"Ex-governor detained at Ariz. border" July 06, 2012
PHOENIX — Former Arizona governor Raul Castro, who in the 1970s served as the state’s first and only Hispanic governor, was detained at a US Border Patrol checkpoint after the vehicle he was traveling in triggered a radiation sensor.
The Arizona Republic reported Castro was briefly detained June 12 as he traveled from his home to celebrate his 96th birthday in Tucson. Castro said agents questioned him outside his vehicle in 100-degree heat.
They must have thought he was the current Cuban president and Fidel's brother.
He said he explained that he had undergone testing on his pacemaker the previous day, probably triggering the sensor.
‘‘Once I identified myself, who I was, and that I had been to the doctor . . . [I would have thought] that they would have been more considerate and said, ‘Keep on going.’ But that didn’t happen,’’ Castro said.
Welcome to AmeriKa, American!
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I'm more angry about this:
Printed paper:
"4 on run linked to gun sting" by Whitney Phillips Associated Press / July 10, 2012
Authorities made a rare disclosure Monday linked to the botched gun-smuggling investigation known as Operation Fast and Furious, revealing the identities and requesting the public’s help in capturing four fugitives accused in the shooting death of a US Border Patrol agent 18 months ago....
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And when I do find the expanded printed version:
Operation Fast and Furious was launched in 2009 to catch trafficking kingpins, but federal agents lost track of [most of the weapons they were trying to trace]. Some of the guns purchased illegally with the government's knowledge were later found at crime scenes in Mexico and the U.S. Critics have hammered federal authorities for allowing informants to walk away from Phoenix-area gun shops with weapons.
People DIED violently so they could play their f***ing DRUG WAR GAME$!!
Since the fatal shootout near the U.S.-Mexico line in December 2010, deep flaws in the government's weapons trafficking case have come to light. Federal authorities have repeatedly declined to disclose information related to the death of Border Patrol Agent Brian Terry, such as what became of the gun used to kill him.
And a very interesting omission:
Operation Fast and Furious focused on an accused smuggling ring suspected of purchasing guns for the brutal Sinaloa cartel....
Well, now we know one contract outfit the CIA is using.
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Related: Alphabet Agency: Putting Holder on ICE
Also see: Letting Go of Eric Holder
