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| Project Gunwalker: Lieberman Directs Staff to Examine Fast and Furious Coordination |
| 2011-12-23 |
| Connecticut independent Sen. Joe Lieberman has directed the staff of the Senate Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee, which he chairs, to examine miscommunication between law enforcement agencies related to the Justice Department's Operation Fast and Furious. This adds months to the investigation.... moving into the height of the election season, and Joe ain't no right wing extremist A spokesperson told The Daily Caller Wednesday that Lieberman "believe[s] that the lack of interagency coordination along the border merits further examination, and as Chairman of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, he has directed his staff to follow up with the relevant federal agencies on that topic." At least 300 people in Mexico were killed with Fast and Furious weapons, as was Border Patrol agent Brian Terry. The identities of the Mexican victims are unknown. Some reports suggest that the FBI, the Drug Enforcement Agency and Immigration and Customs Enforcement were also involved in some manner or another with the operation. For instance, Pajamas Media reported that the night Terry was killed, an FBI informant was in the drug cartel rip crew that used Fast and Furious weapons to murder him. Rip crews are armed groups of bandits who work for specific drug cartels and try to rob rival cartel shipments and illegal immigrants as they're crossing the border. Pajamas reports that the DEA also had some knowledge of that drug cartel rip crew's whereabouts. Assuming the reports are true, the DEA and the FBI failed to "deconflict," or warn other agencies including the Border Patrol about potentially deadly risks. Joe's expanding the investigation to other departments..... |
| Posted by:Sherry |