Examiner.com article character limits preclude adding more updates to the Journalist's Guide to Project Gunwalker. This is a continuation of updates from this column and Sipsey Street Irregulars beginning with March 9, 2011 and ending on April 15, 2011. It includes contributions from regional Gun Rights Examiners.
Click here for the Part One chronology from Dec. 28, 2010 through March 8, 2011. Click here for Part Three, beginning on April 17, 2011.
Mar. 9:
- Ever ask yourself why World Net Daily, the Blaze, and most of the other "conservative" news sites have pretty much ignored the Gunwalker scandal?
- "The first Gunrunner rat is in." Is ATF Deputy Assistant Director for Intelligence Steve Martin rolling? Some agents seem to think so.
- Mexican legislators demand US talks on gun scandal! All three major parties represented!
- Gunwalker scandalmongers of the world unite! David Codrea joins me on the Andrea Shea King radio show tonight at 9PM Eastern.
- This just in: The Washington Post, rising from the dead, walks the Gunwalker walk and even mentions David and me! Well, not by name but reputation.
- "Closing ranks and circling the wagons." "A major scandal." FOX News finally gets on the Project Gunwalker sidewalk.
- CBS -- The Project Gunwalker questions under oath begin: Big Sis frying on Senator Grassley's Grill. She ain't done yet.
- Transfer this moke to the border & he'll have to develop a different attitude if he wants to keep his paycheck.
- Long but an interesting look at the legislative platform then being constructed upon which the Project Gunwalker Scandal was erected.
- Dave Workman asks a question.
- Finally! NRA weeniemobile finds a parking spot in the Project Gunwalker Scandal. "Welcome to the party, pal!' They're only a couple months late.
- A Thousand Yard Stare Day
- Okay, so I was over-optimistic about getting some sleep. One last post and it is a doozy: The House comes out swinging.
- Mexican government calls for ‘working group’ to examine gun-walking charges
- Project Gunwalker ‘becoming a major scandal’
- NRA calls for Gunwalker investigations
Mar. 10:
- Zapata murder weapon suspect denied bail.
- Two trenchant Gunwalker observations. "It must suck to have a pair of middle-aged white guys with blogs just thoroughly beat you at your own job."
- In the aftermath of yesterday's "Big Day," some observations. Melson, like Cortez, burns his boats. The cavalry arrives, late and needing direction.
- A touching moment with his dad in Lanny Breuer's childhood. A young boy's aspirations.
- House Judiciary Committee Republicans want answers from Holder on Gunwalker
- Sharyl Attkisson on Laura Ingraham radio show.
- Holder asked about Gunwalker under oath. Watch the weasel wording.
- Ladies and Gentlemen, I think we have our first ATF headquarters nominee for the guy most likely to be thrown under the bus to cover for his bosses.
- Holder says ‘gunwalking wrong’
- Just how many cases has "Gunwalker Bill" Newell been sitting on all these years? A ten out of ten on the hypocrisy scale of the No-Sh*t-O-Meter.
- ¡Ay, caramba! "Gunwalker Bill" declared Persona Non Grata in Mexico? Even so, they want his ass extradited! Mexico to recall ambassador?
- LA Times: "Mexico lawmakers demand answers about guns smuggled under ATF's watch."
Mar. 11:
- Mexican politician calls for extradition of ATF 'Gunwalkers'
- Some Gunwalker stories
- Project Gunwalker and "The Banality of Evil": Fireman Friendly's secret life as a killer arsonist. The bureaucratic murderers with clean hands.
- Question of the day for Barack Obama's press conference: The Project Gunwalker Scandal -- "Mr. President, what did you know and when did you know it?"
- "This is a serious violation of international law. What happens if next time they need to introduce trained assassins or nuclear weapons?"
- No further comment necessary.
- The CBS eye just blinked. We award the Gunwalker Journalist Punk of the Week Award to . . .
- Howard Nemerov asks, "Why should the ATF tell the truth about Mexico’s guns…"
- From Bob Lang: The ATF's "Department of Let's Give Guns to Mexican Drug Lords for No Other Apparent Reason Than a Botched Investigation."
- Chihuahua State demands answers:“The weapons from the United States, not only have taken the lives of Mexican citizens, but Americans have also died."
- Will press ask president about ‘Project Gunwalker’?
- LA Times: "Mexico says U.S. never told it tracked guns were passing border."
Mar. 12:
- "The only hard facts we have at this time are that no Mexican agency knew about the case."
- Gunwalker links for this morning
- T.L. Davis: "ATF Lied, Mexicans Died"
- The Foggy Bottom spin doctors dance faster to Mexican pressure & Hillary's demands. "There is no contradiction."
Mar. 13:
- Univision to interview ATF Whistleblowers John Dodson and Rene Jaquez.
- Scandal? What scandal? Hypocrite Obama pushes new gun control measures "to prevent future bloodshed." Shouldn't he get a handle on the ATF first?
- "Where did ATF common sense go?" Maybe we can get these guys to testify at the oversight hearings.
- Al Punto video from this morning on Univision. Rene Jaquez backs up John Dodson. Anger builds in Mexico.
- Radio Host Doug Giles says: "ATF Should Change Its Name to 'WTF?'"
Mar. 14:
- Obama’s latest ‘gun control’ proposal will not close ‘Gunwalker loophole’
- Gunwalker Scandal Morning Roundup: "Cover-ups on flawed operations only enhance the power of the bad guys." Plus Gunwalker in OREGON?
- CSGV: "Grave dancers extraordinaire." Except when it comes to Mexican graves, or American law enforcement graves, come to that.
- Foggy Bottom Follies: "Enigmatic Hillaryland." Which way will Hillary the Cat jump on Gunwalker?
- David Codrea: Close the Gunwalker Loophole!
- Transcripts of Univision interviews with Agents Dodson and Jaquez. "I can tell you that all of them knew about this and allowed it to continue."
- They really think they can get away with this in the face of the Gunwalker Scandal. Ask yourself why they are so confident. THE FIX IS IN.
- Radio Free Gunwalker: Tonight.
Mar. 15:
- NRA AWOL: "Attack" of the gunweenies. Wayne LaPierre dances around the Gunwalker scandal subject in public, averting his eyes and stilling his tongue.
- ATF "Gunwalkers" even manage to p*ss off the Pope.
- "Justice Memo to Self: No Gunwalking Allowed." A little late for that, ain't it Eric? How about, "and don't get caught raping or murdering, either"?
- CCRKBA asks Obama for invitation to gun summit that NRA rejected
Mar. 16:
- Two more invitation requests for Obama’s ‘common ground’ gun summit
- The 800 pound gorilla stirs, but hasn't got off its *ss yet, contented to merely sniff the over-ripe banana that is the Gunwalker scandal.
- Project Gunwalker Scandal continues to pay bloody dividends. Are you happy yet, Obama?
- Strokes of the pen and the 800 pound gorilla's false pretenses.
- Hey, Hillary! How they hangin'? An official Sipsey Street welcome to the State Department.
- Another gunwalker rounded up after a long investigation. Getting kinda boring, huh? Just how big IS Gunwalker?
Mar. 17:
- Darrell Issa enters ‘Project Gunwalker’ fray
- Welcome to the party, pal! Darrell Issa finally weighs in on Gunwalker Scandal. Has four investigators working the scandal.
- "Hellooooo! Is anybody home?" I hand deliver Issa's letter to Melson to Fort Apache. Very funny exercise in big men with badges & guns hiding.
- ATF Agents write Issa and House Judiciary Committee. "Project Gunrunner or the "walking" guns portion could/should have been prevented."
- "Gunwalker Bill" Newell has no problem with constipation these days -- he uses "Darrellax!"
Mar. 18:
- The Gunwalker Scandal: Why? Where did it start? How high does it go? Darrell Issa should ask Rahm Emanuel.
- Jim Bohannon Show explores 'Project Gunwalker' with writers who broke the story
- The Gunwalker Scandal: Why? Where did it start? How high does it go? Darrell Issa should ask Rahm Emanuel.
- David Codrea & that Vanderboegh guy on the Jim Bohannon radio show last night.
Mar. 19:
- Gunwalker Scandal Echoes in Mexico. "Both governments still have a lot of explaining to do – and soon."
- One very bad idea.
Mar. 20:
- U.S. Ambassador to Mexico resigns. Was it Gunwalker? "Americans put up the weapons and Mexicans put up the dead.” Permanent damage to relations?
- CBS confirms Sipsey Street post of this morning. "'Gunwalking' scandal final straw leading to resignation of U.S. ambassador to Mexico."
- Karmic Komedy: "Where is 'Hell No' Bill Newell?" ATF agents on CleanUp have fun with "Gunwalker Bill."
Mar. 21:
- Radio Free ARFcom show tonight on Gunwalker.
- David Rittgers of Cato Institute asks in National Review: "Did the ATF help create its own crisis?"
- A relationship between equals . . . is not accomplished by sending arms to another country, without notice."
- CBS Two-Fer Tonight: Agent Jaquez speaks out. More agencies implicated. Plus, Wayne LaPierre has finally come to Jesus on the Gunwalker Scandal.
- Sharyl Attkisson on the Laura Ingraham show the other day.
Mar. 22:
- Obama's Field of Nightmares. "If you hold hearings, they will come."
- CBS "will be with this scandal until Holder and Napolitano leave in disgrace & Emanuel is having heart-to-heart chats with a Special Prosecutor."
- The "Baghdad Bobs" of Gun Control Ignore the Gunwalker Scandal.
- Laura Ingraham led off her show today with a blistering indictment of the Gunwalker Scandal (and when I called in I couldn't get past the screener.)
- Obama Says He Didn't Approve "Fast and Furious"!
Mar. 23:
- Interesting observation on Obama: Ideological modus operandi as basis for Gunwalker . "The question is not did he approve it. Did he disapprove it?"
- From CBS & Univision: "Well first of all I did not authorize it. Eric Holder the Attorney General did not authorize it." "Son, you're on your own."
- Commentary on Obama's categorical denial on Gunwalker scandal by a DC insider. "Obama is falling into a trap that is probably of his own making."
- What a hoot. The Darth Vader of the Gunwalker scandal in the former Soviet Union to lecture them on "corruption." ROFLMAO! I'm dyin' here!
Mar. 24:
- Senatorial job opportunity: Grilling Melson like a hot dog about the Gunwalker Scandal. Will he plead the 5th now that his bosses have denied all?
- Laura Ingraham: "The ATF gunrunner scandal, even worse than first thought."
- Are they REALLY this stupid? To select Cover-Up Queen Jamie Gorelick as the next FBI Director?!? Why? To keep the lid on Gunwalker?
Mar. 25:
- Center for Public Integrity(?) deliberately misses the point of Gunwalker. "Waco Jim" raises his ugly head. But Sen. Grassley is not so gullible.
- "In order to ascertain the extent to which these accounts are accurate, please ensure that CBP officials are prepared to answer questions."
- CBS drives a dagger in the heart of the cover-up! Gil speaks the truth about Breuer & Melson! My suggestion to them both: stay out of Ft. Marcy Park.
- This just in: The NRA discovers the Project Gunwalker Scandal. Just ask Wayne the Weasel.
Mar. 26:
- Just to be clear, even though the Darren Gil interview did not appear on the Evening News with Katie Couric last night, CBS did NOT spike the story.
- All Gunwalker, All the Time. The scandal waters rise.
- More Gunwalkers in Texas?
- "Welcome to the party, pal!" Glenn Beck's Blaze finally discovers Gunwalker with a big catch-up article. Soros' propaganda chippie spins like a top.
Mar. 27:
- Even an imperfect Google translation of this article indicates the Mexican government is some kind of p*ssed over Gunwalker.
- Gunwalker Roundup: "If it got that high, odds are good it would have gotten to the AG. And if it got to him, odds are decent that it got to the WH."
- Gaviota provides us with a better translation of the El Universal article. "The United States 'shall be punished with all the weight of the law.'"
Mar. 28:
- Origins of ‘Project Gunwalker’ important for media to understand
- CBS: "U.S., Mexico gun trail: Who knew?" The video version of the web story from Friday.
- National Review finds a Gunwalker tree, walks up to it, sniffs the bark, puzzles about it, and in conclusion, misses the forest.
- Gov't "was being accurate when it talked about how guns from the US were flowing to the cartels -- it just omitted a tiny little detail."
- FOX: "The Obama Administration is Under Mounting Pressure for its Botched Gun Trafficking Investigation."
- Guardian: "How the US let Calderón save face." Removal of US ambassador done as a "temporary distraction" from Mexican anger at Gunwalker.
- Poor Melson?: Obama & Holder will give him the excremental end of the stick on Gunwalker. Will he be extradited to Mexico? What's next, the Hague?
- Codrea: "Origins of ‘Project Gunwalker’ important for media to understand." & Issa Deadline Looming. "We'll cross that bridge when we come to it."
- CBS: "Mexican attorney general says 'full force of law' to be used in ATF gunwalking scandal investigation."
- It just keeps getting worse and worse for the Gunwalkers: "ATF agents actually observed a cache of weapons being loaded into a suspect vehicle."
- Kurt Hofmann: "'Project Gunwalker' now definitively traced to near top of Justice Department."
Mar. 29:
- ATF to grant ‘Project Gunwalker’ FOIA inquiry ‘in part’
- "Proving once again that the American government is always willing to provide charity to the needy in other lands. . ."
- In light of Gunwalker, this is interesting.
- Just how big IS Gunwalker? "‘Bordergate’ – Seattle’s gunrunning case: Shades of ‘Project gunrunner?’"
- CBS: Melson jerked from witness list! "It was Melson's decision not to testify."
- Gunwalker makes Day by Day!
- ATF "Official" sez: “It was not a well thought out plan. I think there’s a lot of finger pointing right now.” No kidding?
- CBS: "Issa demands 'gunwalking' information from Secretary Clinton."
- Gunwalker Roundup
Mar. 30:
- ‘Pro-gun Democrats’ AWOL from ‘Project Gunwalker’
- Michelle Malkin enters the Gunwalker fray: "A bloody, cruel joke."
- A reminder about my Gunwalker email list.
- Gunwalker Morning Roundup: Obama's 'I am not a Crook' Moment; Melson Chickens Out; "The AG is going to have to say what he knew & when he knew it."
- Official Correspondence on the Project Gunwalker Scandal.
- "The Test." Obama lets slip that Gunwalker is on his mind. I heard this on a talk radio show and I wondered if I was the only one who got it.
- Michelle Malkin does Gunwalker right. "This disaster has only just begun."
- So, Michelle Malkin really laid into Gunwalker on Hannity tonight.
- Ex-ATF SAC warns of ‘trap’ and ‘blood bath’ over ‘Project Gunwalker’
Mar. 31:
- Malkin discusses 'Project Gunwalker' with Sean Hannity
- Did Melson make or miss Issa’s Mar. 30 'Gunwalker' deadline?
- House Oversight Committee spokesman confirms ATF missed Issa deadline
- Three important Gunwalker Scandal posts from David. (Sorry, I'm playing catch-up.)
- Robert Farago: Another swing and a miss on Gunwalker.
- Michelle Malkin on Hannity -- the video.
- Codrea: The stonewalling continues; Ex-ATF SAC warns of ‘trap’ and ‘blood bath’ over ‘Project Gunwalker’ -- "explosive stuff."
- ALIPAC weighs in: "Obama Administration Caught Arming Mexican Illegal Alien Rebels ." The "T" Word.
- Official Coalition of Willing Lilliputians ATF Gunwalker Scandal Coffee Mugs
- Mexican Attorney General Resigns! Holder, go thou and do likewise. And take Darth Breuer with you.
Apr. 1:
- New York Times not following ‘Project Gunwalker’ because it’s not their ‘scoop’
- Issa to Melson: You got served
- Issa explains ATF subpoena on video
- MIchelle Malkin on the Traver nomination: "Stop ATF's Anti-Gun Zealots."
- Mexico: Fast and Furious controversy continues. (Translations of 3 articles from La Jornada of Mexico City). "Head of ATF avoids testifying."
- A former State Department Foreign Service Officer gives us the low-down on "Lies, Guns, and Mexico." Plus: "Cartels get heavy weapons from Cent. Am."
- "Cartels threaten to kill Texas Rangers, ICE agents." Presumably just as soon as they can get some more Kalashnikovs from the ATF import-export firm.
- Deadlines come and go as the GOP apparently blinks in the face of the Gunwalker stonewallers. "The agencies will stonewall forever because they can."
- FLASH! Rep. Issa Subpoenas Gunwalker Scandal Documents From ATF! "A show down on Capitol Hill seems to be getting closer."
- Gunwalker Radio
- CBS: "Issa subpoenas ATF over gunwalking allegations." Video of Issa interview.
- Justice Dept. is Shocked! Shocked! to find scandal going on here. Politico finally gets a clue about Gunwalker. Mean Mr. Issa beats up on poor DOJ.
- David Codrea breaks bombshell story!
- You want to know why Mexicans get real upset about ATF "gun-walking?"
Apr. 2:
- Cummings' objection to Issa ATF subpoena ignores own 'Gunwalker' culpability
- David's Latest: "New York Times not following ‘Project Gunwalker’ because it’s not their ‘scoop’"
- Oathkeepers and ATF whistleblowers. The discussion continues.
- Push-back on Issa's Gunwalker scandal subpoenas from Elijah "Bloody Hands" Cummings.
- Gunwalker Roundup: Smuggling without an ATF permit; Sipsey Street welcomes Wall Street Journal & Washington Times to the Gunwalker scandal story.
Apr. 3:
- ATF agent Jay Dobyns speaks up about the Gunwalker scandal on CleanUpATF.org.
- "Dobyns attempted to warn them that something bad was about to happen under the ATF Phoenix mismanagement. . . They destroyed him for it."
- Federal cover-ups & Gunwalker Scandal: The Waco precedent as detailed by "The F.L.I.R. Project" documentary & David Hardy's "This Is Not An Assault."
- COL Robert K. Brown's editorial on the Gunwalker Scandal in the June issue of Soldier of Fortune magazine: "Cesspool Mutants Again Surface at ATF."
Apr. 4:
- ‘Project Gunwalker’ reporters to receive freedom award
- Issa ATF subpoena commands Melson to appear, produce documents
- An important warning from "An Anonymous Federal Employee": "Their desire to escape responsibility for acting at all at this time . . . is powerful."
- CleanUpATF: The latest on the housekeeping details of a coverup. "Hoover, Chait, McMahon and Newell should be sent . . . to a federal prison camp."
- David Codrea's take on the SOF award.
- "If she senses enough blood in the water, will Hillary quit the administration and launch a primary bid against Obama?"
- So, I'm going to the NRA bash as an accredited media representative. I guess I earned it.
Apr. 5:
- The Issa Subpoena to Melson. "By Authority of the House of Representatives of the Congress of the United States of America. "
- Melson's in REAL trouble now. The Gunwalker Man is being chased by Walker, Texas Ranger.
- Been chasing new clues and sources.
Apr. 6:
- ATF’s ‘in part’ FOIA response indicative of Bureau stonewalling
- Grumpy old men.
- We need thousands more letters to the editor like this one. Written yours yet?
- Is the "Iron River" meme drying up?
- El Paso Intelligence Center: What did EPIC know about Project Gunwalker and when did they know it? Likely answer: Everything and early.
- Humble Pie: I was wrong about the Isham story and owe John Solomon an apology -- again.
- Univision anchor Jorge Ramos "in the doghouse with the White House."
- Important from David Codrea: "ATF’s ‘in part’ FOIA response indicative of Bureau stonewalling." Traver in decision-making loop on Gunwalker coverup.
- Dave Workman: "Issa’s ‘Gunrunner’ probe will not be deterred by ‘ongoing investigation’ stall."
- Eric Holder braces for shutdown. In an effort to reassure the public, the FBI will continue to do nothing in the murder investigation of Brian Terry
Apr. 8:
- Codrea's FOIA results bear ugly fruit for Gunwalker conspirators! Phoenix ASAC George Gillett is cooperating with Senator Grassley!
- ATF street agents excoriate Gillett. "He is no whistleblower";"The silver lining in this that (Melson, et.al) are about to be served up by an insider"
- LA Times: "Gillett had received death threats before making the decision to cooperate."
Apr. 9:
Apr. 10:
- Ruben Navarrette: Mission too fast, too furious?
- Ken Melson Leads ATF Management In Intricate Coverup Maneuver, Blind Leading the Blind, Stumbling Toward A Bruegel Denouement
Apr. 11:
- Workman: ATF SAC’s "are gathering at HQ to discuss Gunrunner. . . could be 'pretty interesting.'" Melson's wet dream.
- Farago beats the "ATF corruption" dead horse again.
Apr. 12:
- Dallas Morning News' Jason Trahan: Media Pimp for Gunwalker Coverup
- I'll be glad when Jerry Seper is several days ahead of the Gunwalker Scandal story curve . . .
- CleanUpATF: "Gunwalker Bill" STILL going to Mexico! Rat Gillett appointed temporary SAC of Phoenix! Are they trying to get Newell killed?
Apr. 13:
- Well, now, this is interesting. Contradictory info on Phoenix ATF office? Newell pulled back to DC on coverup duty? Gillett now takes sick leave.
Apr. 14:
Apr. 15:
- The power of the exposed lie to motivate. Scandal coverage grows. Associated Press & Arizona Republic again touch on Gunwalker.
- Sen. Grassley: "Praise the Lord for whistleblowers." The full remarks in the well of the Senate yesterday.
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From other Gun Rights Examiners:
Steve D. Jones/Fort Smith:
Yih-Chau Chang/Oakland:
Dave Workman/Seattle:
- Is Washington Post helping ATF circle wagons on ‘Gunrunner’ scandal?
- Central figure in ‘Gunrunner’ controversy refuses to talk to Examiner
- Is it gun shops, gun shows or government that is ‘chief source of weapons?'
- Bellevue v. Obama: Gun safety, not gun hysteria
- NRA to Obama: ‘Stop Fast and Furious immediately’
- Pressure mounts on ATF for ‘Gunrunner’ info, answers
- Prohibitionists can’t get stories straight as ‘Gunrunner’ scandal unravels
- Is Obama signaling that someone will be tossed under the bus?
- How high up does ‘Project Gunrunner’ go? (Who knew what and when?)
- Rep. Issa’s March 30 deadline for ATF documents looming
- ‘Bordergate’ – Seattle’s gunrunning case: Shades of ‘Project gunrunner?’
- Maybe Kerlikowske should duck Thursday hearing as well
- ATF director ignores deadline request for Gunrunner documents
- BREAKING: Issa issues subpoena to Melson for ‘Gunrunner’ documents
- Is MD congressman running interference for ATF, DoJ on ‘Gunrunner?’
- Issa’s ‘Gunrunner’ probe will not be deterred by ‘ongoing investigation’ stall
- BREAKING: Grassley warns ATF, takes gloves off on 'stonewalling'
- Could Gillett ‘cooperation’ with Grassley probe bring down ATF hierarchy?
- ATF preparing answers to Congress following ‘Gillett revelation’
- BREAKING: Grassley has ‘damning’ Gunrunner documents – CBS News
Kurt Hofmann/St. Louis:
- Motive behind 'Project Gunwalker' needs closer look
- Brady Campaign says permanent BATFE director would have stopped 'Gunwalker'
- Obama demands that we 'seek agreement' on guns; will he agree to rein in BATFE?
- Is onslaught of 'gun show loophole' legislation--and worse--about to begin?
- Just how big is 'Project Gunwalker'?
- Does Obama have too many 'moving parts' to get handle on 'Project Gunwalker'?
- 'Project Gunwalker' now definitively traced to near top of Justice Department
- Obstruct and evade: Administration running out of tricks to duck 'Gunwalker'
- What percentage of Mexican 'crime guns' are 'gunwalked' by Obama administration?
- Former federal anti-drug agency director thinks AG knew of 'Project Gunwalker'
- Senator Schumer wants to make it easier to pack DoJ with anti-gun idealogues
- Another Justice Department lie to Congress about 'Project Gunwalker' exposed