ATF has been running thousands of guns into Mexico since 2008

[RamboLiberal]

A controversial operation in which U.S. agents were allegedly ordered not to intervene as American guns flowed to Mexican gangs may have been going on for many years, reports CBS News investigative correspondent Sharyl Attkisson.

A photograph obtained by CBS News shows an astonishing display of high-powered weapons put up for suspected Mexican drug cartel gun buyers. It's a rare glimpse into ATF's controversial undercover operations.

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Sources tell CBS News licensed gun dealers often wanted no part of selling to suspicious characters who could be supplying the cartels.

But, sources say, ATF enlisted the gun dealers as paid Confidential Informants and encouraged them to sell even more.

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2011/03/08/eveningnews/main20040803.shtml?tag=cbsContent;cbsCarousel

CBS video: http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=7358927n&tag=related;photovideo

[Pullo]

1. Wow, tax dollars being well-spent here

;(

[rl6214]

2. Color me surprised.

NOT

[pscot]

3. The President has to bust their chops over this

or give up his Nobel peace prize.

[Katya Mullethov]

4. He ...knows ....NOTHINK !!!

There is video if anybody is interested .

[lawodevolution]

5. I suspect the game plan of the ATF is to engineer anti-gun propaganda by making sure those guns

get over to mexico then to actually reduce the number of guns that get to Mexico. I say disband the ATF and guns that go to mexico are export. Hey our federal government is sending guns to drug lords, why not allow private sales from the US to Mexican citizens?

[timo]

6. Mexico / Libya???

hell whats the difference, everyones fighting someone else's oppressor!!! all I am saying is if Mexico and Libya get full auto without paying a 200 dollar a whack transfer stamp, a background check and 45 to 145 day waiting period for said background check....Then why should the good citizens here be forced to?