Category Archives: ATF Death Watch

ATF Death Watch 143: Why It Matters

Posted on April 7, 2012 by Robert Farago

The following’s a brief message from the man who feeds me links on the ATF’s Operation Fast and Furious (F&F) and other issues relating to U.S. Border Security and the illicit drug trade destroying the rule of law south of … Continue reading →

Posted in ATF Death Watch, Crime and Punishment, Gun Nation | 7 Comments

ATF Death Watch 142: Border Agent Brian Terry’s Murder Weapon Provider Pleads Out

Posted on April 5, 2012 by Robert Farago

While the George Zimmerman case sucks all the air out of the room marked “firearms-related news,” the ATF’s Fast and Furious scandal keeps to its below-the-radar flight path. That’s not to say that Representative Issa and Senator Grassley have abandoned … Continue reading →

Posted in ATF Death Watch, Crime and Punishment, Gun Control | 27 Comments

ATF Death Watch 141: Why Manuel Fabian Celis-Acosta Walked

Posted on March 20, 2012 by Robert Farago

NEWS FLASH! The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (and Really Big Fires) let one of their chief gun smuggling suspects—Manuel Fabian Celis-Acosta [above]—walk. No c’mon. Really? Really. “Seven months after federal agents began the ill-fated Fast and … Continue reading →

Posted in ATF Death Watch, Crime and Punishment | 17 Comments

ATF Death Watch 140: The Non-Retail Connection

Posted on March 19, 2012 by Dan Zimmerman

You have to take your little victories where you get get ‘em. We’re not sure this actually constitutes a win, but it’s a new week, spring has sprung and we’re feeling more half full than half empty. A recent dispatch … Continue reading →

Posted in ATF Death Watch, Law and Order | 11 Comments

ATF Death Watch 139: It’s a Campaign Issue

Posted on March 9, 2012 by Dan Zimmerman

The following is the text of a campaign radio spot running on Phoenix area radio stations for Ben Quayle, (former VP Dan’s son) who’s locked in a primary battle with fellow Republican David Schweikert for the Republican nomination to an … Continue reading →

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ATF Death Watch 138: A Day in the Life

Posted on March 8, 2012 by Robert Farago

Remember the ATF’s Fast and Furious scandal? You know: the revelation that the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives supplied some 2000 U.S. gun store guns to Mexican drug thugs. That American-supplied criminals used (at least) two of these … Continue reading →

Posted in ATF Death Watch, Crime and Punishment, Gun Control, War | 10 Comments

ATF Death Watch 137: Brian Terry’s Mother

Posted on February 4, 2012 by Robert Farago

Last week, Congress chastised U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder for failing to fire anyone for creating and implementing Operation Fast and Furious. Why would he? As this series has shown, the ATF’s black bag “guns for goons” operation was part … Continue reading →

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