NY Times saves most important info about White House shooter til very end of article

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One doesn't find out the recent 21 year old White House shooter is a result of Idaho's failed criminal justice system until the very end of the NY Times article. They tell you the life story of the gun involved while the shooter's criminal past is almost a footnote.

11/21/11, "Suspect Held in White House Shooting Appears in Court," NY Times, Theo Emery

"Mr. Ortega had had numerous brushes with the law in Idaho in connection with drugs, under-age drinking and resisting arrest. He was on probation and had outstanding bench warrants, Mr. Varghese said."

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Too bad the NY Times isn't so interested in thousands of guns used in Obama's Fast and Furious program. ed.

ATF official says White House National Security staffer knew about gun walking to Mexico at least as early as Sept. 2010. WH spokesperson denies.

7/26/11, "ATF Manager says he shared Fast and Furious Info with White House," CBS News, Sharyl Attkisson

Earlier report by same CBS News reporter that DOJ official knew at least as early as May 2010.
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4/14/11, "Gun shop owner expressed concerns early on in "gunwalker" scandal," CBS News, Sharyl Attkisson

A late 2009 Obama activated Gunrunner program sold weapons to suspected criminal elements. In May, 2010, A DOJ official (an Assistant US Attorney) met with an Arizona gun dealer concerned that lives were in danger from ATF's Gunrunner program. (item middle of article)

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9/8/11, "Fast and Furious guns tied to second violent crime," LA Times, Richard A. Serrano

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9/29/11, "ATF Fast and Furious guns turned up in El Paso," LA Times, Richard A. Serrano

"They were being stored for shipment to Mexico, documents show. It's the first case of vanished weapons from the surveillance program showing up on

• this side of the border outside the Phoenix area."

"A cache of assault weapons lost in the ATF's gun-trafficking surveillance operation in Phoenix turned up in El Paso, where it was being stored for shipment to Mexico, according to new

• internal agency emails and federal court records.

Forty firearms along with ammunition magazines and ballistic vests were discovered in Texas in January 2010 during the early stages of the program, meaning the firearms vanished soon after the program began."...

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11/15/11, "Case of slain border agent's killers sealed in court," Arizona Daily Star, Tim Steller




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