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In October 2011, documents were released that indicated Holder was sent memos in regards to Operation Fast and Furious in 2010, contradicting Holder's sworn testimony before the House Judiciary Committee in which he said he was unaware of Operation Fast and Furious until April 2011. In response, Lamar Smith, the chairman of the Judiciary Committee, sent a letter to President Obama, requesting the appointment of an independent special counsel to investigate whether Holder committed perjury by lying to the committee while under oath. [1]
That LA Times article: does it indicate that Holder got those memos (emails) or did individuals in the Justice Department (i.e. James Trusty)?
I think the above text isn't factual, and isn't NPOV.
-- Biggus Dictus ( talk) 08:20, 25 June 2012 (UTC)
Self reminder to mine additional information from [2]: William Hoover, Assistant DIrector for Field Operations, ATF. BEFORE THE UNITED STATES HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN AFFAIRS SUBCOMMITTEE ON THE WESTERN HEMISPHERE (February 7, 2008). BatteryIncluded ( talk) 21:58, 20 March 2009 (UTC)
Formatted ref: Hoover, William (February 7),
"STATEMENT AT THE UNITED STATES HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN AFFAIRS SUBCOMMITTEE ON THE WESTERN HEMISPHERE", Statement by William Hoover, Assistant DIrector for Field Operations, Bureau of ATF, Washington, D.C.: UNITED STATES HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES - COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN AFFAIRS, retrieved 2009-03-21 {{
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I changed the opening paragraph in two respects. 1. It initially read that the program was to stem the flow of guns into Mexico. The facts are starting to show quite the opposite: over 2,500 extra guns that flowed into Mexico is not a stemming of the tide. They actually increaded the flow of guns. 2. I mentioned the recent controversies that have arisen in the last few days. -- 2008Olympian chitchat 02:39, 5 March 2011 (UTC)
2008Olympian: Your edit was reversed for a couple of reasons. The original paragraph accurately reported the official purpose of the Project as supported by the citation. While the information you posted is probably accurate, it doesn't affect the official purpose, and isn't supported by a citation. The information you included is adequately covered in Controversies further down the article. Computer Guy 2 ( talk) 03:21, 5 March 2011 (UTC)
Media coverage of this and the other ATF gunsmuggling operations like Operation Fast and Furious is fairly nonspecific over what particular operation is being discussed. Perhaps these should be merged on one article on BATF gunsmuggling operations or similar? Nevard ( talk) 08:07, 14 June 2011 (UTC)
The term BATF gun smuggling is inappropriate, since as best we know, ATF did not directly smuggle any guns to Mexico. Rather, under Operation Gunrunner they permitted, encouraged, and facilitated the sale of thousands of firearms to various 'straw purchasers' (including undercover ATF agents) for purposes that are yet unclear. The Wikipedia topic on ' Fast and Furious' is redundant, since this operation (along with others) was a subordinate project under Operation Gunrunner. In my opinion, 'Fast and Furious' should be expanded under Project Gunrunner. Computer Guy 2 ( talk) 12:31, 14 June 2011 (UTC)
According to testimony of ATF field agents, handling of straw sales under Project Gunrunner operated under the rule of interdicting the guns and purchasers as soon as possible, but under Operation Fast and Furious beginning in the fall of 2009 the rule became let the guns "walk" to see where they ended up. Operation Fast and Furious (sarcasticly called "gunwalker") may have grown out of, or branched off, Project Gunrunner, but it is distinctively different. Naaman Brown ( talk) 15:34, 13 July 2011 (UTC)
I agree that there needs to be some kind of article merge of the various "gunwalking" operations between 2006 and 2011, but leave Project Gunrunner a separate article because it is a larger umbrella including other, less controversial, efforts. Maybe I'll work on this. Hazydan ( talk) 22:28, 15 October 2011 (UTC)
What keeps coming out in hearings now is that "Operation Fast & Furious" was under the Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force (OCDETF), but the DoJ OIG Report on "ATF Project Gunrunner" criticizes ATF for concentrating on stopping the straw purchasers rather than use (OCDETF) Program resources to conduct more complex conspiracy investigations. (DoJ OIG WORKING DRAFT REPORT, Review of ATF’s Project Gunrunner, September 2010.) Naaman Brown ( talk) 22:15, 30 December 2011 (UTC)
I'm reverting the edits by EMEONE. They are poorly written and extremely POV. They were really just a two paragraph editorial. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.66.230.187 ( talk) 03:12, 3 December 2011 (UTC)
I propose merging ATF gunwalking scandal and Project Gunrunner because the two articles are about the same thing, just with different names. I don't know or care which one should be the resulting name if the merge does in fact take place. Magenta 447 ( talk) 01:06, 26 May 2012 (UTC)
I would suggest using more information in the history section aside from explaining what eTrace is. Some links have expired, as well. Arigee ( talk) 22:33, 2 February 2017 (UTC)
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In October 2011, documents were released that indicated Holder was sent memos in regards to Operation Fast and Furious in 2010, contradicting Holder's sworn testimony before the House Judiciary Committee in which he said he was unaware of Operation Fast and Furious until April 2011. In response, Lamar Smith, the chairman of the Judiciary Committee, sent a letter to President Obama, requesting the appointment of an independent special counsel to investigate whether Holder committed perjury by lying to the committee while under oath. [1]
That LA Times article: does it indicate that Holder got those memos (emails) or did individuals in the Justice Department (i.e. James Trusty)?
I think the above text isn't factual, and isn't NPOV.
-- Biggus Dictus ( talk) 08:20, 25 June 2012 (UTC)
Self reminder to mine additional information from [2]: William Hoover, Assistant DIrector for Field Operations, ATF. BEFORE THE UNITED STATES HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN AFFAIRS SUBCOMMITTEE ON THE WESTERN HEMISPHERE (February 7, 2008). BatteryIncluded ( talk) 21:58, 20 March 2009 (UTC)
Formatted ref: Hoover, William (February 7),
"STATEMENT AT THE UNITED STATES HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN AFFAIRS SUBCOMMITTEE ON THE WESTERN HEMISPHERE", Statement by William Hoover, Assistant DIrector for Field Operations, Bureau of ATF, Washington, D.C.: UNITED STATES HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES - COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN AFFAIRS, retrieved 2009-03-21 {{
citation}}
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help); Cite has empty unknown parameters: |coeditors=
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I changed the opening paragraph in two respects. 1. It initially read that the program was to stem the flow of guns into Mexico. The facts are starting to show quite the opposite: over 2,500 extra guns that flowed into Mexico is not a stemming of the tide. They actually increaded the flow of guns. 2. I mentioned the recent controversies that have arisen in the last few days. -- 2008Olympian chitchat 02:39, 5 March 2011 (UTC)
2008Olympian: Your edit was reversed for a couple of reasons. The original paragraph accurately reported the official purpose of the Project as supported by the citation. While the information you posted is probably accurate, it doesn't affect the official purpose, and isn't supported by a citation. The information you included is adequately covered in Controversies further down the article. Computer Guy 2 ( talk) 03:21, 5 March 2011 (UTC)
Media coverage of this and the other ATF gunsmuggling operations like Operation Fast and Furious is fairly nonspecific over what particular operation is being discussed. Perhaps these should be merged on one article on BATF gunsmuggling operations or similar? Nevard ( talk) 08:07, 14 June 2011 (UTC)
The term BATF gun smuggling is inappropriate, since as best we know, ATF did not directly smuggle any guns to Mexico. Rather, under Operation Gunrunner they permitted, encouraged, and facilitated the sale of thousands of firearms to various 'straw purchasers' (including undercover ATF agents) for purposes that are yet unclear. The Wikipedia topic on ' Fast and Furious' is redundant, since this operation (along with others) was a subordinate project under Operation Gunrunner. In my opinion, 'Fast and Furious' should be expanded under Project Gunrunner. Computer Guy 2 ( talk) 12:31, 14 June 2011 (UTC)
According to testimony of ATF field agents, handling of straw sales under Project Gunrunner operated under the rule of interdicting the guns and purchasers as soon as possible, but under Operation Fast and Furious beginning in the fall of 2009 the rule became let the guns "walk" to see where they ended up. Operation Fast and Furious (sarcasticly called "gunwalker") may have grown out of, or branched off, Project Gunrunner, but it is distinctively different. Naaman Brown ( talk) 15:34, 13 July 2011 (UTC)
I agree that there needs to be some kind of article merge of the various "gunwalking" operations between 2006 and 2011, but leave Project Gunrunner a separate article because it is a larger umbrella including other, less controversial, efforts. Maybe I'll work on this. Hazydan ( talk) 22:28, 15 October 2011 (UTC)
What keeps coming out in hearings now is that "Operation Fast & Furious" was under the Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force (OCDETF), but the DoJ OIG Report on "ATF Project Gunrunner" criticizes ATF for concentrating on stopping the straw purchasers rather than use (OCDETF) Program resources to conduct more complex conspiracy investigations. (DoJ OIG WORKING DRAFT REPORT, Review of ATF’s Project Gunrunner, September 2010.) Naaman Brown ( talk) 22:15, 30 December 2011 (UTC)
I'm reverting the edits by EMEONE. They are poorly written and extremely POV. They were really just a two paragraph editorial. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.66.230.187 ( talk) 03:12, 3 December 2011 (UTC)
I propose merging ATF gunwalking scandal and Project Gunrunner because the two articles are about the same thing, just with different names. I don't know or care which one should be the resulting name if the merge does in fact take place. Magenta 447 ( talk) 01:06, 26 May 2012 (UTC)
I would suggest using more information in the history section aside from explaining what eTrace is. Some links have expired, as well. Arigee ( talk) 22:33, 2 February 2017 (UTC)