Obama cover-up? Court records of border patrol agent murder sealed

Jim Kouri
Law Enforcement Examiner
11/28/2011

Border Patrol officials and government watchdogs believe there is a huge cover-up in the Obama Administration regarding the murder of Border agent Brian Terry. Credits: DHS/CBP

The Obama Administration has suddenly and without warning sealed court records containing alarming details of how Mexican drug smugglers murdered a U.S. Border patrol agent with a gun connected to a federal government snafu that allowed firearms to be smuggled into Mexico, according to a top non-partisan organization that investigates government corruption and fraud.

This important information will now be kept from the public as well as the media by politicians who used a law enforcement agency for their political agenda, according to the blogger for Judicial Watch.

“Border Patrol agents are routinely fired for any sort of lie or failure to disclose everything they know under oath. Apparently, the same rules do not apply to the “top cop” in the country. Any agent would be fired for what [Eric] Holder did. Why is it that rank-and-file agents are held to such high standards while those in charge are held to such low standards? Shouldn’t those in charge be setting the example?” -National Border Patrol Council

“Could this be a cover-up on the part of the “most transparent” administration in history? After all, the rifle used to kill the federal agent (Brian Terry) last December in Arizona’s Peck Canyon was part of the now infamous Operation Fast and Furious. Conducted by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), the disastrous scheme allowed guns to be smuggled into Mexico so they could eventually be traced to drug cartels,” the Judicial Watch blog stated.

Border Patrol agents are fired for “Lack of Candor” during any type of investigation. The agency has used this charge over and over again when they believe the agent knew something that they didn’t divulge during questioning (as opposed to lying about it).

“Apparently these rules don’t apply to Eric Holder, the supposed “top cop” who can say whatever he wants during sworn testimony…

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