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Lawmakers call for probe into
´botched´ ATF sting in Milwaukee
Fox News, by Barnini Chakraborty
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Posted By:earlybird, 2/2/2013 1:07:46 PM
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| WASHINGTON – Several members of Congress are calling for an investigation into an embarrassing series of blunders made by the Milwaukee arm of the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives after a newspaper reported this week that the agency conducted a months-long undercover operation that cost taxpayers thousands of dollars and netted very few results. (Snip)the agency conducted a deeply flawed sting operation that resulted in a still-missing machine gun being taken from an agent’s car, thousands of taxpayer dollars being lost in merchandise and angry residents saying that ATF officials reintroduced crime into their neighborhood.
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Senators Sensenbrenner and Grassley, and Representatives Issa and Goodlatte, are on the case. This is just another example of expensive (to us) Obamafoolishness.
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Reply 1 - Posted by:
kanphil, 2/2/2013 1:22:33 PM (No. 9154511)
Want to cut the size of government? Don´t just trim around the edges, which is the current approach. Whack whole departments at a time. BATF would be a good start. Since the days of Al Capone, they haven´t done one bit of good.
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
LudicrousSextus, 2/2/2013 1:51:55 PM (No. 9154554)
So to recap...Obama is incompetent...Holder is incompetent...both blatantly ´hiding´ facts in the Fast n´ Furious ATF program (botched job numero uno) in defiance of Congress...
And both want to ´instruct´ the American public in...wait for it...firearm ´competence´.
Oooohhhhkay. Sounds about par for the course in this ´don´t do as we do, do as we *say*´ administration.
The farce that just keeps on giving.
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
WIBadger, 2/2/2013 2:01:34 PM (No. 9154573)
Correction OP - Sensenbrenner is in the House, not the Senate (although I wish he was). He´s my rep and he will get to the bottom of this mess.
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
Jonr, 2/2/2013 2:27:44 PM (No. 9154611)
Remember this is the same rogue agency that was totally responsible for the Waco debacle in the loss of life there in.
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
BaseballFan, 2/2/2013 2:42:09 PM (No. 9154625)
From ´Fast & Furious´ to ´Fast & Foolish´, the Obama Administration does it again!
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
earlybird, 2/2/2013 3:14:08 PM (No. 9154665)
Thanks, #3. Haste makes waste.
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
SoCalGal, 2/2/2013 4:54:29 PM (No. 9154763)
The Gang That Can´t Do Anything Right.
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
stablemoney, 2/2/2013 5:18:36 PM (No. 9154790)
The ATF has a long history of fiasco: Waco, Ruby Hill, Oklahoma City bombing, Fast and Furious. I think there is more.
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
TunnelRat, 2/2/2013 6:02:03 PM (No. 9154850)
Wow, I´ll bet NBC, ABC, CBS, and CNN are going to be all over this...
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Reply 10 - Posted by:
LWGII, 2/2/2013 6:18:49 PM (No. 9154882)
You gotta love government! Any other entity would have fired these bozos (and that´s an insult to decent, hard-working clowns everywhere) and referred them for prosecution. In our feral government, they are promoted, re-assigned or get a cushy retirement.
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Reply 11 - Posted by:
Vaquero45, 2/2/2013 6:33:46 PM (No. 9154903)
The saying on those t-shirts is right: Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms should be s retail store, not a government agency.
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Reply 12 - Posted by:
Trigger2, 2/3/2013 5:46:16 AM (No. 9155302)
ATF = Barry´s goons and thugs, and I see they continue to participate in off-shoots of Fast & Furious.
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