Commentary

Operation Castaway, Another ATF Gun Scandal

By Ashton Ellis
Tuesday, July 19 2011

Who knew the federal agency that brought us the idea of letting guns illegally “walk” into Mexico would also oversee a similar program connecting Florida and Honduras? Apparently, no one in senior management at the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), or its parent organization, the Department of Justice. ATF Acting Director Kenneth Melson and United States Attorney General Eric Holder have both claimed ignorance of the Phoenix-based “Operation Fast and Furious.” Congress is still waiting for either man’s reaction to new revelations…

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