The Mexican government has opened two criminal investigations into Operation Fast and Furious, the deadly ATF operation that allowed the Sinaloa drug cartel to purchase $1.25 million in illegal guns responsible for countless acts of violence south of the border. Reasonable people may ask when the United States will follow suit after today’s revelations that taxpayers funded the transfer and ATF agents personally handed the guns over to murderous gang members.
Fox News reports it has uncovered documents showing David Voth, an ATF group supervisor, ordered eventual whistleblower John Dodson to use federal dollars to purchase and then personally sell six semi-automatic Draco pistols to members of the gang in Arizona. Then he allowed the guns to ride off into the sunset over the sands of old Mexico:
This was not a “buy-bust” or a sting operation, where police sell to a buyer and then arrest them immediately afterward. In this case, agents were “ordered” to let the sale go through and follow the weapons to a stash house.
According to sources directly involved in the case, Dodson felt strongly that the weapons should not be abandoned and the stash house should remain under 24-hour surveillance. However, Voth disagreed and ordered the surveillance team to return to the office. Dodson refused, and for six days in the desert heat kept the house under watch, defying direct orders from Voth.
A week later, a second vehicle showed up to transfer the weapons. Dodson called for an interdiction team to move in, make the arrest and seize the weapons. Voth refused and the guns disappeared with no surveillance.
According to a story posted Sunday on a website dedicated to covering Fast and Furious, Voth gave Dodson the assignment to “dirty him up,” since Dodson had become the most vocal critic of the operation.
“I think Dodson demanded the letter from Voth to cover both himself and the FFL (Federal Firearm Licensee). He didn’t want to be hung out to dry by Voth,” a source told the website “Sipsey Street Irregulars.”
Shortly after this, Dodson confronted his supervisors, asking why the ATF did not simply give the drug cartel its entire cache of weapons, after which he was given “a more menial job.” Demoting whistleblowers or punishing employees otherwise critical of institutional corruption is a defining feature of the Obama administration.
Commentators have asked whether the program is part of a wider policy of supporting the Sinaloa drug cartel. Accused Sinaloa mastermind Vicente Zambada-Niebla has claimed in court documents that federal agents allowed him to sell cocaine in the United States from 2004-9 in exchange for informing on rival drug kingpins to the Drug Enforcement Administration, the FBI, and U.S. immigration officials.
The new revelations show the U.S. taxpayer is financing both sides of the low-intensity warfare along the Mexican border. Darrell Issa has thoroughly investigated the scandal. He believes it is inconceivable that officials at the highest levels of the Obama administration had not given their consent to this program. The new revelations prove this bloody policy that has resulted in multiple American deaths may have terminal effects upon Eric Holder’s tenure as Attorney General — and possibly Barack Obama’s (one) term as president.
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We live in strange times where it is almost impossible to tell your enemies from your friends. Our nation is divided in so many factions, we have splinter groups of individuals who would gladly watch as our nation burn so that they could prove a point of who is right and who is wrong. Many of us predicted that what has happened would happen if ever the Liberals/Progressives gained the upper hand but seemingly were powerless to stop the George Soroses of this nation from doing their worst. I just wonder what will happen when the evil doers no longer have their point person in control? Since most of them speak only English, look our England, Canada and other English speaking nations, you may have our discarded American trailer trash among you soon!
Since Obama signed an Ex Order to seal all of his files, will he sign another one to seal the files on this and continue to cover himself?
Dragon, I wouldn’t put it past him. He pulled the wool over the eyes of the public during the campaign & even after he was in office, the first day he sealed his records. We all put up with it & we should have argued with him. Not only did we accept the fact that he sealed his records…but we have allowed him to carry a Blackberry on him wherever he goes. It’s an awkward situation..like you are trying to discipline a child that you have let get alway with everything & now you want them to change. Unless you really hit a nerve with the child, 9 times out of 10, the child will continue to do what he/she has done before. Mainly b/c uou have let them get away with things before.
Floyd, thanks for republishing this article. It is a service to America.
This is my take on the subject: The ATF is a 100% socialist-union-goon-run, corrupt organized crime syndicate. Like most unionized policing agencies it seeks to dominate its subjects. The only way this can be done is to disarm them – meaning, take away all of our guns. The sole and exclusive purpose of Fast & Furious was to foment a crisis wherein the union gangsters running the ATF could claim our 2nd Amendment rights were ruining Mexico because “our” guns were being used to kill thousands across the border. Then, like the Brady Bunch, they would try to move in and take away our guns based upon a swelling of anit-gun sentiment here in the US. Save for one patriotic American left amongst the ATF illiterati the plan might have worked. I remember that the MSM were trumpeting the ATF theme for months ’til the truth got out. Strangely, the MSM now will not cover this unionized blood bath south of the border from the ATF perspective.
The evidence is greater ever day that the Obama Administration is implicated directly in the Fast and Furious criminal activity. Congress needs to force the administration to give up the records and allow Issa’s group to fully investigate the operation. People need to be imprisoned for withholding evidence that has been demanded by Issa. People need to be charged with crimes stemming from this criminal conspiracy. The attempt by Obama to deny us of our 2nd amendment rights. Please demand of your Congressmen that they put pressure on the White House to demand the investigation continue or put Contemp of Congress charges against Holder and all of the ATF officials involved. Charge Obama with withholding evidence in this case. Obama has commited crimes against the People. He needs to be held to account. Vote him out in 2012.
The investigations into Fast and Furious and Solyndra should provide enough evidence of Obama’s involvement to allow for impeachment proceedings to begin. Once impeached, or voted out of office, numerous felony charges need to be filed against both of the Obamas and numerous members of Obama’s Cabinet and Congress. The rampant disregard for the law and the number of felonies committed by this administration should not be tolerated by the American people. Individually we may not be able to accomplish much, but as a unified group we can rid our government of these felons through our votes and continuous pressure on Congress.