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Bartholomew Roberts · October 7, 2011, 10:13 AM

Sharyl Attkisson's latest report covers Wide Receiver:
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2011/...20115824.shtml

According to the FFL involved in Wide Receiver, this program allowed guns to walk and started in 2006! It is difficult to get a precise number of guns involved since there were actually several different cases apparently. The FFL says he sold about 450 guns to straw purchasers. The one big case, Wide Receiver, involved 269 guns; of which only 47 were seized by law enforcement. At this time, the status of the others is still unclear (meaning potentially 222 guns walked). The program was run by the same ATF Phoenix office that would later give us Fast & Furious. And for some strange reason, the investigation stopped and there were no charges for several years, then in 2010, they charged 7 low-level straw purchasers and wrapped the investigation.

Ironically, the U. S. Attorney handling Wide Receiver until 2007 was Paul Charlton, the same attorney who is now suing the government on behalf of the Terry family. According to the Arizona Daily Star, Charlton has stated he did not authorize guns to walk; but acknowledges responsibility if that happened "on his watch."

I don't know if the accusations will stick to Holder; but clearly someone at DOJ is lying. We've gone from "There was no gun walking to DOJ didn't know about gun-walking to DOJ knew about gun walking; but it wasn't Fast and Furious they knew about it."

October 7, 2011, 10:13 AM	#1263
Bartholomew Roberts member Join Date: June 12, 2000 Location: Texas and Oklahoma area Posts: 8,462	Sharyl Attkisson's latest report covers Wide Receiver: http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2011/...20115824.shtml According to the FFL involved in Wide Receiver, this program allowed guns to walk and started in 2006! It is difficult to get a precise number of guns involved since there were actually several different cases apparently. The FFL says he sold about 450 guns to straw purchasers. The one big case, Wide Receiver, involved 269 guns; of which only 47 were seized by law enforcement. At this time, the status of the others is still unclear (meaning potentially 222 guns walked). The program was run by the same ATF Phoenix office that would later give us Fast & Furious. And for some strange reason, the investigation stopped and there were no charges for several years, then in 2010, they charged 7 low-level straw purchasers and wrapped the investigation. Ironically, the U. S. Attorney handling Wide Receiver until 2007 was Paul Charlton, the same attorney who is now suing the government on behalf of the Terry family. According to the Arizona Daily Star, Charlton has stated he did not authorize guns to walk; but acknowledges responsibility if that happened "on his watch." I don't know if the accusations will stick to Holder; but clearly someone at DOJ is lying. We've gone from "There was no gun walking to DOJ didn't know about gun-walking to DOJ knew about gun walking; but it wasn't Fast and Furious they knew about it."