Geee Posted May 7, 2011 Share Posted May 7, 2011 Pajamas Media:On May 3, Congressman Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) managed to haul Attorney General Eric Holder in front of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, where he is the chairman, to discuss “Project Gunrunner.”Project Gunrunner was the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) operation in which as many as 2,000 firearms were allegedly allowed to walk across the Mexican border in an attempt to track down the “big fish” in the gun trafficking rings — and, presumably, the drug cartels. The attempt not only failed but, according to Issa, resulted in the deaths of two federal agents.Issa had previously subpoenaed documents and personnel from the Department of Justice and from ATF — and was flatly refused.The Wall Street Journal reports that Holder claimed in his testimony Tuesday that it was not the policy of the DoJ to allow weapons across the border. Or, to be more specific, he attempted to claim this, in a sentence which was very carefully parsed:Under no circumstances should guns be allowed to be distributed in an uncontrolled manner.Of course, the goal of Project Gunrunner — and Operation Fast and Furious — was to allow those weapons across the border in a very carefully controlled manner and to track them.The program began in 2009, but Holder said he’d only become aware of it in recent weeks and refused to say how far up the chain of command the decision to implement the program went. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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