Doug Book,FloydReports.com On July 4th,Acting ATF Director Ken Melson testified for hours before representatives of the Grassley/Issa congressional committees. Personal counsel in tow,Melson made a number of allegations concerning the Department of Justice and two agencies under DOJ control—the FBI and the DEA. According to his testimony,not only did the [...] Ben Johnson,The White House Watch The chief congressional investigators of Operation Fast and Furious released explosive testimony from the director of the Bureau of Alcohol,Tobacco,Firearms,and Explosives (ATF) that they say indicates the Obama administration tried to stonewall Congress,deny witnesses the ability to testify freely,and fire employees who refused [...] Doug Book,FloydReports.com Like most of the American media,Pinch Sulzberger’s New York Times has ignored the ATF’s Fast and Furious and Gunrunner scandals for months. The fact that one or more Obama Regime members at the Justice Department encouraged other Obama Regime members at the Bureau of Alcohol,Tobacco and Firearms to sell [...] Jonathan Strong,The Daily Caller Four Alcohol,Tobacco,Firearms and Explosives (ATF) agents in transcribed interviews with top GOP oversight official Darrell Issa’s office are contradicting the Justice Department’s account of “Operation Fast and Furious,” saying hundreds of weapons -– including assault rifles and military-grade sniper weapons -– were allowed to escape into the [...] Katie Pavlich,Townhall.com Presidential administration officials have been held in contempt only 12 times since Watergate in the 1970s,but number 13 may be on its way. Attorney General Eric Holder has refused to supply the House Oversight Committee with requested documents surrounding Operation Fast and Furious,the lethal and botched operation in which [...] Doug Book,FloydReports.com In December of last year,Border Agent Brian Terry was killed by Mexican gang members in an Arizona border shootout. Two of the weapons recovered from the scene had been part of the Bureau of Alcohol,Tobacco,and Firearms (ATF)’s “Project Gunrunner,” a plot whereby thousands of firearms were deliberately sold [...] Kevin “Coach”Collins,FloydReports.com On December 14,Border Officer Brian Terry lost his life in a shoot out with illegal Mexican aliens he was attempting to stop from sneaking into our country. Since then we have seen the Bureau of Alcohol Firearms and Tobacco (BATF) work overtime to keep us from learning that the [...] Ben Johnson,FloydReports.com Congressman Darrell Issa is threatening the Obama administration with contempt hearings if it continues to stonewall his investigation of the Bureau of Alcohol,Tobacco,and Firearms (ATF). In a letter Issa sent ATF Director Ken Melson earlier today,the California Republican blasted the agency for failing to meet the April 13 [...] Doug Book,FloydReports.com Several months ago,Senate Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Charles Grassley began an investigation of Project Gunrunner,the disgraceful ATF program of deliberately “walking” guns across the southern border and into the waiting hands of Mexican drug cartel members. The senator was alerted by ATF whistleblowers,who became fed up after weapons [...] Doug Book,FloydReports.com On December 14th,Border Patrol agent Brian Terry was killed in an Arizona border shootout,presumably with Mexican illegals. Homeland Security head Janet Napolitano eulogized him a week later,saying “he put service before self,which is the mark of heroism.” After the Arizona shootings,the Left gleefully blamed conservatives [...] | |