Senate votes to end Fast and Furious programs.

[Atypical Liberal]

www.mercurynews.com/politics-government/ci_19140248

"The Senate voted Tuesday to effectively block the Justice Department from undertaking gun-smuggling probes like the flawed "Operation Fast and Furious" aimed at breaking up networks running guns to Mexican drug cartels but that lost track of hundreds of the weapons, some of which were used to commit crimes in Mexico and the United States.

The 99-0 vote would block the government from transferring guns to drug cartels unless federal agents "continuously monitor or control" the weapons. The amendment's sponsor, Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, called the vote "just the first step towards ensuring that such a foolish operation can never be repeated by our own law enforcement.""

[ileus]

1. Not a bad idea...

[Tuesday Afternoon]

2. k&r

[spin]

3. Good. Somebody in Washington must have some commonsense ...

Amazing.

[Callisto32]

4. More likely, it is a strong sense of self preservation.

[spin]

7. True. The firearms that "walked" may well haunt us for years. (n/t)

[Donnachaidh]

5. closing the barn door after the horse has been gone for weeks.

CYA more than any great idealistic move.

meh.

[rl6214]

6. Good first step but...

I trust the government about as far as I can throw it.

[spin]

8. Your attitude is what has made this country great ...

We should never trust our government too much.

[We_Have_A_Problem]

11. I dont trust it at all...

IMNSHO, anyone who trusts the government is a fool.

[AtheistCrusader]

9. And so begins the sweeping of this issue under the rug.

It's possible and appropriate for the justice department to conduct such probes. It's just inappropriate for them to do it in a negligent, or illegal way.

[slackmaster]

10. The Justice Department is so dumb that it needs Congress to tell it to stop?

"The blind leading the blind" doesn't begin to describe how pathetic the situation is.