| − | '''Operation Fast and Furious''' (also known as '''Project Gunwalker''') is a government-funded program of the [[White House]]<ref>White House delayed rule meant to stop gun flow to Mexico, Sari Horwitz and James V. Grimaldi, ''[[Washington Post]]'', December 17, 2010</ref> [[United States Treasury Department]] [[Bureau of Alcohol and Tobacco, and Firearms]], and the [[U.S. Justice Department]] that involved the illegal sale of [[guns used by Mexican drug gangs]] from the [[United States]] to [[drug cartels]], and other gangs in [[Mexico]]. [[Ann Coulter]] reported the purpose of the operation was "to strengthen liberals' argument for [[gun control]]." <ref>[http://www.anncoulter.com/columns/2012-07-11.html#read_more]</ref> | + | '''Operation Fast and Furious''' (also known as '''Project Gunwalker''') is a government-funded program of the [[White House]]<ref>White House delayed rule meant to stop gun flow to Mexico, Sari Horwitz and James V. Grimaldi, ''[[Washington Post]]'', December 17, 2010</ref> [[United States Treasury Department]] [[Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms]], and the [[U.S. Justice Department]] that involved the illegal sale of [[guns used by Mexican drug gangs]] from the [[United States]] to [[drug cartels]], and other gangs in [[Mexico]]. [[Ann Coulter]] reported the purpose of the operation was "to strengthen liberals' argument for [[gun control]]." <ref>[http://www.anncoulter.com/columns/2012-07-11.html#read_more]</ref> |
| | Operation Fast and Furious has developed into an enormous scandal and failure for the [[Obama administration]]. Two U.S. border guards were killed as a direct result of Fast and Furious, and Attorney General [[Eric Holder]] was held in contempt for refusing to answer a House subpoena about it. | | Operation Fast and Furious has developed into an enormous scandal and failure for the [[Obama administration]]. Two U.S. border guards were killed as a direct result of Fast and Furious, and Attorney General [[Eric Holder]] was held in contempt for refusing to answer a House subpoena about it. |