What follows is a summation of my coverage of the story of John Shipley. [More]Think of it as the "CliffsNotes version" of a convoluted story that spans years, takes all kinds of bizarre twists and turns, and is still unfolding.
Wednesday, August 22, 2012
The Strange Case of FBI Agent John Shipley
McMahon not only one favored with ATF ‘sweetheart deal’
“In June 2007, the Office of Charge Card Management awarded the GSA SmartPay® 2 master contracts to Citibank, JP Morgan Chase, and U.S. Bank,” the General Services Administration website confirmed. “Yes, J.P.Morgan is our cc provider,” another agent confirmed, adding colorful expletives that can’t be repeated here. [More]This afternoon's Gun Rights Examiner report follows up on today's earlier column with a look at some standard business practices that have prompted a prominent whistleblower to cry "foul."
Wacky Fast and Furious Conspiracy Theories
Pelosi: Civil Contempt Lawsuit Against Holder About Vote Suppression [More]Alrighty then.
Holding ‘Gunwalker’ figures ‘accountable’ evidently involves sweetheart deals
If this is what the administration means by holding the decision-makers accountable, it’s fair to wonder what they’d consider "justice" for the Terry family and other victims of Operation Fast and Furious to look like. [More]Today's Gun Rights Examiner report notes it depends on what the meaning of the word "accountable" is.
Funny, I Don't See "Morally Challenged"...
Holder Justice Department Recruits Dwarfs, Schizophrenics, and the ‘Intellectually Disabled’ [More]Really.
Here they are car-pooling to a wrong-house raid.
[Via Michael G]
UPDATE: Vanderboegh would like to welcome you to Munchkin Land.
OIG Report to DOJ for Review
Katie Pavlich got the scoop. [Read]
Looks like Workman had it too:
Looks like Workman had it too:
Sources told Examiner Wednesday that the Inspector General’s report was transmitted to the Justice Department this week for “review” and one source indicated the report could be released sometime in the next two weeks. Release just before the Labor Day weekend could bury any damaging aspects, and it could become further removed from public attention by the Democrat convention in early September.
A Time-Honored Practice?
The man who gave the Black Panther Party some of its first firearms and weapons training - which preceded fatal shootouts with Oakland police in the turbulent 1960s - was an undercover FBI informer, according to a former bureau agent and an FBI report. [More]I certainly hope no "conspiracy theorists" point out how armed Panthers were exploited to gin up hysteria and pass the Mulford Act...
[Via spartywrx]
We're the Only Ones Spontaneously Reacting Enough
[San Diego County Sheriff Bill Gore] said the deputies thought Orey’s open gate looked suspicious, so they went into her backyard. The deputies ran into Orey, and one of them had a “spontaneous reaction.” [More]Hey, he DID go home at the end of his shift. Do you think she would have, had she mistaken him for an intruder, and had a spontaneous reaction of her own?
So we know the victim's name. What else is missing?
[Via Kevin Starrett]
