bout this was after his arrest on 60 minutes. viktor bout, in my eyes is, one of the most dangerous men on the face of the earth. he is a shadow facilitator. he is arming not only designated terrorist groups insurgent groups, but he is also arming very powerful drug trafficking cartels around the globe. this is the lord of war. the merchant of death. right. and you have got him in your hands. right. he is in custody. it s a great feeling. bret: with that let s bring in our panel ben domenech editor-at-large host of the podcast on fox news radio. marie hamp and washington columnist marc thiessen, marc, let me start with you. it s great that brittney griner is back. any time you get an american home it s a good feeling. the merchant of death, not a good feeling now because is he not in u.s. custody. you saw that the administration
systematically prosecute criminals who use guns in committeeing crimes. as the united states attorney, my office was a national leader in gun prosecutions nearly every year. we will partner with state and local law enforcement to take down these major drug trafficking cartels and dismantle criminal gangs. we ll prosecute those who repeatedly violate our borders. it will be my priority to confront these crimes vigorously, effectively and immediately. approximately 90% of all law enforcement officers are not federal but they re state and local. they are the ones on the front lines. they are better educated, trained and equipped than ever before. they are the ones who we rely on to keep our neighborhoods and playgrounds and schools safe. in the last several years, law enforcement as a whole has been unfairly maligned and blamed for the unacceptable actions of a few of their bad actors.
criminals who use guns in committing crimes. as united states attorney my office was a national leader in gun prosecutions nearly every year. we will partner with state and local law enforcement to take down these major drug trafficking cartels and dismantle criminal gangs. we will prosecute those who repeatedly violate our borders. it will be my priority to confront these crimes vigorously, effectively, and immediately. approximately 90% of all law enforcement officers are not federal but they are state and local. they are the ones on the front lines. they are better educated, trained and equipped than ever before. they are the ones who we rely on to keep our neighborhoods and playgrounds and schools safe. but in the last several years, law enforcement as a whole has been unfairly maligned and blamed for the unacceptable actions of a few of their bad actors. they believe the political
suggesting there is a link. it just suggests it is probably pretty smart police work that the two departments with these kind of murders on their hands dealing with officials would communicate. right now they have not drawn a direct link to any of those three that you outline. that said, the investigation here is sort of going in multiple directions. there are a lot of people working the case. have you local, state, and federal help as well. they re looking at the possibility of maybe it was white supremacist group involved because there is a prosecution going on in this region involving such a group. it could be that it is something to do with drug trafficking cartels. there is a lot of that going on in north texas or could be just somebody who acted on their own, that had a beef with the officials. they don t know. they aren t saying. quite frankly, authorities are very tight lipped on this, fredricka. thank you so much from kaufman county, texas. all right. time for some final fou
the guns actually got into the hands of the bad guys. and he no, he knew the programs existed. he didn t know that it went bad at a certain point. and the you don t know what s going on here is a memo that surfaced this week from the director of the national drug intelligence center, michael walter, to eric holder. it reads in part redacted, straw purchasers are responsible for the purchase of arms supplied to mexican drug trafficking cartels. and they also have direct ties to the cartel in the phoenix area. and 2010. alan, they knew it was purchased what holder didn t know, apparently until march of this year where the guns were going and didn t intercept them quickly enough. that was the issue not that he didn t know about the fast and furious program. or as bill clinton said, it depends what the definition of