A little help understanding Fast and Furious controversy.

[ScruffyTheJanitor]

12. The connection between F&F and Operation Wide Receiver are extremely flimsy or nonexistent.

Yo, first post, don't hate on me too much. I've been a reader for a while and finally figured I would come share my opinions.

Operation Wide Receiver was started in 2006 during the Bush administration and lasted until late 2007. It was in cooperation with the Mexican authorities. It was deemed a failure due to the inability to follow the ~650 weapons which were allowed to "walk" across the border. In October of 2007, the operation was shut down at the request of William Hoover, ATF Assistant Director.

In 2009, Operation Fast and Furious was started. This operation began without the consent of the Mexican government, unlike Wide Receiver. Also, in its 2 year span of operation, >2000 weapons were sold. Another issue at heart here is the fact that a Border Patrol agent was shot and killed with weapons sold during this operation.

IMO, the problem with using EP in this instance makes it appear that they are hiding something. Also, depending on what grounds they decide to claim EP, they may indirectly bring to light any possible lies told to Congress.

I'm quite interested to see how this all plays out.