"Fast And Furious" Just Might Be President Obama's Watergate
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Why a gunrunning scandal codenamed "Fast and Furious," a program run secretly by the U.S. Government that sent thousands of firearms over an international border and directly into the hands of criminals, hasn't been pursued by an army of reporters all trying to be the next Bob Woodward or Carl Bernstein is a story in itself. But the state of modern journalism aside, this scandal is so inflammatory few realize that official records show the current director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), B. Todd Jones - yes the individual the Obama administration brought in to...
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Fourteen employees of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives and the U.S. Justice Department face disciplinary action for their roles in the botched Fast and Furious weapons-tracking program, according to a report released today by department investigators.
No criminal charges are recommended, according to the report.
The program was designed to track kingpins responsible for illegal gunrunning to Mexico. It has been blamed for contributing to crimes -- including the high-profile slaying of a U.S. Border patrol agent. Ref. CNN