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Oct-07-2011 02:47printcommentsVideo

Obama and Holder Deny Americans Real Scoop on Fast and Furious Gunrunner Operation (VIDEO)

Obama says Holder has been "going after gunrunning" when in fact the questions center around his own gunrunning operation.

President Obama's 6 October press briefing
President Obama's 6 October press briefing.

(SALEM, Ore.) - Nothing may ever really transpire from it, but President Barack Obama and Attorney General Eric Holder are not giving Americans the real scoop on the Fast and Furious Gunrunner operation where more than 1700 serious weapons were smuggled to Mexican drug cartels through the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms & Explosives (ATF).

Fast and Furious is probably just a snapshot of the real number of weapons smuggled over the U.S. border to Mexico, according to our Photojournalist, Robert Plumlee in New Mexico. He has documented huge caches of U.S. weapons in Mexico that include terrible weapons like rocket-propelled grenade launchers, the latest hand grenades and anti-aircraft artillery.

We are not the only agency in the U.S. that has published this information, however we were the first to connect the dots on Holder's admission of knowledge of Gunrunner in the report, Holder Lied: DOJ News Release Shows Obama Admin Approved ATF Mexico Weapons Smuggling/

No matter how you look at it, whether Holder is lying and knew all about the program from its inception, which is how it appears, or actually had such a serious international federal weapons smuggling operation to aid Mexican drug cartels taking place under his nose with funds and employees he is responsible for, without his knowledge; frankly I don't know which is worse.

Here is Obama's latest denial of the facts, however this one interestingly took place during a White House pres briefing held 6 October 2011. It is good that a reporter had the guts to at least ask the question so we could watch Obama go through the moves.

Note that Obama says Holder has been "going after gunrunning" when in fact the questions center around his own gunrunning operation.

He then implies that Holder has been very forthcoming with the Mexican government, where on the other hand we were recently told that President Calderon in Mexico is gravely disappointed in his inability to receive information about several things related to Holder's operations - Mexican Government Denied Information on ATF 'Gun Walker' Operation.

The video below represents my opinion.

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Lexus October 24, 2011 7:20 am (Pacific time)

Articles like this are an example of quick, helpful anwesrs.


Anonymous October 7, 2011 6:52 am (Pacific time)

Tim you are starting to understand. You may recall when Holder was suggested as a candidate for AG, there was an outcry regarding his past behaviors and most importantly, his character. Of course there was the Mark Rich pardon he orchestrated after Rich provided millions to Clinton's "Library Fund," but there was a huge list of concerns that made it evident that he would not be a Law and Order AG, but a political one. His obvious ongoing perjury to congress, along with the subborning of perjury by other officials, coupled with AG employees who left under protest in the last coupe years demonstrates that we have a very serious problem. Please note that the media is barely reporting this story outside of you, FOX, and a tiny bit from CBS who broke the memo's story. The gunrunning was about getting the masses upset about 2nd Amendment rights, as you will see in the fullness of time. Please consider that Obama is not running the show, the zionists are, and they will not give up power no matter how extreme they must get.


malcolm kyle October 7, 2011 3:16 am (Pacific time)

These gun-running Feds are not only guilty of murder but also of bankrolling ruthless criminals, international terrorists, right/left-wing paramilitaries and various death squads with their counter-productive, sado-moralist policy of Prohibition. Colombia, Peru, Mexico or Afghanistan with their coca leaves, marijuana buds or poppy sap are not igniting temptation in the minds of our weak, innocent citizens. These countries are duly responding to the enormous demand that comes from within our own borders. Invading or destroying these countries, thus creating more hate, violence, instability, injustice and corruption, will not fix our problem. We need to collectively admit that we are sick. -- Prohibition is neither a sane nor a safe approach; left unabated, its puritanical flames will surely engulf every last one of us! When we legally regulate something, (as opposed to when we foolishly attempt to prohibit something) we do NOT automatically condone it's use; the legal regulations concerning the sale and manufacture of alcohol and tobacco are there to protect us from the vast increase in criminality and mayhem that would otherwise surely exist if we were foolish enough to prohibit them. When governments prohibit drugs they effectively and knowingly hand a monopoly on their sale to dangerous criminals and terrorists. Without a legal framework in which to operate, these black-market entities can always be expected to settle their disputes violently, while terrorizing many peaceful and innocent citizens in the process. Were the users of alcohol to blame for the St Valentines massacre in 1929? Of course not! It is just as naive to assume that one can compel all the users of Marijuana or Cocaine to simply quit, as it is to assume that all the users of Alcohol should have stopped drinking after the introduction of alcohol prohibition in 1919.

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