Emails: Bush-Era Embassy, Prosecutor's Office Approved ATF 'Gun Walking' Tactic

[Tx4obama]

Emails: Bush-Era Embassy, Prosecutor's Office Approved ATF 'Gun Walking' Tactic

As House Oversight Committee Chairman Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA) continues to try to pin the flawed "gun walking" tactic employed in Operation Fast and Furious on the Obama administration, it's becoming increasingly clear that problems with ATF's Phoenix division date back at least into the Bush era.

TPM has obtained the documents relating to another Bush-era ATF operation (on top of Operation Wide Receiver) which deployed the "gun walking" tactic. The development was first reported by Pete Yost of the Associated Press.

In fact, ATF officials wrote in 2007 that the gun walking tactic had "full approval" of the U.S. Attorney's Office being run by an interim Bush appointee and that the U.S. Embassy in Mexico was "fully on-board."

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Full article: http://tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com/2011/10/emails_bush-era_embassy_prosecutors_office_approved_atf_gun_walking_tactic.php?ref=fpb

[Scurrilous]

1. Thanks.

K & R :thumbsup:

[Lionessa]

2. I'm kind of getting tired of the "Bush did it first," as an excuse for Obama continuing it.

Not just on this topic but on so many.

[Tx4obama]

3. Do you have a link that shows that President Obama even knew any of this was going on?

The OP is important because it shows this was started under Bush.
Just because the operations were continuing while Obama was in office does NOT mean that Obama even knew about it.
Presidents do not know about 'every' detail that happens in 'every' department.

As far as 'an excuse for Obama continuing it' - please show us some evidence that Obama knew about the special operation.