Daniel Noe
The Western Center for Journalism
6/22/2012
Last night, the parents of slain Border Patrol Agent Brian Terry spoke out in their first television interview, given to Sean Hannity. It is important that we pray for Mr. Terry’s parents and that they find closure in dealing with this terrible tragedy.
…Documents obtained by CBS News show that the Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) discussed using their covert operation “Fast and Furious” to argue for controversial new rules about gun sales…
…In an interview last November, Zapata’s family told CBS News they feel that U.S. law enforcement could have stopped the sale of a gun used to kill their son. CBS News obtained law enforcement records that show the gun that killed Zapata came from the U.S., and the suspects who allegedly trafficked it had been under law enforcement’s watch for months in Dallas but weren’t arrested.
In February, CBS News learned a second weapon used in the Zapata attack was also linked to an ongoing case under the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms…
Read the whole thing.
CAJ note: Here is an article from July 2011, Did Obama Brief Calderon on ‘Fast and Furious’?
…During a joint press conference [with Barack Obama] in April 2009, Calderón specifically mentions reviewing the flows of gun traffic (tracking) from the United States to Mexico…
