Report Says ATF Agent Predicted Death and Congressional Inquiry After ATF Launched Controversial Gun Program; Agents Worried Guns Might be Linked to Gabrielle Giffords Shooting

By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com One ATF agent told Congressional investigators  that someone was going to die  from ATF’s controversial gun-walking program dubbed “Operation Fast and Furious”, and he predicted the program would become the subject of a Congressional inquiry. That prediction by agent Larry Alt was noted in a  51-page report released Tuesday Rep. Darrell…

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No Surprise: Senate Report Says U.S. Guns Going to Mexican Drug Traffickers at Alarming Rate; Makes Recommendations

By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Certainly this comes as no surprise. A Congressional report released Monday concludes that American military-style weapons are arming Mexico’s violent drug organizations at an alarming rate and policy makers are not adequately responding. “Congress has been virtually moribund while powerful Mexican drug trafficking organizations continue to gain unfettered access to military-style…

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Az. Feds Bust Gun Runners to Mexico

By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com In Arizona, which is locked in an endless battle to keep guns from going into Mexico, comes the latest. Authorities on Tuesday announced indictments in five cases resulting in charges against 34 people accused of assisting Mexican drug trafficking organizations with illegally running firearms from the United States to Mexico. Authorities…

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