Under fire for an operation that allowed smuggling of U.S. weapons across the nations border with Mexico, President Obama said in an interview that neither he nor Attorney General Eric Holder authorized the controversial Operation Fast and Furious.
The Mexican government has complained that it didnt know about the U.S. operation that allowed guns to illegally cross the southwestern border so they could track the weapons.
Obama told Univisions Jorge Ramos that President Felipe Calderon wasnt informed of the operation because he the president of the United States wasnt informed either. When asked whether he knew of the weapon smuggling plan, Obama responded that it is a pretty big government with a lot of moving parts. Translation, each department has a Obama anointed chief and each one acts like that department is their own little fiefdom. They can act how they want as long as they tow the Obama line and are expendable and provide "plausible deny-ability" to the president if they get caught doing their naughty things. Typical mob/Chicago politics in action.
#1
President Obama said in an interview that neither he nor Attorney General Eric Holder authorized the controversial "Operation Fast and Furious."
Is he not the Commander in Chief? Is he not ultimately responsible for the actions of those in his charge? Perhaps his "pretty big government" should become a bit smaller through his stepping down.
#2
The number of people that "need to step down" include just about everyone in the grade of SES-1 and higher, in virtually every bureaucracy in Washington. We MIGHT be able to get a handle on things then. Biden and O'Bumble are just the cherry on top.
Posted by: Old Patriot ||
03/25/2011 13:31 Comments ||
Top||
#3
He didn't know? That makes it easy. Summarily fire those who authorized it, as an example to the rest. This will also encourage the rest to document formal and informal informing of the president, for self-protection. A file memo with a recording of the meeting will do nicely, although I'd suggest storing such things at a secret outside location.
#4
Obama says he didn't tell Mexico of U.S. gun smuggling sting because he didn't care to know know about.
FIFY. With a directive to 'make it happen' [excuse to deny Americans their 2nd Amendment rights], coupled with little or no morals or ethics in the command chain, what do you expect.
#5
NRA presidential campaign add material I'd say. Please copy to folder along with the cross-border mule dope runner video clips. I'm certain they will both come in handy very soon.
#7
Kind of a serious charge, supplying weapons to anti-government entities across the southern border, kindo of sure that would not be a local decision, and for what reason? Who would I have come up with a scheme which supplies shadely obtained firearms in an international setting but who could not easily be summoned before a congressional hearing. Mr. Bersin? Kerlikowske?
Sure did seem like they knew something was up, one of the few quick to respond decisive opinions. President of Mexico comes before congress and lectures about guns crossing south and nobody took it any farther? Is this the opposite of the DADT, don't look don't know?
A multi-volume chronology and reference guide set detailing three years of the Mexican Drug War between 2010 and 2012.
Rantburg.com and borderlandbeat.com correspondent and author Chris Covert presents his first non-fiction work detailing
the drug and gang related violence in Mexico.
Chris gives us Mexican press dispatches of drug and gang war violence
over three years, presented in a multi volume set intended to chronicle the death, violence and mayhem which has
dominated Mexico for six years.
Rantburg was assembled from recycled algorithms in the United States of America. No
trees were destroyed in the production of this weblog. We did hurt some, though. Sorry.
Under fire for an operation that allowed smuggling of U.S. weapons across the nations border with Mexico, President Obama said in an interview that neither he nor Attorney General Eric Holder authorized the controversial Operation Fast and Furious.
Well, what did you expect? He doesn't even vote "Present" anymore on Presidential issues. 
