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Somehow no mention of Operation Fast and Furious, where the US government forced US gun sellers to sell guns to straw purchasers with the explicit purpose to deliver those guns to Mexican cartels? US government then lied to the Congress about it and invoked "executive privilege" to hide the details of this operation.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ATF_gunwalking_scandal



Critically, the GPS battery life was only a few days and the GPS weapon "tracker" signal was routinely lost especially in car trunks

Sounds like what a high schooler would do when trying to stalk someone. Or, alternatively, what a corrupt Attorney's office would do if they were working for Mexican Drug Cartels who needed weapons.


An then everyone pretends it is so much better than other governments.


Ha not sure who pretends this...


Common in HN threads about how three letter agencies follow the law like everyone else, only other countries track down their citizens, and other related stuff only naive folks can believe.




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