Ooopsie

My baby, she wrote me letter…

White House received emails about Fast and Furious gun-trafficking operation

Three national security officials were given some details about the operation. But an administration official says the emails do not prove that anyone in the White House was aware of the covert tactics of the program.

Reporting from Washington— Newly obtained emails show that the White House was better informed about a failed gun-tracking operation on the border with Mexico than was previously known.

Three White House national security officials were given some details about the operation, dubbed Fast and Furious. The operation allowed firearms to be illegally purchased, with the goal of tracking them to Mexican drug cartels. But the effort went out of control after agents lost track of many of the weapons.

The supervisor of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives operation in Phoenix specifically mentioned Fast and Furious in at least one email to a White House national security official, and two other White House colleagues were briefed on reports from the supervisor, according to White House emails and a senior administration official.

11 Responses to “Ooopsie”

  1. JeffS says:

    But an administration official says the emails do not prove that anyone in the White House was aware of the covert tactics of the program.

    Where there’s smoke, there’s fire.

  2. Gary from Jersey says:

    How could they not know? Justice, Homeland Security, Treasury and State were all implicated in Congressional testimony by ATF’s acting chief.

    Meanwhile, I got what looks like an AP story saying O’s Occidental College funding is headed to the Supreme Court since the records allegedly show he applied for, and got, financial aid as a foreign student under the Fullbright Program. Anyone else heard about this?

  3. aelfheld says:

    The Sergeant Schultz administration.

  4. JeffS says:

    With Colonel Klink in charge of DoJ.

  5. nightfly says:

    Does The Precedent still want to know whose ass to kick?

  6. tree hugging sister says:

    It depends what your definition of “ass” is, Diptera. In this case, The Present qualifies.

    And I wouldnt’t defame Klink that way, Jeff ~ he, at least, had a heart.

  7. JeffS says:

    True, Sis. I was thinking about the bumbling and bizarre logic.

  8. Gunslinger says:

    “With Colonel Klink in charge of DoJ.”

    Closer to Major Hochstetter.

  9. Larry says:

    It burns my hide to hear them call it a “failed” or “botched” program. Nothing of the sort, it worked JUST AS IT WAS INTENDED TO! Losing track of the weapons was a feature, not a bug.
    Heads need to roll.

  10. Greg Newson says:

    When is everyone going to realize that the government doesn’t care about American citizens.The government is an entity onto itself.They have become the gentry protected by
    the Praetorian Guard of cops and federal agents.
    These beaucrats think we’re
    all bigots and stupid. They think they’re smart and cool because they don’t believe in the concept of nations.

  11. major dad says:

    And the MSM? Nothing but crickets.

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