Operation Wide Receiver: An Informant?s Struggle to Expose the Corruption and Deceit That Led to Operation Fast and Furious
Language: English
Published by Skyhorse, Delaware, 2015
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- Title
- Operation Wide Receiver: An Informant?s Struggle to Expose the Corruption and Deceit That Led to Operation Fast and Furious
- Author
- Detty, Mike
- Publisher
- Skyhorse, Delaware
- Publication year
- 2015
- Condition
- Very Good
- Binding
- Soft cover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 1632203502
- ISBN 13
- 9781632203502
Conducted under the umbrella of Project Gunrunner and intended to stem the flow of firearms to Mexico, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) ran a series of “gun walking” sting operations, including Operation Wide Receiver and Operation Fast & Furious. The government allowed licensed gun dealers to sell weapons to illegal straw buyers so that they could continue to track the firearms as they were transferred to higher-level traffickers and key figures in Mexican cartels.
Motivated by a sense of patriotic duty, Tucson gun dealer and author Mike Detty alerted the local ATF office when he was first approached by suspected cartel associates. Detty made the commitment and assumed the risks involved to help the feds make their case, often selling guns to these thugs from his home in the dead of night. Originally informed that the investigation would last just weeks, Detty’s undercover involvement in Operation Wide Receiver—the precursor to Operation Fast & Furious, by far the largest “gun walking” probe—stretched on for an astonishing and dangerous three years.
Though the case took several twists and turns, perhaps the cruelest turn was his betrayal by the very agency he risked everything to help.
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About the Author
Sharyl Attkisson is a Washington-based investigative reporter. In 2012, Attkisson won an Emmy for Outstanding Investigative Journalism, as well as the RTNDA Edward R. Murrow Award for Excellence in Investigative Reporting for the "Gunwalker: Fast and Furious" story. She resides in Washington, DC.
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