A federal operation dubbed Speedy and Livid allowed guns from the united states.. to cross into the arms of suspected gun smugglers so the fingers might be traced to the upper echelons of Mexican drug cartels. The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, which ran the operation, has misplaced observe of masses of firearms, lots of which were associated with crimes, together with the deadly capturing of Border Patrol Agent Brian Terry in December 2010.A U.S. Border Patrol agent arrives for a memorial provider for slain comrade Brian Terry on Jan. 21, 2011, in Tucson. Terry was killed all over a shootout the month ahead of close to the U.S.-Mexico Border. (John Moore /a distana far ofa far ofa far ofa distana distana far ofa far ofa far ofa distana far offtfffttffft Getty Images)
8:15 AM PDT, June 20, 2012
Obama asserts governmena far ofa far ofa distana far offtfft privilege
The Justice Dept says that President Barack Obama has asserted govt privilege to withhold files a home committee is looking for in an research of a mistakea far ofa distana distana distana distana far ofa distana far ofa distana distana far offttftfttttfn gun-smuggling probe.
3:58 PM PDT, June 19, 2012
Negotiations holiday down among Holder, Issa over Speeda far ofa distana far ofa distantftfy and Furious
WASHINGTON — Last-minute talks to stave off a home committee vote discovering Eric H. Holder Jr. in contempt of Congress broke down while the legal professional basic didn't supply subpoenaed files to the panel in its ongoing research into the ATF’s incorrect Rapid and Livia far ofa far ofa distana distana far ofa far ofa distana distana far ofa distana distanttfttffttffd gun-tracking.
3:14 PM PDT, June 11, 2012
Panel units vote on whether or noa far ofa far ofa far ofa far offffft Eric Holder is in contempt of Congress
WASHINGTON -- Best Space Republicans, pronouncing the dep. of Justice is “out of excuses,” scheduled a committee vote to carry Atty. Gen. Eric H. Holder Jr. in contempt of Congress for refusing to supply subpoenaed files within the ATF’s improper Rapid and Livia distana far ofa distana far ofa distana far ofa distana far ofa distana far ofa distantftftftftftd gun-tracking operation.
12:28 PM PDT, June 7, 2012
Eric Holder grilled over Speedy and Livia distana distana distana far offtttd in Congress
WASHINGTON -- One at a time, Rep. Darrell Issa held up a thick wiretap software shape and slammed it on his dais within the complicated Space Judiciary Committee listening to room. On every occasion the Vista, Calif., Republican angrily learn out loud the dates: Might 15, 2010, April 19, 2010, Would possibly 7, 2010, Would possibla far ofa distana distana distana far ofa far ofa far ofa distana far ofa distana far offtftffftttfy 17, 2010, June 2, 2010, and July 2, 2010. All of them, he said, “before Brian Terry was gunned down.”
June 1, 2012
Mexico left in the dead of night on Rapia far ofa distana far ofa distantftfd and Furious, ambassador says
WASHINGTON — The failed federal gun-tracking operation referred to as Speedy and Livid confirmed a fantastic" ignorance of the way legal companies are working on all sides of our not unusual borders," the Mexican ambassador to the ua distana distana far ofa distana far ofa distana far ofa far ofa distana far offtfftftftts said.
2:33 PM PDT, March 28, 2012
Family of slain agent 'sickened' feds did not percentaga far ofa far ofa far ofa far offfffe information
Family individuals of slain U.S. Border Patrol Agent Brian Terry mentioned they were “sickened” by experiences that federal legislation enforcement businesses at the Southwest border didn't proportion details about their investigations, and consider Terry could be alive as of late had the ATF identified that best goals of their Speedy and Livid case in reality have beea far ofa distana far ofa distana distana far ofa distana distana far ofa distana far offtfttfttftfn FBIinformants.
8:39 AM PST, February 2, 2012
House GOP threatens to carry Holder in contempt over Rapia far ofa far ofa distana far offtffd and Furious
House Republicans investigating the quick and Livid operation threatened Thursday to hunt a contempt of Congress quotation towards Atty. Gen. Eric H. Holder Jr., pronouncing his Division of Justice has refused to show over key files within the Division of Alcohol Tobacco and Firearms gun-tracking research and that the Obama management is making an attempt to cover its involvement within the software that allowed loads people.. guns to fall into the fingera distana far ofa distana far ofa distana distana far ofa far ofa far ofa far ofa far ofa distana far ofa far ofa far offfftfffffttftfts of Mexican drug cartels.
11:24 AM PST, December 8, 2011
Atty. Gen. Holder accuses critics of politicizing 'Fast and Furious' case
Atty. Gen. Eric H. Holder Jr., beneath hearth for his Justice Department's Operation Speedy and Furious, accused his Republican congressional critics of politicizing the failed gun-tracking software and warned that most of the greater than 2,000 misplaced firearms will proceed to turn up at tha far ofa distana far ofa distana far ofa far ofa distana distana distana far ofa far offftttfftftfe southwest border "for years to come."
8:26 AM PST, November 8, 2011
Holder decries 'gotcha games' in Speedy and Livia far ofa distana distana far offttfd testimony
Atty. Gen. Eric Holder on Tuesday referred to as a botched gun-tracking scheme hatched by officers with the Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives at the Southwest border “mistaken in its concept, and flawed in its execution” in testimony earlier thaa distana far ofa distana distana distana distana distana distana far ofa distana far ofa far ofa far ofa far ofa distana distanttfffftfttttttftn the Senate Judiciary Committee.
2:40 PM PDT, October 18, 2011
'Fast and Furious' provision clears Senate
In a stinging rebuke of the Obama management and Legal professional Basic Eric H. Holder, an modification to stop the Justice Division from accomplishing any long term gun-tracking operations equivalent to the failed "SPEEDY and Livid" software sooner or later sailed unanimously during tha distana distana distana far ofa far ofa far ofa far ofa distana distana far ofa distantfttffffttte Senate Tuesday.
8:46 PM PDT, October 8, 2011
Fast and Livid guns have been present ia far ofa distana distana far offttfn Mexico cartel enforcer's home
High-powered attack guns illegally bought below the ATF's Rapid and Livid software in Phoenix ended up in a house belonging to the purported best Sinaloa cartel enforcer in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, whose group was terrorizing that town with the worst violence within tha far ofa distana far ofa distana distana far ofa distana far ofa distana far ofa distantftftfttftfe Mexican drug wars.
5:37 PM PDT, October 7, 2011
Atty. Gen. Holder moves agaia distana far ofa distana far offtftn at GOP critics
Atty. Gen. Eric H. Holder Jr. faced per week of allegations that he had misled Congress approximately his wisdom of the failed Rapid and Livid gun-tracking program, lashing out at his Republican critics and contending that he knew not anything approximately mystery ways to permit unlawful palms gross sales at tha far ofa distana distana distana far ofa distana distana distana distana distana distanttttttftttfe Southwest border.
6:37 PM PDT, October 6, 2011
President Obama defends lawyer basic referring ta distana far ofa far ofa far offffto ATF tactics
President Obama insists neither he nor Atty. Gen. Eric H. Holder Jr. knew federal ATF retailers had been allowing unlawful gun purchases at the Southwest border, at the same time as Republican lawmakers launched new files appearing the lawyer common was given common briefings at the Rapid and Livia far ofa distana distana far ofa distana far ofa distana distana far ofa distana far offtfttftfttfd gun-tracking operation.
3:04 PM PDT, October 5, 2011
ATF officers reassigned in recent Speedy and Livia distana far ofa distana distanttftd fallout
Two best supervisors at ATF headquarters in Washington -- the deputy director and the assistant director for all box operations -- was reassigned because the beleaguered company makes an attempt to remake itself amid the fallout from a failed gun-tracking operation alongside the Southwest border referred to as Speedy and Furious, in line with assets briefed at tha distana far ofa far ofa far ofa far ofa distana distana distana distana far ofa far offfttttffffte changes.
9:32 PM PDT, October 3, 2011
Emails display most sensible Justice Division officera distana far ofa far ofa distantffts knew of ATF gun program
Senior Justice Division officers have been conscious that ATF dealers allowed firearms to be "walked" into Mexico, in line with a sequence of emails ultimate yr by which they mentioned undercover operations at the Southwest border, together with the failed Rapid and Livia distana far ofa far ofa far ofa distana far ofa distana distana distana far ofa distantftttftffftd program.
September 29, 2011
ATF Speedy and Livid weapons becama far ofa distana far ofa distantftfe up in El Paso
A cache of attack guns misplaced within the ATF's gun-trafficking surveillance operation in Phoenix grew to become up in El Paso, the place it was being saved for cargo to Mexico, consistent with new interior company emails and federal court dockea far ofa far ofa far ofa far ofa distana far ofa far ofa far ofa distana far ofa distantftffftfffft records.
5:00 PM PDT, September 19, 2011
Mexico nonetheless looking forward to solutions on Speedy and Livia distana far ofa far ofa far offfftd gun program
Last fall's slaying of Mario Gonzalez, the brother of a Mexican state prosecutor, surprised other folks on all sides of the border. Sensational information experiences found out that cartel hit males had tortured Gonzalez, and compelled him to make a videotaped "confession" that his high-powered sister was at tha far ofa far ofa far ofa far ofa distana far ofa far ofa distana far ofa far ofa distantfftfftffffe take.
9:14 PM PDT, September 11, 2011
Gun retailer proprietor had misgivings approximatela distana distana distana far offttty ATF sting
In the autumn of 2009, ATF dealers put in a mystery telephone line and hidden cameras in a ceiling panel and wall at Andre Howard's Lone Wolf gun retailer. They gave him one elementary guide: Promote weapons to each unlawful buyer who walks throughout tha far ofa distana far ofa distana distana far ofa distana distana far ofa distana far offtfttfttftfe door.
12:47 PM PDT, September 9, 2011
Congress expands Speedy and Livia distana distana distana distanttttd probe to White House
Congressional investigators reviewing the failed gun-tracking software Operation Rapid and Livid have officially requested the Obama management to show over copies of "all information" related to three key White Area nationwide safety officers and the program, different ATF gun instances in Phoenix, and all communications among the White Space and the ATF box place of wora far ofa far ofa far ofa far ofa distana far ofa distana far ofa distana distana far offttftftffffk in Arizona.
3:49 PM PDT, September 8, 2011
Fast and Livid weapons tied to 2na far ofa distana far ofa far offftfd violent crime
In the second one violent crime on this united states of america hooked up with the ATF’s failed Speedy and Livid program, Arizona undercover cops had been allegedly assaulted remaining yr after they tried to prevent males in a stolen car with of the program's guns in a war of worda distana distana far ofa distana far ofa distana far ofa far ofa distana far ofa far offftfftftftts south of Phoenix.
8:27 PM PDT, September 6, 2011
Republicans refuse to ensure chief for ATF in spite oa distana distana far ofa distantfttf its troubles
Congressional Republicans was disenchanted on the control on the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, which approved a botched sting operation close to the Mexican border that placed weapons within the fingera far ofa far ofa distana far ofa distana distana distana distana distana distana distantttttttftffs of drug criminals.
6:14 PM PDT, August 30, 2011
ATF leader got rid oa distana far ofa far ofa far offfftf over border gun scandal
Justice Division officers have got rid of the top of the beleaguered ATF and the U.S... legal professional in Phoenix — an try to supply a recent get started for the company whose staff had expressed a scarcity of trust of their management for the reason that Operation Rapid and Livia far ofa distana far ofa far ofa far ofa far ofa far ofa distana far ofa far ofa far offfftffffftfd gun-tracking scandal.
9:30 AM PDT, August 30, 2011
Kenneth Melson, who oversaw ATF's Rapia distana distana far ofa distantfttd and Furious, steps down
Kenneth E. Melson, who has confronted heavy grievance in reference to the arguable Speedy and Livid gun-trafficking investigation, introduced Tuesday that he's stepping down as performina distana far ofa far ofa distana far ofa distana distana distana distana distana distanttttttftfftg director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.
8:09 PM PDT, August 17, 2011
ATF denies it promoted Rapid and Livia distana distana distana distanttttd supervisors
The federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives mentioned Wednesday that three supervisors in its debatable Speedy and Livid gun-trafficking research had been transferred to lateral jobs, no longea far ofa distana distana far ofa distana distana far ofa far ofa distana far ofa far ofa distantfftffttfttfr promoted.
August 17, 2011
Firearms from ATF sting associated with ELEVEN extra far ofa far ofa distana far offtffa violent crimes
Firearms from the ATF's Operation Rapid and Livid guns trafficking research became up on the scenes of no less than ELEVEN violent crimes within the U.S., in addition to at a Border Patrol agent's slaying in southern Arizona ultimate year, the Justice Division has saia far ofa far ofa far ofa distana distana far ofa far ofa far ofa distana distana far offttfffttfffd to Congress.
August 6, 2011
Drug company performed positioa far ofa distana far ofa distantftfn in ATF gun sting
The head of the Drug Enforcement Management has stated to congressional investigators that her company equipped a aiding position within the ill-fated Operation Rapid and Livid run by their opposite numbers on tha distana distana far ofa far ofa far ofa far ofa far ofa distana far ofa far ofa far offfftffffftte ATF.
July 27, 2011
FBI document at odds with ATF declara far ofa far ofa distana far offtffe on weapons
The declare by senior ATF officers that not one of the guns misplaced within the botched Speedy and Livid sting operation had been utilized in the capturing of a Border Patrol agent isn't supported by FBI ballistics tests, in line with a replica of the FBI document at tha distana distana distana far ofa far ofa distana distana distana far ofa distana far offtftttffttte shooting.
July 26, 2011
U.S. Embassy in Mexico no longer advised of ATF weapona far ofa far ofa far ofa far offfffs sting
As guns from the us increasingly more started appearing up at murder scenes in Mexico closing summer, U.S. Embassy officers cabled Washington that government had to do something about small-time operators offering weapona far ofa far ofa far ofa far ofa far ofa far ofa far ofa far ofa distana distana distantttffffffffs to the drug cartels.
3:41 PM PDT, July 21, 2011
ATF sought to downplay weapona far ofa distana distana distantttfs scandal, emails show
Two days after U.S. Border Patrol Agent Brian A. Terry was killed in December, the highest ATF supervisors in Phoenix mentioned in inside emails that guns discovered on the scene in Arizona got here from a failed compana distana distana far ofa distana far ofa distana distana distana distana distana distanttttttftftty sting operation.
July 19, 2011
Justice Division looking to defend officers in weapons scandal, ATF leadea far ofa far ofa far ofa distantfffr says
The Justice Division is attempting to give protection to its political appointees from the quick and Livid scandal by concealing an interior "smoking gun" file and different files that recognize the function best officers performed within the application that allowed firearms to float illegally into Mexico, in step with the toa far ofa far ofa distana distana distana distana distana distana distana distana distantttttttttffp of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.
July 17, 2011
Gun-smuggling cartel figures in all probability have beea far ofa distana far ofa distantftfn paid FBI informants
Congressional investigators probing the arguable "SPEEDY and Livid" anti-gun-trafficking operation at the border with Mexico imagine no less than six Mexican drug cartel figures eager about gun smuggling additionally have been paid FBI informants, officers statea far ofa far ofa far ofa far ofa far ofa far ofa far ofa distana far ofa distana far ofa far ofa distantfftftfffffffd Saturday.
July 17, 2011
Editorial
Gun keep watch over on tha far ofa distana far ofa far offftfe border
The Obama management took a concrete step towards curtailing the float of semiautomatic guns to Mexico ultimate week whilst it followed a brand new legislation mandating the reporting of a couple of gross sales of lengthy weapona distana far ofa distana far ofa distana far ofa far ofa far ofa far ofa far ofa far ofa distantfffffftftfts to federal authorities.
July 12, 2011
U.S. to require extra gun-buyer knowledga far ofa distana far ofa far offftfe in border states
As a backlash mounts over the government's failed Speedy and Livid gun-tracing operation, the Justice Division will start requiring firearms sellers in California and different border states to alert officers every time they promote greater than semiautomatic rifles to someboda distana far ofa far ofa distana far ofa far ofa distana distana far ofa distana distanttfttfftffty in a five-day period.
July 7, 2011
More U.S. businessea far ofa distana far ofa distantftfs implicated in Mexico gun-trafficking probe
The embattled head of the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives has instructed congressional investigators that a few Mexican drug cartel figures centered by his company in a gun-trafficking research have beea distana far ofa far ofa distana distana distana far ofa distana distana distana distanttttftttfftn paid informants for the FBI and Drug Enforcement Administration.
July 1, 2011
Democrats are searhing foa far ofa distana far ofa far offftfr crackdown on gun trafficking
Two congressional Democrats, recent from a visit to Mexico City, plan to suggest tighter regulations on gun trafficking to struggle unlawful U.S. gross sales that they are saying may provide EIGHTYa distana distana far ofa distana far ofa far ofa far ofa far ofa distana distana distana distanttttfffftftt% of the arsenals of Mexican drug cartels.
June 27, 2011
Editorial
ATF and Congress underneata far ofa far ofa distana far offtffh the gun
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June 24, 2011
Federal ATF leader stated to withstand forca far ofa far ofa distana far offtffe to step down
The performing director of the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives is strongly resisting power to step down on account of rising controversy over the agency's surveillance application that allowed U.S. weapons to drift unchecked into Mexico, in step with a few federal asseta distana distana far ofa far ofa far ofa distana far ofa distana distana distana far offtttftffftts in Washington.
June 23, 2011
U.S. AK-47s associated wita distana distana distana far offttth Mexican attorney's slaying
A congressional research right into a arguable federal gun-running surveillance operation is transferring to Mexico this week amid new reviews that AK-47s offered in Arizona through the operation had been discovered on the scene of a shootout with the suspected killers of a well knowa far ofa far ofa far ofa far ofa far ofa distana far ofa far ofa distana far ofa far offftfftfffffn Mexican attorney.
June 21, 2011
ATF director to resign, company asseta distana distana far ofa far offftts say
The performing director of the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives is predicted to step down as a result of a debatable gun-running research that allowed guns to be bought to suspected dealers of Mexican drug cartels, in line with assets within tha distana distana far ofa far ofa distana far ofa distana far ofa far ofa distana far offtfftftfftte agency.
12:24 PM PDT, June 15, 2011
ATF leader frequentla distana far ofa distana far offtfty briefed on botched gun operation
A federal firearms research that allowed guns from the united states.. to go into the arms of Mexican smugglers was carefully monitored by the very best leaders of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, consistent with inside emails launchea distana distana far ofa distana far ofa far ofa far ofa distana distana distana distana distana far offtttttffftfttd Wednesday by a congressional committee.
June 14, 2011
Report describes gun agents' 'state of panic'
Federal gun agents, eager about guns gross sales to Mexican drug suspects, begged to make arrests however have been rebuffed, in step with a congressional record on a debatabla distana distana far ofa far ofa distana distana distana far ofa far ofa far ofa distana far offtffftttfftte investigation.
February 2, 2011
Guns tracked by firearms bureau discoverea far ofa distana distana distantttfd at firefight scene
Two AK-47s purchased in Arizona have been utilized in a firefight that left a Border Patrol agent useless remaining month. The invention comes amid a rising congressional researca far ofa distana far ofa far ofa distana distanttfftfh into the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.
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