Do a little research into Fast and Furious next time before you opine. If I'm a hack, what's your excuse?
Doing research into F&F finds that the program started with George W. Bush.
Nope.
You're lying as always/
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In no way does that excuse the Bush administration from allowing a poorly-planned operation to proceed. However, the differences between the two operations are stark and should be considered.
(1) First and foremost, operation Wide Receiver did not result in the death of a U.S. Border Patrol agent or an Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officer. Fast and Furious did. The guns that ultimately killed Border Patrol agent Brian Terry and ICE officer Jamie Zapata were
traced back to straw purchasers related to Fast and Furious. Zapata’s family
filed a wrongful death suit against the U.S. Justice Department last week.

Border Agent Brian Terry (file)

In this undated photo released by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is seen slain ICE Special Agent Jaime Zapata. (AP Photo/ICE)
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Related: ‘They’re Lying and They’re Hiding it’: Parents of Slain Border Agent Brian Terry Speak Out in Rare TV Interview)
Further, officials have confirmed that the guns from Fast and Furious have already killed hundreds of Mexican citizens and Holder has
said on the record that they will likely kill many more. The total number of confirmed deaths so far from Wide Receiver: Zero.
(2) Second, Wide Receiver, though flawed, was more of a gun-tracing operation than a gun-walking program. Gun-tracing involves putting specific safeguards in place to track firearms, such as RFID chips perhaps with video or aerial surveillance. Gun-walking is what happened in Fast and Furious, where ATF agents sold thousands of guns without a reliable way to recover them, apparently just hoping for the best.
Some of the guns from Wide Receiver
were implanted with RFID chips and were actively tracked electronically. The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) in Phoenix also implemented aerial surveillance tactics in an attempt to follow the weapons.
However, problems reportedly arose due to poorly implanted RFID chips which were forced into the guns, bending the antennas and decreasing their effectiveness. Cartels and straw purchasers also eventually came up with creative ways to shake tracking maneuvers and overhead surveillance, such as driving in loops for hours until surveillance planes had to refuel.
Those in charge of Fast and Furious took no similar steps to strengthen their chances of recovering walked guns other than recording the serial numbers before watching them disappear in the hands of Mexican drug cartels.
In fact, ATF agents involved in Fast and Furious have previously testified that they were ordered to stand down and not track the weapons even when interdiction was possible and instead “took notes” and let the guns walk across the Mexico border. Watch some of ATF whistleblower John Dodson’s Congressional testimony:}
The 5 Biggest Differences Between Operation Fast and Furious and Operation Wide Receiver