Grassley: Federal officials made whistleblower feel like skunk at picnic

“The ATF agents who spoke with my staff warned their supervisors that this kind of risky operation would get someone killed,” Grassley writes. “Tragically, they were right. [More]

This just came to my attention so I thought I'd call it to yours.

As some in media pick up on ‘Gunwalker,’ others remain (intentionally?) clueless

Meanwhile, it would appear regional management is stepping up to follow the marching orders from ATF’s chief of spin to “proactively push positive stories this week, in an effort to preempt some negative reporting, or at minimum, lessen the coverage of such stories in the news cycle by replacing them with good stories about ATF.” OregonLive.com reports ATF’s Kelvin Crenshaw has released the Kraken and “proactively pushed” on cue... [More]

Today's Gun Rights Examiner column demonstrates the difference between reporters and "Authorized Journalists."

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I'll be talking "Gunwalker" Saturday morning at 9:00 EST with Sergio Sanchez, News Talk 710 KURV.

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BREAKING NEWS: Another CBS "Project Gunwalker" Report Tonight

Just got this from my -press contact at CBS--don't have time right now to do anything but post it here in its entirety--please spread the word asap:

March 4, 2011

TONIGHT ON THE "CBS EVENING NEWS WITH KATIE COURIC":

Sister of Slain Border Agent Murdered by Guns Linked to ATF Reacts to CBS News’ Interview with Agent

Tonight on the CBS EVENING NEWS WITH KATIE COURIC (6:30 PM ET), Kelly Willis, the sister of murdered U.S. Border Patrol Agent Brian Terry, responds to John Dodson, the ATF agent who risked his job to speak with CBS News about the agency’s practice of letting guns “walk.” Investigative Correspondent Sharyl Attkisson uncovered “Fast and Furious,” a secret case in which the ATF allowed guns to be purchased in order to track them, build a big case, and take down a major Mexican drug cartel.  Two assault rifles the ATF let go as part of  this strategy were found nearly a year after purchased at the scene of Terry’s murder.

Agent Dodson spoke out in an exclusive interview that broadcast on the CBS EVENING NEWS WITH KATIE COURIC on March 3. When asked by Attkisson about what he would say to Terry’s family, Dodson said, “First of all, I'd tell them that I'm sorry.  Second of all, I'd tell them I've done everything that I can for them to get the truth.  After this, I don't know what else I can do.  But I hope they get it."

Tonight, Terry’s sister responds. Following are advance excerpts from tonight's broadcast.  MANDATORY CREDIT: THE CBS EVENING NEWS WITH KATIE COURIC.

Kelly Willis: “You know, within the first five minutes after that was finished airing, my whole family members, we all called each other just in tears that somebody, sorry I'm going to cry…that somebody would put their job on the line like that for my family to give us the information that we need. And that right there was the whole break in the case for us. Sometimes you can't believe everything you read but when someone actually puts the truth to it in person like that it shows us that all our thoughts and speculations are true.”

Sharyl Attkisson: “What have you been told officially about what happened to your brother, where the guns came from, what bullet killed him?”

Kelly: “Nothing. We have been told nothing.  Every time we have a question they can't answer it. Nothing.”

Sharyl Attkisson's follow-up report broadcasts tonight on the CBS EVENING NEWS WITH KATIE COURIC, and can be found online at www.cbsnews.com.

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Rush Limbaugh to Talk Gunwalker

Within minutes.  Find a local station or do live streaming. I'm listening from here:
http://www.wonw1280.com/mediaplayer/

ATF begins spin in wake of devastating press reports

I guess I spoke too soon about calling it a night...[Read]

CBS interviews ATF senior agent on 'Project Gunwalker'

Last post today. Go watch the video.

I'm going to go have a cigar and about three fingers of the good stuff.

Click.

CBS News to air 2nd ‘Project Gunwalker’ segment and Grassley writes Holder again

But the agents who objected within their own agency were repeatedly rebuffed, they were told to keep their mouths shut, to stop complaining about it, in one case we have an internal email that describes a supervisor telling somebody ‘If you don’t like it you can go work for the Maricopa County Jail—if this isn’t fun to you then you can go find something else to do.’  [More]

Plus read Sen. Grassley's latest to Eric Holder, where he flat out tells him "the Justice Department's denials simply don’t hold water.”

Pass this link to everyone you know. And watch tonight!

Now back to work--there is more breaking on this.

Also don't forget--tonight at 8:00 pm EST I'll be doing a live chat.

Rumor confirmed: Murdered agent Terry armed with beanbag rounds

So of course this means the government also knows which gun was used to kill Agent Terry. That the Justice Department refuses, as yet, to confirm that points to the same intentional stonewalling that kept the beanbag information suppressed for so long.

Officials who do not want information about the circumstances of Agent Terry’s death and about wider “Project Gunwalker”* allegations to come to light are engaging in a cover up. [More]

Today's Gun Rights Examiner report notes the government's response so far isn't worth a hill of beans.

Also watch a rerun, join a chat, witness a proof and find out why I've decided to muzzle everyone but myself.

GRE Round Up for March 2

Here are the latest offerings from my fellow GREs:

Dave Workman/Seattle:

• Washington newspaper pegs it: Left has lost Gun Control debate

Kurt Hofmann/St. Louis:

• Associated Press wants to know who can own guns in Illinois

Also check out these other Liberty-oriented Examiners:

• Cochise County Libertarian
• Conservative
• LA Anti-Establishment
• Michigan Firearms

Idaho Rep. to urge Darrell Issa to investigate ‘Project Gunwalker’ charges

That is exactly what is needed. House Oversight Committee hearings conducted alongside Senate Judiciary Committee hearings are the only way the scope of the Gunwalker story—how widely it is spread and how high it reaches up to in the government—is likely to be determined. It would also provide the needed impetus to get the rest of a so-far reluctant media to follow the lead established by CBS News. [More]

This afternoon's Gun Rights Examiner report notes a Gunwarrior, a Gunweasel and a Gunwaffler.

Let's get three out of three, and put terror into the hearts of the Gunwalkers.

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We're the Only Ones Showing Solidarity Enough

L.A. Police Union Urges Members to ‘Stand in Solidarity’ with SEIU and MoveOn.Org [More]

Dang it--I keep coding in the wrong link!

Here.

[Via William T]

You Can't Keep a Good Man Down

Still, I don't think anyone would mind a prayer...[Read]

The Department of Pre-Crime Meets "The Cage"

But, should causation be shown one day, what would that mean for our legal system and society at large? Should we be doing skin conductivity tests on toddlers and then locking them up based on the results?  [Read]

If the Keepers only knew what I was thinking... 

[Via CM]

Epic Success

This comment by Epic Failure on CleanUpATF, that is... [Read]

Senator Grassley and Congress, demand the documents and make Ken Melson explain them!

A-yup.

Is Nothing Sacred?

Good question.  [Read]

Unalienable rights are supposed to be. After all, they were endowed by our Creator. Or inherent to the condition of being human for those of you who reject such notions.

So it's no surprise that when you allow mere men to presume authority to commit the blasphemy of dispensing or withholding them, they will continue to make profane every sacred blessing they can pull within their foul reach.

Seeing as how that's been permitted to happen, and submitted to without defiance in solidarity by believers, this latest move by the defilers in Illinois to out gun owners seems perfectly understandable in the context of rendering unto Caesar that which is his.

Isn't it interesting though--the state idol worshipers at the Associated Press are all in an ecstatic frenzy to get their claws on the names of "law-abiding" gun owners.  But as for law-breaking enforcers, we have yet to hear a peep. 

We're the Only Ones Walking Guns Enough?

A sophisticated operation run out of a Bessemer home removed serial numbers from guns, replaced them with fake numbers and possibly put thousands of untraceable firearms on the street, according to federal authorities and court records. [More]

And then there's this:

The operation was stopped by the ATF during a two-year undercover investigation of gun trafficking from Oklahoma to Alabama.

So at what point did they learn about this guy, at what point did they intervene, who issued directions, and what damage was done in the interim?

Perhaps Sen. Grassley ought to add this to his "to do" list...

Look for the Union Label

Howard Nemerov looks at some bargaining on behalf of the collective. [Read]

Carolyn McCarthy Speaks Out on Magazine ban

The gist of her argument...

Oh, sorry, this is the link...

It was so easy to get the two mixed up.

Heating Up?

From your lips to God's ears, Jim Shepherd at The Outdoor Wire...[Read]

I'm very grateful to see someone with influence in the wider shooting community informing them about this important story.

[Via HH]