US officials quit over Mexico gun flow probe

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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-14725364


The acting director of the US Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (ATF) and the US attorney in Arizona are resigning over a botched operation to track the flow of guns to Mexico.

The ATF's Kenneth Melson had recently faced pressure by Congress to resign.

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The operation never led to any arrests.

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President Barack Obama has said that neither he nor Mr Holder authorised Operation Fast and Furious, which has sparked outrage across the US and Mexico.

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A congressional investigation heard evidence that out of more than 2,000 weapons linked to Fast and Furious, some 1,400 have not been recovered.
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gun trafficking is BIG business

[Marblehead]

1. botched

means they got caught..

[ensho]

2. yep - lol

nt

[former9thward]

3. This is not over yet.

There has been an attempted cover up. It is worse than Watergate because people died in this.

[aquart]

4. How many murders have been linked to our guns?

[gratuitous]

5. Throw 2,000 firearms into a murderous mix

Give it a cutesy operation name based on an overfueled-by-testosterone lousy movie, then stand back and watch what happens. Fun! Hey, it looks like a lot of people got killed. Huh. Who would have thought that could happen? And the lousy reason for the whole stupid idea didn't even pan out as they lost track of 70% of the guns.

Who the fuck is in charge of this nonsense? And why aren't they in a prison cell somewhere?

[Rex]

6. 'Operation Fast and Furious'

Pathetic, glad they lost their jobs! Wonder how many innocent people have been killed by those ATF guns?