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| Project Gunwalker: Part I - Letter Implicates ATF Agents Acted as Straw Purchasers |
| 2011-09-26 |
| Dupe of Part I is because I brought this into two posts from the same source From blogs, hence the Opinion This report is done by the two guys who were first given info about Gunwalker, and in fact, was the first to use the term Gunwalker. Mike took the info first to Pete Sessions, then to Grassely and Leahy. And then to Sharyl Attkisson of CBS. They both were in Chicago (some conference) and got lots more info from sources, none to be named. So far, all their info has been on target and has been used in Issa's hearings. This latest report, with proof and in the hands of Issa and his committee, presents a letter, that guns were brought and delivered by ATF officers. A letter forwarded on Friday by a proven reliable source to Gun Rights Examiner and Mike Vanderboegh of Sipsey Street Irregulars documents Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives management authorizing the sale of firearms, which sources say were intended for delivery to cartel purchasers as part of the "Fast and Furious" / "Gunwalker" scandal. Written by then-ATF Phoenix Group VII Supervisor David Voth, the June 01, 2010 letter to a Federal Firearms Licensee, whose name is redacted, advises: The Letter Per Section925(a)(1) of the Gun Control Act (GCA) exempts law enforcement agencies from the transportation, shipment, receipt, or importation controls of the GCA when firearms are to be used for the official business of the agency. A hand-written note at the bottom says: Picked up guns 6/10/10 Dodson is the agent who put a face to the whistleblowers in Sharyl Attkisson's bombshell CBS News interviews. Other sources tell Mike Vanderboegh that this letter indicates Dodson would have been fearful to proceed without documentation to prove management not only knew and approved of this activity, but had directed it. Per Vanderboegh: Official ATF documents and sources in both Arizona and Washington D.C. confirm that in at least two instances in 2010, agents of the United States government purchased Kalashnikov-pattern semi-automatic pistols directly from licensed federal firearms dealers with taxpayer money and delivered those weapons directly into the hands of cartel smugglers. "The existence of this letter," Vanderboegh writes, "coupled with interviews of other sources across the country which put it into context, provides startling proof that the Federal government did not merely 'lose track' of weapons purchased by 'straw buyers' under surveillance by the ATF and destined for the Mexican drug cartels. In an undercover operation ordered by Fast and Furious supervisor David Voth, the U.S. government purchased firearms with taxpayer money from licensed firearms dealers, instructed them to conduct the sales 'off the books,' and used an ATF agent, John Dodson, to deliver them directly to people that Dodson believed were conducting them across the border." |
| Posted by:Sherry |