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Holder, Fast and Furious, and the Double Standard

Lanny Davis | Posted 05.04.2012

Read More: Gun Violence, Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco Firearms and Explosives, Operation Fast and Furious, Darrell Issa, Atf, Gun Trafficking, Eric Holder, Mexico, Fast and Furious, Eric Holder Fast and Furious, Gun Walking, Guns, Illegal Guns, Politics News

Attorney General Eric Holder has been the subject of vicious partisan personal attacks on his integrity over the failed "gun walking" operation, "Fast and Furious." The hypocrisy of the double standard by congressional Republicans is obvious.

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Dems Make New Claim On 'Fast An Furious'

AP | PETE YOST | Posted 04.01.2012

Read More: Mexican Drug Cartels, Operation Fast and Furious, Video, Doj, Drug War, Drug Violence, Atf, Gun Smuggling, Fast and Furious Report, Fast and Furious, Eric Holder Fast and Furious, Justice Department, Eric Holder, Politics News

WASHINGTON — Democrats looking into Operation Fast and Furious say a yearlong investigation has turned up no evidence that the flawed gun smuggl...

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Even "Gun Rights" Judge Can't Stomach NRA Extremism

Dennis A. Henigan | Posted 03.31.2012

Read More: Gun Violence, Brady Campaign, Second Amendment, Illegal Gun Trafficking, National Rifle Association, Concealed Carry, Atf, Guns in School, Gun Control, Gun Lobby, Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence, Nra, Politics News

Recent gun lobby legal defeats underscore how much the NRA and its gun industry funders are dependent for their success on the tactics of political threats and intimidation.

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First Convictions From Fast And Furious Gun Probe

AP | By JACQUES BILLEAUD | Posted 01.24.2012

PHOENIX -- Two men pleaded guilty to buying guns that were destined to be smuggled into Mexico, the first convictions in the federal government's botc...

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Gun Industry Suffers Stinging Defeat in Court

Dennis A. Henigan | Posted 03.20.2012

Read More: Brady Campaign, Gun Violence, Gun Control, Gun Lobby, Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence, Mexico Gun Trafficking, Illegal Gun Trafficking, Atf Gun Trafficking, Atf, Politics News

The gun industry is dominated by manufacturers, distributors and retailers who profit so handsomely from high-volume sales to traffickers that they will fight any serious effort to curtail them.

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FBI Director Challenges Top Republican's Theory On 'Fast And Furious'

HuffingtonPost.com | Mollie Reilly | Posted 12.15.2011

Read More: Operation Fast and Furious, Video, Senate Judiciary Committee, Darrell Issa, Atf, Robert Mueller, Fbi, Fast and Furious, Eric Holder, Guns, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- FBI Director Robert Mueller denied that his agency attempted to cover up evidence related to Operation Fast and Furious, denouncing Rep....

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Holder Speaking On 'Fast And Furious'

AP | PETE YOST | Posted 02.07.2012

WASHINGTON — Republican lawmakers told Attorney General Eric Holder on Thursday to fire some Justice Department subordinates over the flawed arm...

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Police Chase Ends In Crash, Shooting; One Suspect Dead

Posted 02.06.2012

Read More: Police Chase on U.S. 1, Fatal Shooting, Miami-Dade Police, South Miami-Dade Police Chase Ends in Crash, Atf, Dea, Suspected Gang Members, Police Chase, Miami Dade Police Shooting, Police Shooting Miami, Miami News

Two armed felons under investigation by the DEA led police on a high-speed chase down U.S. 1 in southwest Miami-Dade Tuesday before both were shot and...

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Right-Wing Blogger Denies That He Inspired Shocking Militia Plot

AP | GREG BLUESTEIN and JAY REEVES | Posted 01.03.2012

Read More: Domestic Terror, Militia, Anti-Government Violence, Terrorism, Georgia Militia Plot, Mike Vanderboegh Militia Plot, Ricin, Vanderboegh, Video, Irs, Militia Movement, Alabama Minutemen, Atf, Mike Vanderboegh Georgia Militia, Georgia Militia, Minutemen, Mike Vanderboegh, Politics News

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — On his website, militia leader-turned-blogger Mike Vanderboegh writes about fed-up Americans responding to government violenc...

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Feds Arrest Four In Fringe Group In Plot Based Off Online Novel

AP | GREG BLUESTEIN | Posted 01.02.2012

Read More: Militia, Terrorism, Dan Roberts, Samuel Crump, Frederick Thomas, Ricin, Video, Irs, Atf, Ray Adams, Absolved, Domestic Terrorism, Georgia Militia, Mike Vanderboegh, Politics News

GAINESVILLE, Ga. — In the violent underground novel "Absolved," right-wing militia members upset about gun control make war against the U.S. gov...

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Inspectors General Save Taxpayers Billions, Earn Plaques From Eric Holder

Corbin Hiar | Posted 12.19.2011

Read More: Glaxosmithkline, Inspector General, General Services Administration, Small Business Administration, Minneapolis Bridge Collapse, Atf, Department of Transit, Fast and Furious, Brian D. Miller, Eric Holder, Iwatch News, Cigie, Politics News

Government watchdogs identified potential savings of $87.2 billion in 2010 in investigations of everything from defective drugs to disaster loan fraud, according a study by the U.S. inspectors general oversight organization.

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Justice Department Investigation Bush Program Similar To 'Fast And Furious'

AP | PETE YOST | Posted 12.14.2011

WASHINGTON — A second Bush administration gun-trafficking investigation has surfaced using the same controversial tactic for which congressional...

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Republican Attack on Eric Holder - Let's Stick to the Facts

Lanny Davis | Posted 12.13.2011

Read More: Operation Fast and Furious, Fast and Furious, Eric Holder, Atf, Politics News

If ever there is an example of hyper-partisanship, the recent personal attacks challenging the honesty and competence of Attorney General Eric Holder regarding the ATF's errors in its "Fast and Furious" gun-tracking program should be Exhibit A.

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Issa Issues Subpoena For Eric Holder Over Controversial Gun-Running Operation

The Huffington Post | Luke Johnson | Posted 12.12.2011

House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) Wednesday issued a subpoena to Attorney General Eric Holder, Jr. and ...

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Holder Answers Critics On 'Fast And Furious'

AP | PETE YOST | Posted 12.07.2011

WASHINGTON — Attorney General Eric Holder said Friday that his testimony to Congress about a controversial gun-smuggling probe was truthful and ...

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Darrell Issa: White House Throwing 'Dirt,' Obama Administration Driven By 'Fear'

AP | LARRY MARGASAK | Posted 11.22.2011

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WASHINGTON — Rep. Darrell Issa is finding himself in the spotlight as a target as well as the Republicans' chief inquisitor in investigations of...

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Speaking of "Fast and Furious": NRA Leaders Well-Versed in Fomenting Foreign Conflicts

Josh Horwitz | Posted 11.13.2011

Read More: Gun Violence, Second Amendment, Operation Fast and Furious, Oliver North, National Rifle Association, Insurrectionism, Insurrection, Atf, Bob Brown, Gun Control, Fast and Furious, Grover Norquist, Nra, Politics News

The NRA's sudden concern about the illegal trafficking of guns to dangerous people couldn't be more hypocritical. It turns out the NRA knows quite a bit about "wacked-out-schemes" that allow "evil people" to hurt "innocent citizens" in foreign countries.

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Wayne Lapierre: Old Dog, Old Tricks

Cliff Schecter | Posted 10.11.2011

Read More: Firearms and Explosives, Mexico, Media Matters, Manufacturing Doubt, Nra, Bureau of Alcohol, Wayne LaPierre, Mexican Drug Cartels, Long Guns, Political Correction, Arms Dealers, National Rifle Association, US Border, Lawrence O'Donnell, Violence Policy Center, Tobacco, Pete Forcelli, Atf, Politics News

To quote Lawrence O'Donnell from his show back in February, Wayne LaPierre is "Washington's lobbyist in favor of murderer's rights, always to use the gun of their choice."

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NRA To Sue Over Obama Administration Gun Control Rule

Posted 10.03.2011

Read More: Semi-Automatic-Rifle, Operation Fast and Furious, Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco Firearms and Explosives, National Rifle Association, Video, United States Mexico, Gun Control Laws, Obama Gun Control, Atf, Gun Control, Mexico Drug Violence, Nra, Guns, Politics News

By Jeremy Pelofsky WASHINGTON -- The gun industry plans to file lawsuits on Wednesday challenging requirements that weapons dealers along the U...

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Obama's Growing Gun Problem

Adam Winkler | Posted 10.03.2011

Read More: Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco Firearms and Explosives, Mexico Drug War, Darrell Issa, Atf, Nra, Barack Obama, Guns, Eric Holder, Politics News

Now that Republicans in Congress won important concessions in the debt ceiling debate, the next partisan battle is likely to be over what promises to be the first major scandal of the Obama administration: the botched gun sting known as "Operation Fast and Furious."

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Inside The ATF's Controversial Gun Trafficking Operation

AP | By PAULINE ARRILLAGA | Posted 09.29.2011

Read More: Gun Laws, Atf Fast and Furious, Operation Fast and Furious, Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco Firearms and Explosives, Mexico Drug War, Kenneth Melson, U.S.-Mexico Border, Atf, Gun Trafficking, Gun Control, Fast and Furious, u.s. Mexio Border Security, Mexico Drug Violence, Politics News

PHOENIX -- Ten days before Christmas, ATF agent John Dodson awoke, got his morning coffee, switched on the TV news – and heard the words he had ...

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'Fast and Furious' Weapons Scandal Fuels Immigration Debate

HuffingtonPost.com | Saki Knafo | Posted 09.26.2011

Read More: Drug Trafficking, Mexican Drug Cartels, Immigration Reform, Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco Firearms and Explosives, Mexico Drug War, "Fast and Furious", Illegal Immigration, Atf, Gun Trafficking, Immigration, Guns, Politics News

A scandal involving the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms entered its latest phase on Tuesday when officials from the bureau testified at a cong...

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'A Perfect Storm Of Idiocy': ATF Agents Slam Gun-Trafficking Operation

HuffingtonPost.com | John Rudolf | Posted 09.25.2011

Read More: Drug Trafficking, Drug Cartels, Mexico Drug War, Carlos Canino, Darrell Issa, Gun Trafficking, House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, Gun Control, Mexico, Mexican Drug Cartels, Operation Fast and Furious, Phoenix, Atf, House Oversight Committee, William Newell, Borders, Fast and Furious, Politics News

A botched gun-trafficking investigation that allowed suspected criminals to purchase roughly 2,000 firearms -- many which later crossed the border int...

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WATCH: U.S. Guns From Controversial ATF Operation Found At Mexican Crime Scenes

Posted 09.25.2011

Read More: Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco Firearms and Explosives, Operation Fast and Furious, Illegal Gun Trafficking, Kenneth Melson, Darrell Issa, Atf, Gun Trafficking, Mexico, Mexico Drug Violence, Darrell Issa Atf, Video, Politics News

By Jeremy Pelofsky WASHINGTON (Reuters) -- At least 122 firearms from a botched U.S. undercover operation have been found at crime scenes in M...

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ATF Chief Under Fire From GOP: We Made A Mistake

AP | PETE YOST | Posted 09.17.2011

Read More: Operation Fast and Furious, Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco Firearms and Explosives, Illegal Gun Trafficking, Kenneth Melson, Atf, Gun Trafficking, Gun Control, Kenneth Melson Atf, Mexico Drug Violence, Guns, Politics News

WASHINGTON — The head of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives says that in at least one instance during a now-controversial g...

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