[Above image: Border Patrol Agent Brian Terry, murdered by illegal Mexican bandits armed with Fast and Furious rifles] Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (ATF) Special Agent John Dodson blew the whistle on the Department of Justice (DOJ) ill-fated "Fast and Furious" operation in an interview with me in 2011. Dodson explained that the U.S. government had […]
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Fast and Furious: Guilty Plea in Brian Terry Murder
[Above image: Border Patrol Agent Brian Terry] One of the suspects accused in the murder of Border Patrol Agent Brian Terry has plead guilty to first degree murder charges. Under the plea deal, Rosario Rafael Burboa-Alvarez will be sentenced to 30 years in prison. Burboa-Albarez was not at the scene the night of Terry's murder […]
Jon Stewart's Operation "Fast and Furious" Comedic Primer
As Jon Stewart retires from The Daily Show, it's worth revisiting his sardonic commentaries that explain in simple terms the absurdity of the government's ill-fated Fast and Furious operation. (Disclosure: he borrows liberally from my CBS News reports). WATCH: Jon Stewart on the Wisdom of Fast and Furious In this episode, Jon Stewart plays The Substitution […]
Docs: Adviser Tells Attorney General Holder How to Manipulate Press on Fast & Furious
Lesson in how the administration attempts to manipulate the press and news coverage: Fast and Furious email to Attorney General Eric Holder from a communications adviser, Oct. 5, 2011 [emphasis added below]. (President Obama withheld this email under executive privilege but it was recently released as a result of a lawsuit filed by Judicial Watch […]
IG Issues Long-Awaited Grenade-Walker Report
(Above image: Evidence photos turned over to Congress show a stash of grenade parts, fuse assemblies and more than 2,000 rounds of ammunition in "Grenade Walker" case.) A long-awaited Inspector General report faults U.S. law enforcement officials for allowing a dangerous drug cartel grenade trafficker to operate unfettered, endangering the public's lives, much as the Bureau […]
Election Eve "Fast & Furious" Document Dump by Justice Dept.
It could be the ultimate Washington "document dump." Instead of turning over a heap of potentially damaging documents to Congress on the usual Friday afternoon as government agencies tend to do in the hope of attracting as little media attention as possible, the Justice Department turned over a massive set of documents on election eve. […]
Why the Left Wing Blog Media Matters Gets So Worked Up About Facts
Why the liberal blog Media Matters works itself up into such a tizzy over any reporting (and reporters) that it perceives as a threat to its interests. But I think most anybody who's even heard of them already knew this. Read article on Hillary Clinton's mention of Media Matters
Justice Dept. List of Withheld Fast & Furious Docs is 1,323 Pages Long
List shows documents on wide-ranging subject matter being withheld. Emails between Attorney General Eric Holder and his wife Sharon Malone, and his mother, are withheld under executive privilege. Also withheld are emails between Obama administration spokesmen regarding news articles. For the first time, the Department of Justice has provided a detailed description of 15,662 Fast […]
