Was Project Gunrunner Scandal a 'Crisis' Created?

My latest column at Big Peace explores the increasingly likely possibility that the ATF may have allowed weapons to be purchased and trafficked illegally into Mexico to help create a crisis that an international gun treaty could then solve. A big problem for the ATF is the number of its agents who have come forward to blow the whistle. Indications are that approval for Operation Fast & Furious went all the way to the very top of the ATF and possibly even higher - think Eric Holder. ATF Director Kenneth Melson has already blown off a subpoena issued by the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee.

Consider the notion that high ranking administration officials wanted these guns exported into Mexico to create a crisis. Two of those weapons were found at the murder scene of a Border Patrol agent. This, more than anything else, was the last straw for the whistleblowers. This scandal could be like Watergate, only with murder.

Via Big Peace:

Never letting a crisis go to waste is a core belief of the Obama administration. As the incoming Chief of Staff, Rahm Emanuel infamously championed the practice:

“Things that we had postponed for too long, that were long-term, are now immediate and must be dealt with. This crisis provides the opportunity for us to do things that you could not do before.”

In 2009, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton echoed the sentiment when she told a Brussels audience to “never waste a good crisis” while talking about climate change. At about the same time, Clinton was responsible for pushing a provably false narrative that 90% of the guns used to commit crimes in Mexico came from the United States.

Just a few short months later, Clinton announced that she would support the United Nations’ efforts to regulate arms sales. Clinton said the following in a written statement:

“Consensus is needed to ensure the widest possible support for the Treaty and to avoid loopholes in the Treaty that can be exploited by those wishing to export arms irresponsibly.”

Barack Obama himself promised Mexico that he would push the U.S. Senate for ratification of an international gun treaty that would operate under the auspices of preventing guns from entering Mexico illegally from the United States. It was a tall order that required two-thirds of the Senate to approve.

While the administration was pushing an agenda by pushing false narratives, the Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco and Firearms (ATF) was allowing high caliber weapons to be exported irresponsibly to Mexico and placed in the hands of murderous drug cartels. Known as Operation Fast and Furious, it was part of the larger Project Gunrunner program.

There is now ironclad proof that the decision to allow straw purchasers to buy AK-47’s and .50 caliber Barrett rifles which then were ‘walked’ into Mexico was made by someone extremely high up within the ATF and possibly Eric Holder’s Justice Department. The last straw for a growing number of whistleblowers was when two of those weapons were found at the murder scene of Border Patrol agent Brian Terry last December.

When a gun shop owner expressed grave concern about this policy to ATF Phoenix Supervisor David Voth in an email, he was told to continue selling weapons illegally. When that same shop owner expressed concern for the safety of Border agents six months before Terry’s death, Voth told him to continue.

In reality, it was this and other gun shop owners who were acting responsibly; a government agency – who Attorney General Eric Holder is ultimately responsible for – acted worse than irresponsibly.

Initially, the ATF denied it was allowing these guns to ‘walk.’ It lied. Now, its Director has ignored a subpoena and countless requests for documents by House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Darrell Issa (R-CA). Eric Holder and Hillary Clinton have both denied requests for information as well.

The evidence in this scandal is increasingly pointing to officials extremely high up in this administration. At that point, the dots are not too far apart to connect.

Guns being transported into Mexico illegally is certainly a ‘crisis’ made exponentially worse by the resultant deaths. Such a crisis, if properly exploited, could serve as the impetus for getting the Senate to ratify an international weapons treaty.

Until and unless Clinton, Holder, and ATF Director Kenneth Melson prove to us that a crisis wasn’t created in order to do something they could not do before, what else are we left to conclude?

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Video: Obama's Latest Pastor says Talk Radio 'Racist'

As White House Press Secretary Jay Carney laughed of questions about why Obama did not issue an Easter proclamation, he pointed to the fact that Obama was busy going to church that day. What he didn't say was that the views held by the pastor at the church Obama attended - Wallace Charles Smith - seems to hold views similar to those of Jeremiah Wright. He may not express them as theatrically but they're there nonetheless. Here is Smith at Eastern University last year. In this sermon, Smith invokes Jim Crow and refers to talk radio as racist. Then he explained why the KKK was formed. A curious omission by Smith is that the KKK was formed by Democrats who wanted to intimidate blacks.

One other aspect to this video worth noting is that Smith dismisses the notion that America can move past race because a black president was elected. This is pretty pathetic because it shows who really wants to fan the flames of racism. It's people like this.

VIa The Blaze



Here is Carney's attempt to highlight Obama attending Smith's church as a reason for no Easter proclamation. It takes on added significance once you know what Smith's views are.

Iran Hit with a Second Computer Virus - Stars

Back in July, it was learned that an extremely destructive virus, named Stuxnet, penetrated the computers that manage Iran's nuclear program. It set the program back significantly. Now it's learned that a second virus has attacked Iran. This one is named Stars and either the Iranians appear perplexed at its intent. As Stuxnet may still be inflicting serious damage to Iran's Bushehr nuclear reactor, Stars may just be at the beginning of what it's intended to do. Stuxnet is thought to have set Iran's push for nukes back significantly.

Via Jerusalem Post:

Iran has been targeted by a second computer virus in a "cyber war" waged by its enemies, its commander of civil defense said on Monday.

Gholamreza Jalali told the semi-official Mehr news agency that the new virus, called "Stars", was being investigated by experts. Last year, Iran revealed that its computers were attacked by the Stuxnet worm, which attack the Bushehr nuclear reactor.

"Fortunately, our young experts have been able to discover this virus and the Stars virus is now in the laboratory for more investigations," Jalali was quoted as saying. He did not specify the target of Stars or its intended impact.

"The particular characteristics of the Stars virus have been discovered," Jalali said. "The virus is congruous and harmonious with the [computer] system and in the initial phase it does minor damage and might be mistaken for some executive files of government organizations."

For obvious reasons, Iran is going to downplay the effectiveness of both Stuxnet and Stars. It sounds like the latter has them a bit flummoxed, which would play right into the hands of whoever is responsible. Can't you picture Ahmadinejad cussing right now?

h/t Yid with Lid

Ron Paul Shows why he's a Fruitcake in Under Two Minutes

In much the same way that liberals' eyes glaze over when you start talking economics, the Ron Pauliens' and Truthers' eyes glaze over when you start communicating the severity of Islamic Jihad. It doesn't matter how many times you try to explain it to them, they will default to the Ron Paul position, which is: Muslims hate us because we're overseas and the violence we experience as a result is 'blowback.' That position taken just one tiny step further is that America's support of Israel is a problem. Many of the Pauliens believe withdrawing our support for Israel is necessary as well.

Ron Paul is the Jekyll and Hyde candidate. If you start talking to him about economics and auditing the Federal Reserve, he makes perfect sense and could actually lead on many of those issues. Once you start talking to him about the Muslim Brotherhood, Jihad, etc. you get incoherent ramblings that are on par with those of a toddler after too much cough syrup. As a Fed Chairman, Ron Paul may be the best candidate. As a president, he would be a disaster.

Here's Ron Paul on Hannity. Note how he says there are 'radicals in all religions.' Geesh.



h/t Gateway Pundit