Fast and Furious: Barack Obama's Bloodiest Scandal and the Shameless Cover-Up

241 Pages·2012·2.203 MB·English

by  Katie Pavlich

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edly changed his testimony zealotry. Pavlich names names, explodes lies, and exposes the Obama administra- and its shameless
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Unraveling the mystery of what Fast and Brian Terry, gunned down with a weapon
—david limbaugh
Furious was all about, Katie Pavlich delivers , bestselling author of that the federal government put in the hands
a stunning indictment of a radical adminis- Crimes against Liberty and Absolute Power of Mexico’s narco-terrorists.
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KATIE PAVLICH is the news editor for Townhall.com and a the ATF, under the supervision of the Justice
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contributing editor to Townhall Magazine. As a reporter, she Department, entailed—equally appalling is
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Arizona, Pavlich lives in the Washington, D.C., area.
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Copyright © 2012 by Katie Pavlich
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Pavlich, Katie.
Fast and furious / by Katie Pavlich.
p. cm.
ISBN 978-1-59698-321-2
1. United States. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and
Explosives. 2. Illegal arms transfers--Mexican-American Border Region.
I. Title.
HV8144.B87P38 2012
363.25’9336--dc23
2012005550
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To those who have the courage to stand for truth.
To my parents for teaching me how to take on a challenge.

cONTeNTS
Introduction ..........................................................................................1
Chapter One
A Warrior’s Death ..................................................................................9
Chapter twO
Clinging to Their Guns .......................................................................15
Chapter three
Origins of a Scandal ............................................................................27
Chapter FOur
What the Hell Are We Doing? .............................................................49
Chapter Five
Panic .....................................................................................................61
Chapter Six
Welcome to MurderGate ....................................................................73
Chapter Seven
Fury.......................................................................................................91
Chapter eight
Payback ................................................................................................113
Chapter nine
Revelations ..........................................................................................123
Chapter ten
Connecting the Dots ..........................................................................139
Appendices ..........................................................................................163
Acknowledgments ..............................................................................191
Notes ....................................................................................................195
Index ....................................................................................................215
INTRODUcTION
by ATF Special Agent Jay Dobyns
w hen it became known that the weapons found at the ambush
murder scene of United States Border Patrol Agent Brian
Terry had willingly been allowed to pass through the hands of my
agency during Operation Fast and Furious, all of my peers were in
shock and disbelief. I wasn’t.
In the years leading up to the tragedy in Peck Canyon, Arizona—
just a few miles down the road from where I grew up—I had become
a first-hand witness to the decay of the federal law enforcement agency
I love and had dedicated my entire adult life to serving: the United
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