Bigdaddyjug wrote:
the extremely poorly run operation was a "crime" that led to the death of 2 federal agents.
Was it? Is there a law against poorly run operations? Or was "crime" in quotes intentionally in that you realize that it's not an actual crime?
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Oh, and the Congressional investigation is more into the cover-up rather than the actual F&F operation
House Committee on Oversight's calendar back in June 2011 wrote:
This hearing will examine the tragic consequences of Operation Fast and Furious, started by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives in the fall of 2009. In Fast and Furious, ATF encouraged gun store owners to sell weapons to straw buyers suspected of working on behalf of Mexican drug cartels. ATF allowed known criminals to purchase guns and traffic them into Mexico. Operation Fast and Furious has been linked to deaths and other crimes in both the U.S. and Mexico, including the December 2010 killing of U.S. Border Patrol Agent Brian Terry.
“The reckless decisions of ATF and Justice Department officials in Operation Fast and Furious have devastated lives and put fear into communities on both sides of the border,†said Chairman Issa. “By exploring this Justice Department sanctioned program, we can better understand the flawed process surrounding the genesis and implementation of an operation that put guns into the hands of criminals.â€
“The reckless decisions of ATF and Justice Department officials in Operation Fast and Furious have devastated lives and put fear into communities on both sides of the border,†said Chairman Issa. “By exploring this Justice Department sanctioned program, we can better understand the flawed process surrounding the genesis and implementation of an operation that put guns into the hands of criminals.â€
Nothing there about "cover-up" but lots about it being directly about the actual operation. It was about "the genesis and implementation of an operationâ€. After that was a bust, Issa moved on to deeper fishing trying to find something, anything to get the administration on. Hence his moving on to all the response documents, well after the actual operation occurred.