ATF Supervisors Blame Prosecutors in Fast and Furious

William Newell
By Shoshanna Utchenik
ticklethewire.com

The blame game continues in Operation Fast and Furious.

The latest: Two ATF managers — Bill Newell and David Voth — claim fed prosecutors blocked efforts to arrest gun runners or seize weapons before they crossed the border in Mexico, according to the Arizona Daily Star.

The controversial program has caused a stir in Washington.

ATF encouraged gun dealers in Arizona to sell to straw purchasers, all with the hopes of tracing the guns to the Mexican cartels.

ATF lost track of many of the weapons, some of which surfaced at crime scenes.

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