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March 20, 2012

ATF Had Prime Gun Smuggling Suspect In Custody But Released Him
— DrewM

Guns weren't the only thing that walked with no tracking mechanism.

The prime suspect in the botched gun trafficking investigation known as "Fast and Furious" -- Manuel Acosta -- was taken into custody and might have been stopped from trafficking weapons to Mexico's killer drug cartel early on. But the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (ATF) let him go, according to new documents obtained by CBS News.
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The Border Patrol ran a check and found Acosta was already "under investigation for firearms trafficking" in Fast and Furious, so they called in the lead ATF case agent Hope MacAllister. Under questioning, Acosta allegedly described his contacts with a Mexican cartel member nicknamed "Chendi," and admitted going to Chendi's house for a shipment of narcotics.

So Fast and Furious was a success right? Er, no.

Instead of pursuing charges, Agent MacAllister asked Acosta if he'd be willing to cooperate with federal agents. He agreed and was released. Apparently, the promised cooperation never materialized. The report notes that 17 days after Acosta was let loose, he still had "not initiated any contact with Special Agent MacAllister."
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Before releasing Acosta, MacAllister wrote her contact information on a $10 bill at Acosta's request, gave it to him, then warned him "not to participate in any illegal activity unless under her direction."

Wait...a known drug and gun runner working for a notorious Mexican drug cartel lied to get out of jail. But, but HE GAVE HIS WORD!

In a just world this would the last nail in the ATF's organizational coffin. They are simply to dumb and dangerous to be allowed to continue on.

Posted by: DrewM at 07:20 AM | Comments (182)
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1 The System Works!

Posted by: Janet Napolitano at March 20, 2012 07:23 AM (VWlRO)

2 I BLAME BOOOOOOSSSSSHHHHHHHHH!

Posted by: Sharkman at March 20, 2012 07:23 AM (RtpCp)

3 What!? Incompetence in the most audacious administration Evah!

Racist!

Posted by: Darth Chipmunk at March 20, 2012 07:23 AM (pVvkk)

4 dear sirs, the taste in you mouth is coming from something other than the cooperation I promised.

Posted by: yankeefifth at March 20, 2012 07:24 AM (Z9EHQ)

5 Audacious!

Posted by: GnuBreed at March 20, 2012 07:24 AM (ccXZP)

6 So, like, um, she's out $10, right? What's the big deal?

Posted by: Sec. Holder at March 20, 2012 07:25 AM (71LDo)

7 Barack Obama is a stuttering clusterf*ck of a miserable tyrant.

Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) SMOD 2012 at March 20, 2012 07:25 AM (8y9MW)

8 Yes, we should immediately changed to enforcing law enforcement based on someone's word. It'll solve crime instantaneously. We will be a nation without crime, where everyone can love each other, and willingly give up their guns! Audacious!

Posted by: Kaitian at March 20, 2012 07:25 AM (+SVoz)

9 I think that was a pretty audacious move on the agent's part.

Posted by: Sheriff Joe at March 20, 2012 07:25 AM (gPDxp)

10 The only question, Hope MacCallister, hit it? Yes or no.

Posted by: President Chet Roosevelt at March 20, 2012 07:26 AM (wKnGl)

11 Chendi's not here, man.

Posted by: Chendi at March 20, 2012 07:26 AM (VWlRO)

12 I guess CBS is releasing this news in yet another attempt to say "Hey, check out how non-biased we are!"

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at March 20, 2012 07:26 AM (DuH+r)

13 That giving him $10 was just a gimmick to send the IRS after him. Smartest. President. Ever.

Posted by: AndrewsDad at March 20, 2012 07:27 AM (C2//T)

14 >> lead ATF case agent Hope MacAllister

Is that a name or a strategy?

Posted by: Andy at March 20, 2012 07:28 AM (5Rurq)

15 Ha! Stupid ATF lady forgot to ask me to pinky-swear.

Posted by: Manuel Acosta at March 20, 2012 07:28 AM (2jQGY)

16 ...and here's a Hamilton for your promise of future service.

Posted by: garrett at March 20, 2012 07:28 AM (VWlRO)

17 In all fairness they did try to install a tracking device but no matter how many times they shoved that iphone up his ass it fell out again.

Posted by: yankeefifth at March 20, 2012 07:28 AM (Z9EHQ)

18 "Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms should be a convenience store, not a government agency"

Posted by: Greatest T-Shirt Slogans at March 20, 2012 07:28 AM (Y+DPZ)

19 Seems Hope was looking for a date.

Agent McAllister, "Here is my phone number." She scribbles it on a $10 bill. ... "Call me okay."

Acosta, "Si senorita."

McAllister sighs dreamily and swoons dramatically.

And Acosta rides off into the sunset while laughing.

Posted by: Anna Puma at March 20, 2012 07:28 AM (Q7gBh)

20 In his defense, he never pinky swore.

Posted by: Daybrother at March 20, 2012 07:28 AM (WCuHB)

21 ...It is my personal opinion that the Obama administration as a whole is malicious, rather than incompetent.

Agent MacAllister, though, is most certainly an idiot. I.D.I.O.T.

Posted by: Kinley Ardal at March 20, 2012 07:29 AM (1yvRq)

22 16 JINX!

Posted by: Daybrother at March 20, 2012 07:30 AM (WCuHB)

23 He even conned them out of $10. Audacious.

Posted by: toby928© at March 20, 2012 07:30 AM (GTbGH)

24 Of Fast and Furious don't omit Holder's approach: must brainwash against guns. Chasing Mexican cartel lords wasn't the point.

Posted by: maverick muse at March 20, 2012 07:30 AM (lpWVn)

25 13 >> I guess CBS is releasing this news in yet another attempt to say "Hey, check out how non-biased we are!"

Sheryl Attkisson has been on the FnF exposure trail all along and deserves credit for her efforts. CBS upper management probably has a gallon of Pepto Bismal on hand in the executive fridge as a result.

Posted by: GnuBreed at March 20, 2012 07:31 AM (ccXZP)

26 Gives me a headache just thinking about all this shit

Posted by: nevergiveup at March 20, 2012 07:31 AM (i6RpT)

22 ...It is my personal opinion that the Obama administration as a whole is malicious, rather than incompetent.

Agreed. ....And predatory. Malicious and predatory.

Posted by: wheatie at March 20, 2012 07:32 AM (Izn98)

28 Before releasing Acosta, MacAllister wrote her contact information on a $10 bill at Acosta's request, gave it to him, then warned him "not to participate in any illegal activity unless under her direction."

Kind of like giving a Kennedy the keys to your car and your American Express card and telling them "don't drink too much tonight, and be careful driving home"

Posted by: kbdabear at March 20, 2012 07:32 AM (Y+DPZ)

29 "Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms should be a convenience store, not a government agency"

FTW

Posted by: dfbaskwill at March 20, 2012 07:32 AM (71LDo)

Sure that looks like our guy, but you see the sticker on the back window?

It says 'GOMEZ'.

Our guy's name is Acosta. Let's keep looking.

Posted by: Hope McCallister on stakeout at March 20, 2012 07:33 AM (VWlRO)

It got stupider and more incompetent. I didn't think it could. So, um, congratulations?

Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD 2012 at March 20, 2012 07:33 AM (VtjlW)

Does anybody still think Fast and Furious had ANYTHING to do with ANYTHING but the advancement of gun control in this counrty? Nobody is that stupid. Nobody is so stupid as to take the word of a known gangster and murderer. They let him go because they wanted guns trafficked.

Posted by: maddogg at March 20, 2012 07:33 AM (OlN4e)

33 Hey look over there! Rush Limbaugh called Lindsey Lohan a skank!

Swarm! Swarm!

Posted by: The MBM at March 20, 2012 07:34 AM (Y+DPZ)

34 He should've requested a $100 bill. Idiot!

Posted by: Deli LLama at March 20, 2012 07:34 AM (ADlPJ)

35 I wonder who has to change Joe Biden's diaper and wipe his nose? Lord that man has stoopid he hasn't even used yet.

Posted by: maddogg at March 20, 2012 07:35 AM (OlN4e)

36 >>>It got stupider and more incompetent. I didn't think it could. So, um, congratulations?

Just wait, we'll find out that Joe Biden was in charge of this.

Posted by: taylork at March 20, 2012 07:35 AM (5wsU9)

37 Sheryl Attkisson has been on the FnF exposure trail all along and deserves credit for her efforts. CBS upper management probably has a gallon of Pepto Bismal on hand in the executive fridge as a result. Posted by: GnuBreed It is still infuriating that the rest of the propaganda machine isn't all over this 24/7. If Nixon had done this they wouldn't have stopped until he ended up dying in a Mexican prison.

Posted by: Daybrother at March 20, 2012 07:35 AM (WCuHB)

38 Love to see who hired her.

Posted by: nickless at March 20, 2012 07:35 AM (MMC8r)

39 Make no mistake about it. All government bureaucracies have one goal. That is to make themselves more powerful and longer lasting. The ATF is no different from any other. They and their regulations only punish honest people.

If you are crook and a liar all you have to do if properly complete the required paperwork, lie to the agents and proceed merrily along your way. They will never catch you unless you screw up.

Posted by: Vic at March 20, 2012 07:35 AM (YdQQY)

40 Under her direction, promoting illegal activity, admitting her own work to be illegal activity.

Before releasing Acosta, MacAllister wrote her contact information on a
$10 bill at Acosta's request, gave it to him, then warned him "not to
participate in any illegal activity unless under her direction."

Posted by: maverick muse at March 20, 2012 07:36 AM (lpWVn)

41 37 >>>It got stupider and more incompetent. I didn't think it could. So, um, congratulations?

Just wait, we'll find out that Joe Biden was in charge of this.

Posted by: taylork at March 20, 2012 11:35 AM (5wsU9)

Bad thing is the public will buy it. Slow Joe, harebrained scheme - it all fits. The uber-smart Obama would never think up something this dumb... and Joe will get tossed under the short bus.

Posted by: Anna Puma at March 20, 2012 07:37 AM (Q7gBh)

42 They didn't need the ulterior mission being bogged down by the false mission.

Posted by: Jimmah at March 20, 2012 07:37 AM (mZ+XA)

43 >>>Make no mistake about it. All government bureaucracies have one goal. That is to make themselves more powerful and longer lasting.

I'd love to see one politician or department head to acknowledge that the true purpose of a government agency is to get to the point where it isn't needed.

Posted by: taylork at March 20, 2012 07:37 AM (5wsU9)

44 Acosta meant to keep his promise, but the international calling rates were more than $10.

Posted by: Penfold at March 20, 2012 07:38 AM (1PeEC)

45 >>>Bad thing is the public will buy it. Slow Joe, harebrained scheme - it all fits. The uber-smart Obama would never think up something this dumb... and Joe will get tossed under the short bus.

Sigh, you're right.

Posted by: taylork at March 20, 2012 07:38 AM (5wsU9)

46 They're not dumb, they're evil--and dangerous. Extremely dangerous

act accordingly, my friends.

Posted by: the most interesting SantaRosaStan in the world at March 20, 2012 07:39 AM (Dll6b)

47 Posted by: Vic at March 20, 2012 11:35 AM (YdQQY)

Hey, Vic. Missed you on the morning news thread.

Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) SMOD 2012 at March 20, 2012 07:39 AM (8y9MW)

48 Before releasing Acosta, MacAllister wrote her contact information on a $10 bill at Acosta's request, gave it to him, then warned him "not to participate in any illegal activity unless under her direction."

Let's see, I wonder what kind of illegal activity MacAllister would direct him to do? Maybe trafficking illegal guns from the US to Mexico?? I think F&F did exactly what it was planned to do.

Posted by: The Box of rocks and Bag of hammers at March 20, 2012 07:39 AM (3jGS1)

49 Impeach the motherfuckers now, Issa! The fuck are you waiting for?

Posted by: weft cut-loop [/i] at March 20, 2012 07:39 AM (WdKsY)

50 I'd love to see one politician or department head to acknowledge that the true purpose of a government agency is to get to the point where it isn't needed.
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I would say that 99% of them were never needed to begin with. We were doing just fine without DHS and TSA.

Posted by: Vic at March 20, 2012 07:40 AM (YdQQY)

51 @49 Off stupid sock!!

Posted by: Hedgehog at March 20, 2012 07:40 AM (3jGS1)

52 Hey, Vic. Missed you on the morning news thread.

Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) SMOD 2012 at March 20, 2012 11:39 AM (8y9MW)

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Slept in this morning.

Posted by: Vic at March 20, 2012 07:41 AM (YdQQY)

53 Unfortunately the 1099 form on that $10 came in the mail the day after he filed his taxes. Though the tax in the $10 was only $2, it triggered interest and penalties to the tune of $3500, so he went into hiding.

Posted by: Jimmah at March 20, 2012 07:41 AM (mZ+XA)

54 Dammit, I missed the Joe Shitforbrains Biden thread. I can't believe Obama is keeping that dope on his ticket. But it's good for us, and every little bit helps because this year's election will be even closer than 2000.

Posted by: soothsayer at March 20, 2012 07:42 AM (jUytm)

33
Does anybody still think Fast and Furious had ANYTHING to do with ANYTHING but the advancement of gun control in this counrty?

Not me, maddogg. ....It seems pretty blatant to me. ....And arrogant. Like they thought they could get away with anything.

....Nobody is that stupid.

Uh. .....Apparently yes, some people are. ....And that head-in-the-sand position is apparently very comfortable.

Nobody is so stupid as to take the word of a known gangster and murderer. They let him go because they wanted guns trafficked.

Or....they let him go as a professional courtesy. ....Crooks taking care of their own.

Posted by: wheatie at March 20, 2012 07:42 AM (Izn98)

56

MacAllister look like a man and smell like a puta. A good puta.

Posted by: Manuel "Big Choncha" Acosta at March 20, 2012 07:42 AM (TkGkA)

57 Would Fast & Furious qualify as audacious?

Posted by: blindside at March 20, 2012 07:43 AM (x7g7t)

58 You people wouldn't even have guns if it were not for the roads, electricity and government regulators. Unfortunately that is all too expensive now so it has to stop. We need that money for the biocheese energy project.

Posted by: Barry Obama & Eric Holder at March 20, 2012 07:43 AM (WCuHB)

Slept in this morning.

Good for you, Vic. ....Hope you're feeling okay.

Posted by: wheatie at March 20, 2012 07:44 AM (Izn98)

Bribe from ATF Agent? $10

Bus Ticket to Mexico? $30

Doing a Line of Blow with a Rolled up 10 Spot from an ATF Agent? Priceless

Posted by: Acosta at March 20, 2012 07:44 AM (lZBBB)

There was a 48% of that happening.

Posted by: Joe Biden at March 20, 2012 07:44 AM (mZ+XA)

62 I don't know why the MBM is keeping this quiet. Fast and Furious could wipe out half of Mexico's population and half the illegals here and he'd still get 70 percent of the Hispanic vote

Posted by: kbdabear at March 20, 2012 07:44 AM (Y+DPZ)

63 The federal government is like a giant sauropod. It has evolved an enormous and cumbersome body, but the brain is still the size of a walnut.

Posted by: maddogg at March 20, 2012 07:44 AM (OlN4e)

64 While it may appear that this was a failed mission, it clearly embraced the spirit and intent of the administration.

Posted by: Baghdad Blarney Carney, Minister of Truth at March 20, 2012 07:45 AM (vhwRj)

65 Good for you, Vic. ....Hope you're feeling okay.

Posted by: wheatie at March 20, 2012 11:44 AM (Izn9

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Feeling about as good as to be expected. Thanks.

Posted by: Vic at March 20, 2012 07:45 AM (YdQQY)

66 Nice to see you Vic.

Posted by: Daybrother at March 20, 2012 07:47 AM (WCuHB)

67 Just checking in to understand if John Boehner is still a worthless POS ?

Posted by: Barbed Wire Wrapped Pineapple at March 20, 2012 07:48 AM (EL+OC)

68 While it may appear that this was a failed mission, it clearly embraced the spirit and intent of the administration.
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You notice that they still enacted new gun control regulations via executive fiat based on the bullshit anyway. Just think what they would have done if they had not got caught.

Posted by: Vic at March 20, 2012 07:48 AM (YdQQY)

The stupid, it burns. Those in favor if bigger government raise your hands...

Posted by: Cicerokid at March 20, 2012 07:48 AM (N1WGn)

I'm going to go out on a limb and guess that when Acosta met with Chendi, there was probably lots of laughter.

The words "stupid puta" may have been used.

Posted by: Empire of Jeff at March 20, 2012 07:49 AM (6Oaaw)

71 "Hope MacAllister". I love the smell of affirmative action in the morning.

Posted by: the most interesting SantaRosaStan in the world at March 20, 2012 07:49 AM (Dll6b)

72 I cannot figure out why this giant pile of bullshit isn't part every presidential candidate's stump speech. The MFM is ignoring it because they can't possibly spin this in any way to save Obama or Holder.

Posted by: El Kabong at March 20, 2012 07:49 AM (99eo4)

/scene, fade in... Acosta showing two Afgani drug traders around his offie... points to a framed $10 bill on the wall...

And here is my fist American Bribe....

Posted by: Script, Narco Terrorists for the Win! at March 20, 2012 07:49 AM (lZBBB)

74 I predict that after the next election, Joe Biden will fall into obscurity in record time. No speaking engagements, as the blatherings of an imbecile are funny for only a short time, then they start repeating themselves.

Posted by: maddogg at March 20, 2012 07:50 AM (OlN4e)

75 Hope (MacAllister) and Change ($10 bill).

Posted by: Cicerokid at March 20, 2012 07:51 AM (N1WGn)

76 "Hope MacAllister". I love the smell of affirmative action in the morning. I don't think it was anything other than hiring a lawyer activist to put the plan in action. I'd love to know her date of hire.

Posted by: nickless at March 20, 2012 07:51 AM (MMC8r)

77 "Hope McCalister" you couldn't WRITE a better parody of this presidency.

Posted by: Jimmah at March 20, 2012 07:52 AM (mZ+XA)

78 Before releasing Acosta, MacAllister wrote her contact information on a $10 bill at Acosta's request, gave it to him, then warned him "not to participate in any illegal activity unless under her direction."

She must have went to the Inspector Clouseau school of law enforcement

Posted by: TheQuietMan at March 20, 2012 07:52 AM (1Jaio)

79 78 I predict that after the next election, Joe Biden will fall into obscurity in record time. No speaking engagements, as the blatherings of an imbecile are funny for only a short time, then they start repeating themselves.

Posted by: maddogg at March 20, 2012 11:50 AM (OlN4e)

Nah.... it'll be Boffo! The Joe Biden Comedy Hour! Think! Its a combination of Silly Slapstick Comedy, and Jerry Springer all rolled into one! Its a Winnah I tell ya...

Posted by: Hollywood Pitch Man at March 20, 2012 07:53 AM (lZBBB)

80 Just think what they would have done if they had not got caught.

Posted by: Vic at March 20, 2012 11:48 AM (YdQQY)

A journey of a thousand miles begins with one step.

Posted by: Baghdad Blarney Carney, Minister of Truth at March 20, 2012 07:53 AM (vhwRj)

81 It never really was about getting the "Mr. Bigs". It was always about brainwashing us into thinking "Guns bad, let's outlaw them."

btw, it's Eric "Rat Face" Holder.

Posted by: Jimbo at March 20, 2012 07:54 AM (O3R/2)

82 Why is BO's daughter in Mexico, on spring break, with dozens of SS agents?

Posted by: momma at March 20, 2012 07:54 AM (oKsWl)

83 DeNiro joins grandma under the bus

Posted by: dagny who loved andrew at March 20, 2012 07:55 AM (u50z0)

84 Joe Biden on 'Are You Smarter than a Fifth Grader?'

Posted by: nickless at March 20, 2012 07:55 AM (MMC8r)

85 Wow, that's 9 Bidens out of 10 on the Stoooopid Meter.

Posted by: joncelli, heartless Con and all around unpleasant guy at March 20, 2012 07:55 AM (RD7QR)

86 Why is BO's daughter in Mexico, on spring break, with dozens of SS agents?

You didn't think we'd send her there alone did you?

Besides, it's not like I'm paying for it.

Posted by: Barack Obama, SCOAMT at March 20, 2012 07:56 AM (8y9MW)

87 maverick muse and I think along the same lines here.

Posted by: Jimbo at March 20, 2012 07:56 AM (O3R/2)

88 86 Why is BO's daughter in Mexico, on spring break, with dozens of SS agents?

Posted by: momma at March 20, 2012 11:54 AM (oKsWl)

Because the SS has the coolest uniforms.

Posted by: Ammo Dump at March 20, 2012 07:56 AM (WUWb9)

89 86 Why is BO's daughter in Mexico, on spring break, with dozens of SS agents?

Posted by: momma at March 20, 2012 11:54 AM (oKsWl)

Well 25 agents, Mexican police, and friends of Malia in a crime ravaged country for Spring Break. What could go wrong?

Posted by: Anna Puma at March 20, 2012 07:57 AM (Q7gBh)

90 86 Why is BO's daughter in Mexico, on spring break, with dozens of SS agents?

If she gets injured Baraka get a sympathy boost in the polls?

Posted by: Barbed Wire Wrapped Pineapple at March 20, 2012 07:57 AM (EL+OC)

91 >>Why is BO's daughter in Mexico, on spring break, with dozens of SS agents?

I want to know who her dozen friends tagging along at our expense are...more accurately, who their parents are, and what kind of money/legislation their employers are giving to or getting from Barry.

Posted by: HeatherRadish at March 20, 2012 07:57 AM (ZKzrr)

92 Its about all Joes brain can do to keep his heart beating and his diaphram working, the ability to speak.....well.......a bonus, I suppose. Can't expect it to make any sense. If your dog spoke to you would you be shocked that he talked, or would you diagram his sentences?

Posted by: maddogg at March 20, 2012 07:58 AM (OlN4e)

93 I want to know who her dozen friends tagging along at our expense are...more accurately, who their parents are, and what kind of money/legislation their employers are giving to or getting from Barry.

No you don't.

Remember: Ignorance really is bliss.

Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) SMOD 2012 at March 20, 2012 07:59 AM (8y9MW)

94 Ten dollar bill sticky notes. Is that a sign that the feds have perfected in wasting other peoples money?

Posted by: Jimmah at March 20, 2012 07:59 AM (mZ+XA)

95 Sheryl Attkisson broke the story through her own investigative journalism that began as an attack against Dick's Sporting Goods (business under Federal gag order). She finally corrected her attack from targeting Dick's to targeting the Federal Govt. having gained access to court records exposing the Federal abuse of powers via outright unconstitutional ATF policy threatening legitimate US business.

That's no surprise, as ATF ALREADY established its own precedent "authority" prior to Obama to execute Americans (children and families) in their homes without trial.

So whether a private citizen or a US business, ATF is a Federal force actively functioning to terminate your existence by the end of the day.

Posted by: maverick muse at March 20, 2012 07:59 AM (lpWVn)

96 The common element between this and the previous story is an Administration that starts with the premise that we have no right to go into lands occupied by non-whites, no moral authority to exert American interests in situations where they compete with people of color. They wring their hands when those "people of color" bring lawlessness and death to our border, and wonder if we did something to cause it. That's why you have idiots like Biden and Holder daring to call what they do audacious... or whatever words they use. Because they care enough to consider whether we have a right to do what we do, before we do it. That makes them better than you and me.

Posted by: BurtTC at March 20, 2012 08:00 AM (Gc/Qi)

According to one blog, the Lone Wolf Trading guy got her on tape saying she wanted to go after...Sen. Grassley.

Yeah, we are in the very best of hands.

Posted by: Hydrocarbon Liberation Front at March 20, 2012 08:00 AM (NVu2l)

98 $10?!?! That's like a nooner's-worth of Trojans!!!

Posted by: MZ. Sandra Fluke at March 20, 2012 08:01 AM (Aaxiu)

99 I want to know who her dozen friends tagging along at our expense are...more accurately, who their parents are, and what kind of money/legislation their employers are giving to or getting from Barry.

Posted by: HeatherRadish at March 20, 2012 11:57 AM (ZKzrr)

She went with friends? I just heard it on the radio news that he was 'letting her go.' This is insane. I wouldn't let my hubby go, let alone my young daughter!

I don't understand the up side for the Admin.

Posted by: momma at March 20, 2012 08:01 AM (oKsWl)

100 This story would never have surfaced if Acosta hadn't posted a picture of himself with an AK and the $10 on his Facebook page.

Posted by: Daybrother at March 20, 2012 08:01 AM (WCuHB)

101 Ten dollar bill sticky notes. Is that a sign that the feds have perfected in wasting other peoples money?

Posted by: Jimmah at March 20, 2012 11:59 AM (mZ+XA)

It was embedded with a $10,000 RFID chip. We didn't think he'd spend it on a Big Gulp at 7-11 before he even left Phoenix.

Posted by: Baghdad Blarney Carney, Minister of Truth at March 20, 2012 08:02 AM (vhwRj)

102 I want to know who her dozen friends tagging along at our expense are...more accurately, who their parents are, and what kind of money/legislation their employers are giving to or getting from Barry.

Posted by: HeatherRadish at March 20, 2012 11:57 AM (ZKzrr)

I'm sure that our intrepid MFM is on it. Or according The Blaze the story is disappearing from "news' sites. Right down the old Memory Hole, comrades. Because we should "leave the kids alone" just like they did to the Bush's daughters

Posted by: TheQuietMan at March 20, 2012 08:03 AM (1Jaio)

103 Well, they only released him after giving him a latte and a puppy.

Posted by: Chicago Voter at March 20, 2012 08:03 AM (qZb8X)

104 You only think I guessed wrong! That's what's so funny! I switched glasses when your back was turned! Ha ha! You fool! You fell victim to one of the classic blunders! The most famous is never to get involved in a land war in Asia. And only slightly less well known is this: never make a deal with a Mexican drug load! Inconceivable!

Posted by: Vizzini at March 20, 2012 08:03 AM (iAUf+)

105 PS

I also watched The Muppets Movie with my kids last night. Pure propoganda. The 'evil oil baron' was mentioned at least a dozen times. He tries to end the muppets for oil

Oy.

My kids also want to watch the Lorax and I already told them no.

Posted by: momma at March 20, 2012 08:04 AM (oKsWl)

106 >>She went with friends?

There's a link here described as having pictures, but it's blocked by IT.
http://is.gd/0izKuk

Posted by: HeatherRadish at March 20, 2012 08:04 AM (ZKzrr)

107 At least Bill Clinton's commie cronies knew how to go fishin' with $100 bills.

Posted by: Underground Vulgarian at March 20, 2012 08:04 AM (Aaxiu)

108

Completely off topic, but the ads on this site are funny. They used to be about traffic tickets, and working from home. Then my wife sent me a link to the American Girl store for a present for our daughter. Now, all the ads on the site are of American Girl dolls. Love seeing an Ace rant right next to an ad for dolls.

/hijack

Posted by: ekozilla at March 20, 2012 08:04 AM (v3pYe)

109 MacAllister forgot to check whether Acosta had King's-X when he promised to remain in touch.

Posted by: Jay Guevara at March 20, 2012 08:05 AM (GS98D)

110
Ten bucks and a BJ. We just weren't told the BJ part.

Posted by: sTevo at March 20, 2012 08:06 AM (Ls82k)

111

Hey Bob, you got any note paper?

No, just use a ten from the register.

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Winning 101

Posted by: Jimmah at March 20, 2012 08:06 AM (mZ+XA)

112

Politico now reporting that White House ordered all media to scrub story and photos of Malia's spring break trip to Mexico. So of course, they did. Sure is nice to know that they care so much about the safety and privacy of Presidential daughters. Just like they did with the Bush twins. /sarc

BTW this was a Sidwell Friends class spring break trip. Other kids apparently paid their own way. But I guess they didn't need any parents chaperoning this time since there are 25 Secret Service agents along with Malia.

Posted by: rockmom at March 20, 2012 08:07 AM (aBlZ1)

113 The Blaze:
White House Admits to Asking News Agencies to Pull Malia Obama Vacation Story

http://tinyurl.com/6nbvd2s

Posted by: momma at March 20, 2012 08:08 AM (oKsWl)

114 >>Because we should "leave the kids alone" just like they did to the Bush's daughters

I don't recall Bush using his daughters as an attack mechanism (Fluke/Rush), or as justification for fucking with families' home life (the stories about the pediatrician calling one of 'em fat), or as fundraisers.

Posted by: HeatherRadish at March 20, 2012 08:08 AM (ZKzrr)

115 Can we have some cheerleader pics with this please?

Posted by: cherry at March 20, 2012 08:08 AM (OhYCU)

116 Hope McAllister, special agent?

Is she the affirmative action Hope as in "Hope and Change".

Doomed by dumb, but I'll bet she won't be fired.

It would be a) racist or b) sexist.

Posted by: Billy Bob, the guy who drinks in SC at March 20, 2012 08:09 AM (vSiVD)

117

101.....They wring their hands when those "people of color" bring lawlessness and death to our border, and wonder if we did something to cause it.

Barry is still getting "A's" from Derrick Bell. ....Critical Race Theory is the pervading theme throughout his realm.

Posted by: wheatie at March 20, 2012 08:09 AM (Izn98)

118 They let him go because they wanted guns trafficked.

Posted by: maddogg at March 20, 2012 11:33 AM (OlN4e)reminds me of the whistle blower calling in to ask for assistance , because he saw a transfer of guns to disreputable folks, and He was told to stand down.

Posted by: willow at March 20, 2012 08:10 AM (TomZ9)

119 Didn't he just take his daughters on the campaign trail?!

Paging Bristol Palin, paging Bristol Palin.

Posted by: momma at March 20, 2012 08:10 AM (oKsWl)

120 120Can we have some cheerleader pics with this please?

Posted by: cherry at March 20, 2012 12:08 PM (OhYCU)

Sure thing! Click my nic.

Posted by: maddogg at March 20, 2012 08:10 AM (OlN4e)

121 We musn't cast our eyes upon the progency of The One until they are needed for the campaign.

Posted by: Jimmah at March 20, 2012 08:10 AM (mZ+XA)

122 All this proves is that none of us can be trusted when we swear to obey the law. From the President on down.

Now that we have that out of the way, please have your children form a line by the bus as they prepare to go to their re-adjusmtent, er uh school. Parents, please stand in a line next to that wall. Yeah the one with the pits in it and all the brass on the ground.

Posted by: Jay Bee at March 20, 2012 08:10 AM (Xwgt3)

123 Acosta lied, MacAllister cried, lotsa people died.

Posted by: Jay Guevara at March 20, 2012 08:10 AM (GS98D)

124 Naive, Liberal pukes have permeated all levels of law inforcement.

Posted by: dananjcon at March 20, 2012 08:11 AM (8ieXv)

125 Politico is also covering how the White House asked the media to suppress Malia, friends, 25 Secret Service agents, and Mexican police are cavorting on Spring Break.

http://tinyurl.com/7954cev

Posted by: Anna Puma at March 20, 2012 08:11 AM (Q7gBh)

126 She went with friends? I just heard it on the radio news that he was 'letting her go.' This is insane. I wouldn't let my hubby go, let alone my young daughter! I don't understand the up side for the Admin. Posted by: momma at March 20, 2012 12:01 PM (oKsWl) They can do whatever they want, and it won't be reported on. They just came back from Aspen for fuck's sake. Now the little princess needs another vacation?

Posted by: blindside at March 20, 2012 08:11 AM (x7g7t)

127 Sheryl Attkisson .... Hero in my book

Posted by: The Jackhole at March 20, 2012 08:12 AM (nTgAI)

128 Parents "sending" their 13-year-old daughter to party with peers in Mexico, failing to personally chaperone, promote skanks. You don't hand over parental responsibility to the Secret Service. And you don't charge US taxpayers to babysit your juvenile daughter sent to party in Mexico.

Should tragedy result during this vacation, it's ALL the parents' fault. There are too many ramifications to excuse what the parents organized in order to tease, threaten or cause to permit or promote an international incident.

Mr. Obama, SCOAMF, "I'm not afraid for my kids' future." Obviously not. One world for you and yours. None for ours. Yet WE pay all of your outrageous bills.

Posted by: maverick muse at March 20, 2012 08:12 AM (lpWVn)

129 Do not pass go.
Do not collect $10 on your way back to Cartel Land.

Posted by: Gerry at March 20, 2012 08:12 AM (n/xyZ)

130 So who IS the adult traveling with 12 13 years in a foreign country, besides their bodyguards, two for each.

Any parent come along?

Does Sandra Fluke know about this?

Posted by: Billy Bob, the guy who drinks in SC at March 20, 2012 08:13 AM (vSiVD)

131 maddogg, I need free healthcare after that

Posted by: cherry at March 20, 2012 08:13 AM (OhYCU)

132 "not to participate in any illegal activity unless under her direction."

'Cause under her direction, she'd step up his game to the illegal-illegal level.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars at March 20, 2012 08:13 AM (UzjcV)

133 blindside, when everything is free to do. shopping , vacationing, golfing, it would be really hard to pass up...

Unless you has some sensitivity to the fact that millions have lost their jobs and homes because of your ideology and outright mistakes in managing a crisis.

Posted by: willow at March 20, 2012 08:13 AM (TomZ9)

134 Also O/T, God bless Paul Ryan. I don't know how else you say "we need to get our country off welfare". People who are driving around in their Infinity, talking on their iPhones, while on their way to use the EBT to buy casino chips, where is your dignity and have you no shame?

Posted by: Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain at March 20, 2012 08:13 AM (bj+Nc)

135 13 year olds around here aren't on spring break. It must be a high society thing.

Posted by: Jimmah at March 20, 2012 08:14 AM (mZ+XA)

136 I guess there are no good vacation spots here in the good old US of A or any Historical sites that the little princess and her elite friends would lower themselves to visit? What happen to buying the Union Label- ya know in the USA?

Posted by: nevergiveup at March 20, 2012 08:14 AM (i6RpT)

137 The left is all over saying the right is in "full conspiracy mode" because the right noticed that Obama is scrubbing the story. Treacher is all over it. The story is that Obama can scrub the news not that the skinny/ugly one went to mexico on our dime.

Posted by: dagny who loved andrew at March 20, 2012 08:14 AM (u50z0)

138 >>BTW this was a Sidwell Friends class spring break trip.

Spring break seems to be next week.
http://www.sidwell.edu/calendars/month.aspx

Posted by: HeatherRadish at March 20, 2012 08:14 AM (ZKzrr)

139 >>Malia Obama

I agree the kids should be off limits to the news. The JEF and the first wench, different story. Excepting the part how the JEF came up with their names.

http://iowntheworld.com/blog/?p=125279

Posted by: sTevo at March 20, 2012 08:15 AM (Ls82k)

140 has=have* fcol.

Posted by: willow at March 20, 2012 08:15 AM (TomZ9)

141 I was going to make a joke a joke about free birth control in Mexico, but I have standards... and principles.

Posted by: cherry at March 20, 2012 08:15 AM (OhYCU)

142 It's against the law in Mexico to carry/use firearms unless a member of the Mexican Military or Police Force. -- international diplomacy granted US Secret Service?

Posted by: maverick muse at March 20, 2012 08:15 AM (lpWVn)

143 Bet the Mooch's mama is there. She's the one who parents the punishments anyway.

Posted by: dagny who loved andrew at March 20, 2012 08:15 AM (u50z0)

144 Obama is a stuttering clusterf*ck of a miserable failure.

Posted by: steevy at March 20, 2012 08:16 AM (7W3wI)

145 Sidwell Friends trip? Wait a minute they are a private school... and now have Secret Service protection.... wait a minute...

Posted by: Anna Puma at March 20, 2012 08:16 AM (Q7gBh)

146

Posted by: rockmom at March 20, 2012 12:07 PM (aBlZ1)

Hmmm...posh, elitest prep school sends teenage girls to 3rd world, drug infested shit hole.

AUDACIOUS!!!

Posted by: dananjcon at March 20, 2012 08:16 AM (8ieXv)

147 115
Ten bucks and a BJ. We just weren't told the BJ part.
Posted by: sTevo at March 20, 2012 12:06 PM (Ls82k)

Cartel spooge: it's what's for dinner!

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars at March 20, 2012 08:16 AM (UzjcV)

148 Posted by: runninrebel at March 20, 2012 11:58 AM (N/1Dm)
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This is because the actual crime isn't making liquor. It is failure to pay taxes that is the crime so of course they will go after them.

Posted by: Vic at March 20, 2012 08:17 AM (YdQQY)

149 Some college sent my son an email suggesting he might want to join them this summer to study diversity and multiculturalism in the rain forest. I sent it around to the family for the humor. He's not exactly that type...

Posted by: dagny who loved andrew at March 20, 2012 08:18 AM (u50z0)

150 145 >>BTW this was a Sidwell Friends class spring break trip.

Spring break seems to be next week.
http://www.sidwell.edu/calendars/month.aspx

Posted by: HeatherRadish at March 20, 2012 12:14 PM (ZKzrr)

And only 12 in an entire class?

Posted by: Underground Vulgarian at March 20, 2012 08:18 AM (Aaxiu)

151 >>The story is that Obama can scrub the news not that the skinny/ugly one went to mexico on our dime.

She can't help what she looks like.

Posted by: HeatherRadish at March 20, 2012 08:18 AM (ZKzrr)

152 I agree the kids should be off limits to the news.

Posted by: sTevo at March 20, 2012 12:15 PM (Ls82k)

Blame Barky. The kids should be off-limits to the Precedent to use for policy speeches, but he constantly does it.

Golda Meir had a perfect saying for exactly this situation ... but I won't quote it because it will be immediately PC-misinterpreted and all hell would break loose. But those who know it realize that it fits perfectly.

Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at March 20, 2012 08:18 AM (X3lox)

153 Of course da Zero's kids go to private school. You wouldn't expect them to go to the shithole warehouse for kids their policies have created in DC would you? Inhuman!

Posted by: maddogg at March 20, 2012 08:18 AM (OlN4e)

154 I'm sure you all heard or watched the Letterman clips with BUFF. Is there any doubt that the entire interview was written and rehearsed? The Boner insult. The phony Target story. The whole thing was an act by Letterman and BUFF. *Big Ugly Fat Fuck

Posted by: soothsayer at March 20, 2012 08:19 AM (jUytm)

155

Politico is also covering how the White House asked the media to suppress Malia, friends, 25 Secret Service agents, and Mexican police are cavorting on Spring Break.

First off, IMO no one should allow their high school aged children to go unchaperoned on Spring Break to Mexico or anywhere else for that matter.

Second, I understand the need for Secret Service agents to provide protection to the President and his family when on official state business. On the other hand, if there's no official state business involved (read, vacations), then it should be on his dime, not mine or anyone else's.

For people who claim to be above money they sure do enjoy spending it, especially when it's other people's money.

Posted by: Ghost of Lee Atwater at March 20, 2012 08:20 AM (JxMoP)

156 Why is BO's daughter in Mexico, on spring break, with dozens of SS agents?
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Providing Mexican businesses with income American businesses do not want. How nice.

Posted by: RioBravo at March 20, 2012 08:20 AM (eEfYn)

157 Posted by: soothsayer at March 20, 2012 12:19 PM (jUytm)

But...but, she almost cried!

Posted by: momma at March 20, 2012 08:20 AM (oKsWl)

158 OF course we let him go...he wasn't a member of the "Tea Party"!!!!

Posted by: ATF at March 20, 2012 08:20 AM (YNPwP)

159 >>The kids should be off-limits to the Precedent to use for policy speeches, but he constantly does it.

He used them last week to attack a political enemy.

As adults, those girls are going to make a team of therapists very wealthy.

Posted by: HeatherRadish at March 20, 2012 08:20 AM (ZKzrr)

160 Join me, peeps, in the new thread. I Am Outraged! Who's with me? Come on. It's time for Outrage.

Posted by: soothsayer at March 20, 2012 08:21 AM (jUytm)

161 ...a Sidwell Friends class spring break trip.

Posted by: rockmom at March 20, 2012 12:07 PM (aBlZ1)

http://tinyurl.com/88reuz9

No, really they have special powers. They "can detect anything that is not precisely correct."

Posted by: LC LaWedgie at March 20, 2012 08:21 AM (vhwRj)

162 142 13 year olds around here aren't onspring break. It must be a high society thing.

Posted by: Jimmah at March 20, 2012 12:14 PM (mZ+XA)

When you pay $32K to send your kid to middle school they throw in the trip to Mexico...SS is on our dime though.

Posted by: Hedgehog at March 20, 2012 08:21 AM (3jGS1)

163 Well, that's one way to funnel Mexican drug cartel money to your campaign....you daughter's suitcase!

Posted by: momma at March 20, 2012 08:21 AM (oKsWl)

164 Taking spring break a week earlier than the rest of the class has to be the most audacious thing to happen in a middle school in the past 500 years.

Posted by: Jimmah at March 20, 2012 08:23 AM (mZ+XA)

165 They should take the darlings to Detroit, so the kids can see how leftist policies work out in practice.

Posted by: Jay Guevara at March 20, 2012 08:23 AM (GS98D)

166 Jay Guevara, that works. Same amount of danger but not in another country.

Posted by: Anna Puma at March 20, 2012 08:24 AM (Q7gBh)

167 These are not the the drug lords that your looking for."

Posted by: Drug Cartel Jedi at March 20, 2012 08:25 AM (YNPwP)

168 As adults, those girls are going to make a team of therapists very wealthy.

Posted by: HeatherRadish at March 20, 2012 12:20 PM (ZKzrr)

For others ... whom they will blithely trample over in their own lives, as they are being taught to right now. They are products of that family, after all.

Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at March 20, 2012 08:25 AM (X3lox)

169
"Before releasing Acosta, MacAllister wrote her contact information on a $10 bill at Acosta's request, gave it to him, then warned him 'not to participate in any illegal activity unless under her direction.'"

So, when did the MPH woman start working for the ATF?

Posted by: Brown Line at March 20, 2012 08:25 AM (wTqRP)

170

"It's against the law in Mexico to carry/use firearms unless a member of the Mexican Military or Police Force. -- international diplomacy granted US Secret Service?"

Our guys have guns, rest assured. USSS protective details are armed even in the UK, so no way would they go to a Thunderdome state like Mexico without them.

Posted by: UGAdawg at March 20, 2012 08:26 AM (PWWdd)

171

Imagine her teacher has always wanted to visit Mexico but was too scared to go alone. Convinced parents of rich kids they need to explore ruins in Mexico and then get SS protection. Winning!!

Posted by: Ammo Dump at March 20, 2012 08:26 AM (WUWb9)

172 It's all our fault, really. If we just gave the ATF carte blanche to do whatever they want to do and kill whoever they felt like, their crack agents wouldn't be distracted by having to pussyfoot around under the radar. The whole drug problem would be completely solved by now.

But here we come along, talking nonsense about accountability and rule of law and not murdering civilians. Their brilliant plans, jewel-like in beauty and complexity, are completely disrupted by our mindless meddling against the greater good. If the American people didn't make their job so difficult, maybe they wouldn't be so angry with us all the time.

Posted by: Sincerely Yours, Stockholm at March 20, 2012 08:27 AM (T3KlW)

173 If you notice on Drudge in the top left hand corner, there is a story about how US War games show how Bad, berry berry bad, it would be if Israel attacked Iran alone. Now how come shit like this is always leaked to the NY Times? Yeah I know, just thinking out loud

Posted by: nevergiveup at March 20, 2012 08:28 AM (i6RpT)

174 If they want to go to see what a third-world country is like during Spring Break, they could have just visited Gary, Indiana, or Echo Park or South Central Los Angeles or Bedford-Styvensant, or ....

Posted by: Jimbo at March 20, 2012 08:29 AM (O3R/2)

175 Reminds me of the episodes of the tv show DEA (200

. After the first couple episodes I found myself rooting for the drug dealers.

Posted by: Jimmah at March 20, 2012 08:31 AM (mZ+XA)

176

Hey lady... thanks for the 10 bucks ! C Ya

The whole Obama daughter on spring break in mexico.. then supressing the story.. state department travel warnings... where do you start.

Posted by: The Jackhole at March 20, 2012 08:32 AM (nTgAI)

177 @184- I once walked through Bedford-Sty alone...

Posted by: Billy Joel at March 20, 2012 09:22 AM (boNGU)

178 I heard Hope is the new alias for Janet Reno.

Posted by: DrDude at March 20, 2012 09:23 AM (uHMCZ)

179 Does Carlos Slim have armed bodyguards? There must be an important person exception.

Posted by: Goatweed at March 20, 2012 10:35 AM (qiC+m)

180 Huh! Weird. So they released him, AND gave him $10? So he can fix the injectors on his Bimmer? Golly, wuts up wid dat? Too bad he doesn't have a U.S. address. The Census Bureau has GPS coordinates on every address in the U.S. (Don't take my word for it. Let google log your search.) In a better world, we could send him a smaller J-DAM.

Posted by: Thorvald at March 20, 2012 01:21 PM (OhenJ)

181 Btw, in case you're interested, Malia's in Mex to "prove" she's not a size-queen... yet. I'm jus' sayin', is all. (Wuts she doin' in dat school? Yeah, great drug connections, but could she even get any plastique? It ain't Chicago, Baby.)

Posted by: Thorvald at March 20, 2012 01:40 PM (OhenJ)

182 30 "Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms should be a convenience store, not a government agency" Posted by: dfbaskwill at March 20, 2012 11:32 AM (71LDo) Actually it is a convenience store - just not for law-abiding Americans.

Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at March 20, 2012 01:46 PM (bxiXv)

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