It's a wonderment to me that more political pressure has been forthcoming to get to the bottom of this incredible and stupid scheme conducted by the Obama Administration which resulted in thousands of guns being sent to Mexico's drug cartels.

The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (ATF) allowed American Firearms dealers to sell over 2000 guns to Mexican gangs with no plans to interdict or recover the guns. ATF's own agents questioned these plans and one of the gun dealers sent an email to ATF that this was putting border agents lives at risk; 6 months before the murder of U.S. border control agent, Brian Terry. Also, Mexico's Attorney General reports more than 200 murders in Mexico have been linked to this operation.

This story is out now because of whistle-blowers resulting in a congressional inquiry. Nobody knows what law enforcement goals were here or what "Fast and Furious" was supposed to achieve.

In a Sept. 9th letter to White House national security adviser Tom Donilon, Representative Darrell Issa, the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform chairman, and Senator Charles Grassley of Iowa revealed that the ATF special agent in charge of the operation was briefing the administration on the details as early as the summer of 2010.

In spite of this the Obama Justice Department tried to stop the acting head of the ATF, Kenneth Melson, from cooperating with congressional investigators. He ultimately testified before the Oversight Committee in July, arriving with his own legal representation. Then, in August, the Justice Department “reassigned” him to the Office of Legal Policy.

Then instead of releasing the audiotapes of the witnesses conversations directly to the congressional inquiry, the Obama Justice Dept. released the tapes to the Arizona U.S. Attorneys Office., raising the possibility of collusion between witnesses and obstruction of the investigation.

We all deserve to know how "Fast and Furious happened", and who will be held ultimately accountable. We know by experience that no scheme of this magnitude could have happened without, at least, the acquiescence of the President.

http://www.weeklystandard.com/articl...ey_594154.html