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Obama's the Target of Mexico Gunrunning Probe

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Posted by Sherry 2011-06-17 12:45|| || Front Page|| [7 views ] Top

#1 If Mexico asked, would or could we extradite Obama and Holder and Napolitano?
At this point, Biden as insurance for Obama seems to have lost his clout. If the VP is going to be better than, or not as bad as, the Pres, nobody's going to worry about the President taking up skydiving.

Posted by Richard Aubrey 2011-06-17 12:59|| 2011-06-17 12:59|| Front Page Top

#2 What did the President know and when did he know it?

Posted by Abu Uluque 2011-06-17 13:53|| 2011-06-17 13:53|| Front Page Top

#3 The administrative tried to create the narrative that guns were a problem because 70 or more percent were being shipped illegally to Mexico. This was occurring because of shady gun dealers and gun shows. This was proven to be false. It was an effort to enact stricter gun controls. Now we find the present U.S. government set up the mechanism for guns to be shipped to Mexico where large numbers of Mexican nationals and a few U.S. Federal agents and officers got killed as the result of this gun running policy. Holder needs to go over Mexicogate. Obama needs to answer for this catastrophic criminal initiative. You've got to break the law to uphold the law. This does not make a lick of sense.

Posted by JohnQC 2011-06-17 15:21|| 2011-06-17 15:21|| Front Page Top

#4 ~~administrative~~ administration

Posted by JohnQC 2011-06-17 15:22|| 2011-06-17 15:22|| Front Page Top

Melson later said Fast and Furious was really a sting operation "gone wrong." The agents had been ordered not to stop the little fish (the straw buyers) so that the guns could be traced to the big fish (the cartel bosses).

Besides the weakness mentioned in the article, this "explanation" ignores the fact that had the straw-buyers been blocked from their first purchases, their efforts would have been slowed or even blocked. By ordering the sales to go forward, the ATF actually created the channel.

From the numbers included in the article, 40-45% of the "suspect" guns came from Gunwalker. That's not seeding a stream to trace it -- they were likely the single largest contributor to the cross-border flow of guns!

Posted by Rob Crawford 2011-06-17 18:41|| 2011-06-17 18:41|| Front Page Top

#6 Holder should be removed as AG, prosecuted and then hanged by the neck until dead if found guilty. Same goes for the President if he is guilty of a capital crime.

Posted by OldSpook 2011-06-17 22:40|| 2011-06-17 22:40|| Front Page Top

#7 "Hell no"! > Iff the Past + Penn State is Prologue, then perhaps the question should be re-phrased as DID THE ATF OR OTHER FED AGENCIES PROVIDE = RIDE "SHOTGUN", I.E. PROVIDE POLITICAL + LEGAL, ETC. DENIABILITY + OTHER COVERT SUPPORT, FOR SAME???

Criminal MISREPRESENTTAION + DIVERSION, etc. by Federal/Govt/Public Authority(s) = "CLOUD OF --- AUTHORITY", + irregardless of the merits???

Posted by JosephMendiola 2011-06-17 23:13|| 2011-06-17 23:13|| Front Page Top

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