Written by Alex Newman
In
the latest explosive twist to the Obama administration’s deadly “Fast
and Furious” gun-running scandal, one of the key whistleblowers has now
identified the FBI as a crucial player in the infamous 2010 murder of
U.S. Border Patrol Agent Brian Terry. According to Bureau of Alcohol,
Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) Special Agent John Dodson, the
criminals responsible for murdering border agent Terry were actually
working for the two FBI operatives at the center of the Obama
administration’s deadly plot to arm Mexican drug cartels.
As
The New American and other sources
reported
in early 2011, the ATF was linked to Terry’s murder almost from the
start. Indeed, two of the weapons found at the murder scene in Peck
Canyon were traced back to Fast and Furious. The slaying of the elite
federal border agent, who was killed near the U.S.-Mexico border by
drug-cartel operatives armed by the Obama administration via the ATF,
was the last straw for some of the officials involved in the scandal.
After
learning that the murder weapons were from Fast and Furious — and that
disgraced Attorney General Eric Holder’s Justice Department was engaged
in an attempted cover-up — brave federal agents knew it was time to go
to Congress and the press to blow the whistle. Now, Special Agent
Dodson, a key figure who helped expose the administration’s gun-running
scandal, has added even more scandalous revelations to the mix: The
bandits who shot Terry were likely working for two FBI operatives at the
time.Of course, it has been common knowledge since at least early 2012
that
the
two Fast and Furious “drug lords” supposedly being “investigated” by
the Obama administration were working for the FBI all along.
Official documents revealed that the FBI operatives, who were using U.S.
taxpayer funds to purchase weapons for cartels, were considered
“national security assets,” “off limits,” and “untouchable.” In all,
thousands of high-powered American guns were provided to cartels by the
administration through the deadly scheme.
The latest revelations suggest the rabbit hole goes even deeper. According to allegations made by Dodson in a
recent interview with the
Arizona Republic,
Terry’s killers — employed by the FBI operatives in question — were
sent to the border for a “drug rip-off” mission based on “intelligence”
from the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA). The alleged goal of
helping the FBI’s men steal the large drug shipment was supposedly to
increase their clout among the duo’s fellow criminals, the whistleblower
argued.
“I don’t think the [FBI] assets were part of the rip-off
crew,” Dodson told the newspaper, echoing accusations made in his new
book about blowing the whistle on Fast and Furious, dubbed
The Unarmed Truth. “I think
they were directing the rip crew.” (Emphasis added.) In his book, which the Obama administration
unsuccessfully tried to censor by
blocking publication, Dodson also argues that the DEA had and shared
information on the massive drug shipment going through Peck Canyon the
night Terry was killed.
In fact, the whistleblower says, the federal drug agency may have even orchestrated the shipment, an allegation
unlikely to surprise analysts who follow the issues. The DEA —
investigated by Congress last year for laundering Mexican cartel profits
— also allegedly shared the information it had on the shipment with its
counterparts at the FBI. Then, Dodson suggests, the FBI proceeded to
tip off its own operatives with news that the drugs would be “theirs for
the taking.”
“Stealing such a shipment would increase the clout
of the FBI informants in the cartel organization they had penetrated,”
Dodson argues in his book, “and thus lead to better intel for them in
the future.” All of the agencies implicated in the scandal have refused
to comment thus far. The Obama administration, meanwhile, has been
working furiously to unlawfully conceal documents and evidence from
congressional investigators.
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Operation Fast and Furious Twist, DOJ Involvement Deeper Than ATF
Among the many serious scandals that have plagued Barack Obama’s
presidency and for which nobody in charge has ever been held
accountable, Operation Fast and Furious was one which the White House
had hoped was forgotten, but the original ATF whistleblower has revealed
a new twist. Attorney General Eric Holder, who previously lied to
Congress about his knowledge of the botched illegal gun-running scheme,
cannot escape the obvious fact that he is still responsible, ultimately,
for the entire tragic and criminal enterprise.
Fast and Furious
was an ATF sting operation that allowed associates of Mexican drug
cartels to enter the United States and make straw purchases of firearms
in US gun stores, before returning to Mexico with the weapons and
selling them to the cartels. The stated objective was to track and
apprehend senior cartel members but this never happened; the weapons
were not tracked effectively – if at all – and most of them disappeared;
some being recovered later at the scenes of numerous murders.
Since
an ATF agent blew the whistle on the operation – which began in 2009 –
congressional hearings have failed to reach any actionable conclusions;
the Justice Department (DoJ), of which the ATF is a branch, has refused
to hand over most of the documentation relating to this criminal
enterprise. The Attorney General himself lied to Congress when he told
the hearing that he had known nothing about the operation until just a
couple of weeks before the hearings. The oversight committee later
acquired internal documents that proved Holder had known about the
operation much earlier.
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Obama False on Fast & Furious: Wrongly Claims Operation Started Under Bush
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In
a Univision interview, President Barack Obama discusses Operation Fast
and Furious and Attorney General Eric Holder's role in the operation.
Obama falsely states that Operation Fast and Furious started under the
Bush administration. A recent report by the Inspector General of the
Department of Justice reveals that 14 top officials in the DOJ and ATF
were involved in the gunwalking operation, and 2 officials resigned
following the release of the Inspector General report.
9-17-12 Univision interview with President Barack Obama
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ATF tries to block whistleblowing agent’s Fast and Furious book
1st Amendment battle over ‘gun-walking’ expose
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EXCLUSIVE:
The
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives is blocking the main whistleblower in the Fast and Furious case from publishing a book, claiming his retelling of the
Mexico
“gun-walking” scandal will hurt morale inside the embattled law
enforcement agency, according to documents obtained by The Washington
Times.
ATF’s dispute with Special Agent
John Dodson is setting up a First Amendment showdown that is poised to bring together liberal groups like the
American Civil Liberties Union and conservatives in
Congress who have championed
Mr. Dodson’s protection as a whistleblower.
The
ACLU is slated to become involved in the case Monday, informing
ATF it is representing
Mr. Dodson
and filing a formal protest to the decision to reject his request to
publish the already written book, sources told The Times, speaking only
on the condition of anonymity.
The battle also could have
repercussions on Capitol Hill, where the two lead investigators who
helped uncover the Fast and Furious scandal,
Sen. Chuck Grassley, Iowa Republican, and
House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman
Darrell E. Issa, Calif. Republican, had written a foreword to the book, the sources said.
ATF Special Agent John Dodson warned his superiors of the Fast and ... more >
ATF officials declined Sunday night to discuss
Mr. Dodson’s
specific matter, citing personnel privacy. But the officials said it
was possible for an agent to be rejected for publishing a book for pay
but get permission to publish it for free. No manuscript for any Fast
and Furious book has received approval for unpaid publication, however,
the officials said.
A source famiiiar with
Mr. Dodson’s book request told the Times that
ATF
officials never inquired whether he was seeking to publish the book for
pay or free, and that the rejection came only after his superiors in
Washington and Arizona asked to read the manuscript.
Mr. Dodson was the first
ATF
special agent to go public in 2011 with allegations that his
supervisors had authorized the flow of semi-automatic weapons into
Mexico instead of interdicting them, touching off a scandal that toppled most of the top leadership of
ATF in Washington and Phoenix. The controversy also led to angry recriminations in
Mexico, which dealt with a wave of violent crime linked to the weapons, and high-profile congressional hearings that embarrassed the
Obama administration.
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