{"id":3500,"date":"2011-06-20T19:25:56","date_gmt":"2011-06-21T02:25:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.harmonicminer.com\/wordpress\/2011\/06\/20\/us-dept-of-justice-in-arms-smuggling-business-de-facto-anyway\/"},"modified":"2011-06-20T19:25:56","modified_gmt":"2011-06-21T02:25:56","slug":"us-dept-of-justice-in-arms-smuggling-business-de-facto-anyway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.harmonicminer.com\/wordpress\/2011\/06\/20\/us-dept-of-justice-in-arms-smuggling-business-de-facto-anyway\/","title":{"rendered":"US Dept of Justice in arms smuggling business?  De facto, anyway&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Powerline explains how <a href=\"http:\/\/www.powerlineblog.com\/archives\/2011\/06\/029290.php\" target=\"_blank\">the US Department of Justice and the ATF deliberately allowed 2000 AK-47 style (semi-auto) rifles to be bought in the US illegally and then smuggled into Mexico<\/a>, ostensibly to create a connection with drug gangs, but instead possibly for other, far more political motives.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Can you imagine the outcry from the Left and the media if the Bush administration did this?<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.powerlineblog.com\/archives\/2011\/06\/029290.php\" target=\"_blank\">Read it all.<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\"><div class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-icon sd-sharing\"><h3 class=\"sd-title\">Share this:<\/h3><div class=\"sd-content\"><ul><li class=\"share-facebook\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-facebook-3500\" class=\"share-facebook sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/www.harmonicminer.com\/wordpress\/2011\/06\/20\/us-dept-of-justice-in-arms-smuggling-business-de-facto-anyway\/?share=facebook\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Facebook\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-twitter\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-twitter-3500\" class=\"share-twitter sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/www.harmonicminer.com\/wordpress\/2011\/06\/20\/us-dept-of-justice-in-arms-smuggling-business-de-facto-anyway\/?share=twitter\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Twitter\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-linkedin\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-linkedin-3500\" class=\"share-linkedin sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/www.harmonicminer.com\/wordpress\/2011\/06\/20\/us-dept-of-justice-in-arms-smuggling-business-de-facto-anyway\/?share=linkedin\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on LinkedIn\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-reddit\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-reddit sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/www.harmonicminer.com\/wordpress\/2011\/06\/20\/us-dept-of-justice-in-arms-smuggling-business-de-facto-anyway\/?share=reddit\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Reddit\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-print\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-print sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/www.harmonicminer.com\/wordpress\/2011\/06\/20\/us-dept-of-justice-in-arms-smuggling-business-de-facto-anyway\/\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to print\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to print (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Powerline explains how the US Department of Justice and the ATF deliberately allowed 2000 AK-47 style (semi-auto) rifles to be bought in the US illegally and then smuggled into Mexico, ostensibly to create a connection with drug gangs, but instead possibly for other, far more political motives. &nbsp; 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