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Gun-Running Sting Blows Up: House Hearings on ATF's Fast and Furious

The ATF sparked outrage by allowing U.S. guns to be trafficked to Mexican drug gangs.

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For months, a mystery has engulfed the U.S. southern border and Mexico—what suddenly caused federal agents to abandon years of practice and knowingly let suspected straw buyers for Mexican drug gangs walk off with semiautomatic weapons from American gun shops?

The answer leads to previously undisclosed instructions given by higher-ups inside...

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