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The truth about the Fast and the Furious scandal

CNN, Fortune by Katherine Eban | Jun. 26, 2012 (News Report)

Issa and others charge that the ATF intentionally allowed guns to walk as an operational tactic. But five law-enforcement agents directly involved in Fast and Furious tell Fortune that the ATF had no such tactic. They insist they never purposefully allowed guns to be illegally trafficked. Just the opposite: They say they seized weapons whenever they could but were hamstrung by prosecutors and weak laws, which stymied them at every turn. Full Story »

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Topics: Mexico, Gun Control, U.S. House of Representatives, Obama Administration, Arizona
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Posted by: Posted by Dwight Rousu - Jun 27, 2012 - 9:48 AM PDT
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Edited by: Pamela Hogle - Jul 1, 2012 - 3:40 PM PDT
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“Republican senators are whipping up the country into a psychotic frenzy with these reports that are patently false,” More »

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