eric Schultz is headed to the White House communications shop after serving as Communications Director at the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee (DSCC) for the 2010 cycle. At the White House, Schultz will directly handle press matters related to the U.S. Department of Justice and investigations held by the House Oversight Committee Chairman Darrell Issa (R-CA).

   Previously, Schultz handled press for Al Franken’s 2008 Senate campaign and was National Press Secretary for the 2008 presidential bid of Sen. John Edwards (D-NC).

   Link

10. LBascom says:

    October 5, 2011 at 5:20 pm

    Attkisson probably feels like Salman Rushdie.

11. Matt says:

    October 6, 2011 at 6:11 am

    I’m waiting for Holder to announce that he himself will be conducting the investigation into Fast and the Furious. He will also be changing the name of the program to “Racist and Furious”.

12. Pablo says:

    October 6, 2011 at 6:24 am

    Attkisson says there’s no gag.

13. Joe says:

    October 6, 2011 at 11:16 am

    Althouse is starting to notice:

    http://althouse.blogspot.com/2011/10/atf-acting-director-would-like-people.html

    http://althouse.blogspot.com/2011/10/jay-carney-sloughs-off-call-for-special.html And will “Carney” be the new term of art for political bullshit denial?

14. sdferr says:

    October 6, 2011 at 11:25 am

    And if there were? What would I expect her to say under threat of her job?

    heh

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