Monday, September 26, 2011

Taxpayer Funds Used To Buy Weapons For The Mexican Cartels

U.S. Government Used Taxpayer Funds To Buy, Sell Weapons During 'Fast And Furious,' Documents Show -- FOX News

Not only did U.S. officials approve, allow and assist in the sale of more than 2,000 guns to the Sinaloa cartel -- the federal government used taxpayer money to buy semi-automatic weapons, sold them to criminals and then watched as the guns disappeared.

This disclosure, revealed in documents obtained by Fox News, could undermine the Department of Justice's previous defense that Operation Fast and Furious was a "botched" operation where agents simply "lost track" of weapons as they were transferred from one illegal buyer to another. Instead, it heightens the culpability of the federal government as Mexico, according to sources, has opened two criminal investigations into the operation that flooded their country with illegal weapons.

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More News On The "Fast And Furious" Scandal

New documents show that taxpayer money went to outfit gangs and the drug cartels -- Examiner
Letter implicates ATF in committing straw purchases for Gunwalker -- Examiner
Fast and Furious: Cartel Guns Purchased With Taxpayer Money -- Human Events
GOP steps up pressure on Obama with Fast and Furious investigation -- The Hill

My Comment: Where is the national outrage? With the exception of FOX .... the main stream media is ignoring this incredible story (and scandal).

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