ATF emails and Assistant US Attorney memo point to official Gunwalker cover-up

Especially relevant to prior reports in this column: Much of the correspondence focuses on straw purchasing suspect Jaime Avila, and a memorandum from AUSA Hurley to his then-boss, just-resigned U.S. Attorney Dennis Burke, specifically opens detailing Avila's connection to the guns found at the Brian Terry murder scene. Burke, regular readers will recall, filed a motion with the court in the Avila case to deny victim status to Agent Terry's parents citing lack of a link between Avila's straw purchases and their son's murder. [More]

This evening's Gun Rights Examiner report shows how "law enforcement" officials immediately tried to mask the connection between their gunwalking and the death of a Border Patrol agent.

IN THEIR OWN WORDS.

"GOP Insiders" for Obama

That's what they'll get if they try to foist that "assault weapon-banning" Mitthead on us. [Read]

Even if they do want to diminish unalienable rights as a trivial "social issue."

The Stupid Party. Validating Carroll Quigley since...like, forever...

Conservative Action Alert

I'd just like to say that Mike, I and others could have never done this, this, this, this or this had it not been for Tony Adkins and his $175 fax blasts. I can't tell you how rewarding it is to see those efforts finally pay off.

Hello, ATF...?

I'd like to report a straw purchase... [Read]

What...? Go ahead with it...? Everything's under control...?

Safer Streets Commentaries

Longenecker's latest... [Read]

All in the Family

I can't think of anybody in mine who would try to kill me if I didn't do what they wanted... [Read]

There Oughtta be a Law!

"Captive hunting for both native wildlife and exotic wildlife should be illegal," says the Humane Society's Casey Pheiffer. [More]

Why?

And if identical principles were invoked, why would slaughtering captive domesticated animals be permitted in Casey's world?

"Only in America"

Wouldn’t it be better to have local values and standards reflected in local rules? Isn’t home rule usually the best way to go? [More]

So let me get this straight--you're advocating elimination of all federal and state gun laws...?

Fincher services today

Thank you for all your help. Dad will not be released because there is no way to get him out of prison. There is not enough time. I want to thank you all for all your efforts. Thank you, Fincher Family [More]

I'll have more to say on this later. Now is not the time.

The National Spotlight

The last time Boundary County ended up in the national spotlight happened to be this little incident... [More]

Yep. It's only too bad this little incident didn't also make the national spotlight.

[Via Michael G]

Lipstick on a Pig?

"We used a little rouge so everybody would be safe." [More]

And you couldn't have used that with David Koresh or Randy Weaver?

Words Have Meaning

"Botched gun sting"

Whose interests are served by this terminology?

Are yours served by standing by and letting it happen without challenge?

This Day in History: September1

Journals of the Continental Congress, 1774-1789
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 1779 [More]

One Thing About the Enemy...

They're predictable.

Kurt called it.

Embassy cable: 'No way of verifying...numbers' of US guns in Mexico

It also shows that everybody who was anybody in the administration was institutionally involved, not just ATF, and certainly not just ATF Phoenix, as some would like to confine investigations to. And among the recipients, one stands out--the last one on the list: NSC. [More]

This afternoon's Gun Rights Examiner report notes a direct line of involvement to the very top that goes back years...

ATF Agent: 'Only way to track guns would be with crime scenes and dead bodies'

"We’re joined by Vincent Cefalu, an ATF Special Agent who helped blow the whistle on Operation Fast and Furious and has since faced retaliation. 'We allowed these guns to continue on in the hopes of establishing some sort of chain, or iron pipeline, which was so far from the truth,' Cefalu says. 'The only way to [track] the guns would be with crime scenes and dead bodies.'" [More]

Today's second Gun Rights Examiner report features an inconvenient truth.

An Important Point

The temp is part time...[Read]

Hey, at least they didn't outsource it to India.  Although I can just hear the helpline dialog...

Some Minor Clarification is in Order...

"Sharyll Attkisson first broke this story last spring..."
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Sorry, that's not quite accurate.

Although I am delighted to see the term "Gunwalker" gaining mass acceptance.

Oh, and one more thing...

A Dim View

Even "Authorized Journalists" are supposed to have standards. [Read]

The outrage is our expectations for these characters have been so lowered that sentence didn't say "especially" instead of "even." 

Why has Justice Department not responded to FOIA appeal on ‘Gunwalker’ briefing?

Ms. Jones, I have received no notification one way or another. Is that due to an oversight, was your response lost in the mail, or has not responding to my appeal been directed, and if so, by whom? [More]

Today's Gun Rights Examiner report chips away at a stone wall. No, I don't expect to knock it down, but a little erosion here, a little erosion there, why you never can tell what might leak through the breach...