The "Fast and Furious" operation by the US Justice Dept and the BATFE, which was covered up by AG Eric Holder and Obama is getting new light shined on it. A federal judge has ordered the release of emails about this operation and its coverup.Â
nypost.com/2016/05/2 1/the-scandal-in-was hington-no-one-is-ta lking-about/It turns out that the operation was not just about tracking nearly 2,000 guns put in the hands of Mexican drug gangs (which were almost immediately lost), but the real purpose was to generate a crisis requiring a crackdown on gun possession in America.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ATF_gunwalking_scandal
@Retired_Engineer: The first time I heard about that, my initial thought was, there is no way! There is no way the US government would just give large amounts of weapons to drug cartels. Obviously, I was wrong and grossly overestimated those running the government.
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