GOP took Project Gunrunner investigation to Phoenix last week
Top GOP oversight officials say they took their investigation of the Justice Department’s “Project Gunrunner” – in which military-grade weapons were permitted to be smuggled into Mexico – to the Phoenix, Arizona last week and that transcribed interviews with key officials there contradict the agency’s official story.
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By Jerry Seper

2:54 p.m., Friday, October 15, 2010

Drug smuggling gangs in Mexico have sent well-armed assassins, or “sicarios,” into Arizona to locate and kill bandits who are ambushing and stealing loads of cocaine, marijuana and heroin headed to buyers in the United States, the Department of Homeland Security has warned Arizona law enforcement authorities.

In a memo sent in May and widely circulated since, the department said: “We just received information from a proven credible confidential source who reported that a meeting was held in Puerto Penasco in which every smuggling organization who utilizes the Vekol Valley was told to attend. This included rival groups within the Guzman cartel.”

Joaquín Archivaldo Guzman Loera heads what formally is known as the Sinaloa Cartel, which smuggles multi-ton loads of cocaine from Colombia through Mexico to the United States. One of the most powerful and dangerous drug gangs in Mexico, it also is known as the Guzman cartel, which has been tied to the production, smuggling and distribution of Mexican marijuana and heroin and has established transshipment outlets in the United States.

The Vekol Valley is a widely-traveled drug smuggling corridor running across Interstate 8 between the Arizona towns of Casa Grande and Gila Bend, continuing north towards Phoenix. It gives drug smugglers the option of shipping their goods to California or to major cities both north and east.

The Homeland Security memo said a group of “15, very well equipped and armed sicarios complete with bullet proof vests” had been sent into the valley. It said the assassins would be disguised as “groups of ‘simulated backpackers’ carrying empty boxes covered with burlap into the Vekol Valley to draw out the bandits.” Once identified, the memo said, “the sicarios will take out the bandits.”

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From azstarnet.com:

U.S. Border Patrol agents discovered a drug smuggling tunnel that ran from Mexico into the city of Nogales.

Border Patrol spokesman David Jimarez says the tunnel that was discovered on Thursday morning was located one-tenth of a mile from a port of entry. Read more here.

Greetings!

Gabrielle Giffords has reached page 1 of her Liberal Attack Manual, scare seniors about Social Security.

Here is the truth: Jesse Kelly wants to protect Social Security for current retirees. We will fully honor our commitments for those now receiving benefits. Those who have been paying into the system should also receive their full benefits.
Jesse will protect current retirees while giving
future generations ownership of their retirement accounts.
We need a long-term solution that ensures funds paid into the system will be there when people retire. Younger workers should have the choice of allocating a portion of their contribution into a personal retirement account in their name. Individuals could choose from a range of appropriate retirement options: a blend of guaranteed savings accounts, investment grade bonds, and blue chip equities. Americans should have the same options that Giffords, as a member of Congress, has through the Federal Thrift Savings Plan.

Representative Giffords has no plan to deal with the long-term challenges facing our current retirement system. Giffords’ failure to take action is pushing the Social Security program closer to collapse. We must not allow Giffords to bankrupt the system. Southern Arizona deserves a representative who is willing to take on tough issues and find good solutions. Jesse Kelly is that person.

Fundraiser with Congressman Kevin McCarthy (CA 22). Join the campaign for a special event with Congressman McCarthy this Thursday afternoon, September 2nd. Please contact Stuart McDaniel at (520) 349-5600 or stuart.mcdaniel@votejessekelly.com to RSVP or to get more details. Congressman McCarthy serves as the Chief Deputy Whip and is a Vice-Chairman of the National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC).

Early Ballots: There will be several lengthy propositions on the General Election ballot. Voting early allows you to read over these ballot measures at home and make an informed decision. Please contact your county recorder to request an early ballot:

Cochise County, (520) 432-8354 or (520) 432-8358

Pima County, (520) 740-4330

Pinal County, (520) 509-3555 or (888) 431-1311

Santa Cruz County, (520) 375-7990

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 
MONDAY, JUNE 28
NEWS RELEASE

Phoenix, AZ (JUNE 28) - U.S. Senate Candidate J.D. Hayworth (R-AZ) today released three videos on his website debunking charges made by Sen. John McCain this month.

“The Senator has spent most of this month and untold millions of dollars on television, radio and direct mail attacking me,” Hayworth said. “I thought it was about time his double talk was replaced by my straight talk.”

McCain, whose top political advisors are high-paid Washington, D.C., lobbyists, has attacked Hayworth for his one-time work for a friend who needed help with a problem in Congress.

McCain, who voted for $150 billion in earmarks last year, has criticized Hayworth for supporting projects that benefited Arizona.

McCain, who has taken more than $11,000 in political contributions from a shady businessman, has criticized Hayworth for a 30 minute video presentation he did for the same company and for which Hayworth has apologized.

“I hope voters will take the time to hear the truth directly from me by going to www.jdforsenate.com and not rely on the lies behind the slick, misleading campaign ads of Sen. McCain,” Hayworth said.

For more information, please visit http://www.JDforSenate.com or email info@jdforsenate.com.

The federal government is now telling American citizens to stay out of three southern Arizona counties. It is too dangerous because of armed smugglers from Mexico.

Pinal County Sheriff Paul Babeu: Quite frankly I’m telling you as a sheriff that we don’t control that part of the county. My county is larger than the state of Connecticut and we need support from the federal government. It’s their job to secure the border and they haven’t done it. In fact President Obama suspended the construction of the fence.

FOX News reporter: Would you like to see some of the president’s outrage about the oil spill and some of the butt-kicking that he’s talked about doing applied there on the border as well?

Sheriff Paul Babeu: Even with that, you say one thing and then you’re out at a fundraiser in California and you don’t go to the funeral of the people who died in the explosion. You know its one thing to say something slick on television in a ten second soundbite but we need action. And, it’s shameful that we as the most powerful nation on earth can win wars and liberate countries throughout history yet we can’t even secure our own border

http://www.thefoxnation.com/gulf-coast-oil-spill/2010/06/15/obama-gives-back-major-strip-az-mexico

The former owners of a California flight school have pleaded guilty in a massive visa fraud scheme in which they hired illegal immigrants as flight instructors — a scam that immigration officials say posed a “significant” threat to national security.

FOXNews.com – ICE Busts California Flight School in Massive Visa Fraud Scheme

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