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  • Operation Castaway: Fast and Furious Twin?

    Republican lawmakers are alleging that Operation Fast and Furious may have had a twin in Tampa: Operation Castaway.

    The new revelations have come to light as Florida Republican Rep. Gus Bilirakis fired off a letter to Attorney General Eric Holder and acting ATF Director Ken Melson asking them for answers about the newly discovered program.

    “In recent days, it has come to light that the ATF and DOJ have participated in the act of ‘gun walking’ beyond the acts conducted within the scope of ‘Operation Fast and Furious,’” Bilirakis wrote to Holder and Melson.

    “Recent reports have suggested that Project Gunrunner may not have been limited to weapons trafficking to Mexico and that similar programs included the possible trafficking of arms to criminal gangs in Honduras with the knowledge of the ATF’s Tampa Field Division and the Department of Justice’s Middle District of Florida through an operation known as ‘Operation Castaway,’” the letter read.

    The controversial gun-trafficking sting operation Operation Fast and Furious was managed out of the ATF’s Phoenix field office. Congressional Republicans are investigating whether similar practices were followed elsewhere.

    Bilirakis added that, as a member of the House Committees on Homeland Security and Foreign Affairs, he finds it “troubling” that the U.S. government would “willfully allow weapons to be acquired by dangerous criminal and drug trafficking organizations in direct contravention to our strategic and national interests.”

    Specifically, Bilirakis asked them to confirm whether or not these new allegations are true, what monitoring and tracking processes the DOJ and ATF used to follow the guns after they were sold and whether or not Operation Castaway has been terminated.

    Bilirakis sent a separate letter to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Director John Morton asking similar questions about ICE’s possible involvement in Operation Castaway.

    A spokeswoman for the DOJ didn’t respond to TheDC’s request for comment.

    Read more: http://dailycaller.com/2011/07/13/di...#ixzz1SSci9rMQ
    How do we forget ourselves? How do we forget our minds?


  • #2
    Regulate the law-abiding citizens and support the criminals... that way we can justify MORE REGULATION!!!

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    • #3
      Originally posted by Denny View Post
      Regulate the law-abiding citizens and support the criminals... that way we can justify MORE REGULATION!!!
      And kill innocents in the process!!
      How do we forget ourselves? How do we forget our minds?

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      • #4
        Why are we yelling?!!!

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        • #5
          Originally posted by Denny View Post
          Why are we yelling?!!!
          'Cause we're all MAD!!!
          Arrrrrrgh!!!

          I swear this presidency will probably give me an ulcer with all the shenanigans that it's done.
          "Self-government won't work without self-discipline." - Paul Harvey

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          • #6
            The one thing that has kept us from being invaded by another country is the fact that we are well armed. So, if you want to take over an armed society, you must supply the invading country with arms. Is that what we are doing ? One day we look up and here come Cheebies loaded with armed invaders. Hell, we are even building better high ways for them to get here. What a deal.

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            • #7
              ^^lol^^

              Are you kidding? Who would want to conquer this country and it's dependent society? It would be like taking over a very large day care. Hopefully the conquerers will dispose of the useless masses, then the strong will rise up and take it back again, and start over.

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