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Operations Fast & Furious
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Mexican drug suspect: U.S. gave me immunity
Prosecutors say Vicente Zambada-Niebla oversaw drug running on a massive scale into the U.S. But now, from behind bars at a maximum security prison in Chicago, he's making his own explosive accusations -- that U.S. government agents have been aiding Mexico's infamous Sinaloa cartel -- even tipping off leaders on how to avoid capture.
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-500202_...s-gave-me-immunity/?tag=cbsnewsMainColumnArea
Prosecutors say Vicente Zambada-Niebla oversaw drug running on a massive scale into the U.S. But now, from behind bars at a maximum security prison in Chicago, he's making his own explosive accusations -- that U.S. government agents have been aiding Mexico's infamous Sinaloa cartel -- even tipping off leaders on how to avoid capture.
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-500202_...s-gave-me-immunity/?tag=cbsnewsMainColumnArea
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Fast and Furious Update:
Powerful Senator Calls For Expansion Of Investigation
John Cornyn, the powerful and highly influential member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, let it be known yesterday of his wish to see an expansion of investigation of the already significant Fast and Furious gunwalker scandal that has now plagued the Obama administration for nearly a year.
Senator Cornyn went so far as to suggest Attorney General Eric Holder of possibly engaging in malfeasance due to Mr. Holder’s repeated refusal to fully comply with investigators’ requests for information related to the deadly operation.
The Texas Senator also shared concerns over “spillover” related to the Fast and Furious program resulting in several illegal guns that were sold to criminals by the Obama administration having been uncovered in El Paso. Cornyn speculated that one such weapon might have been used in the February 2011 slaying of Immigration Agent Jaime Zapata.
Both Cornyn’s well respected reputation, and working relationship with several key Democratic Party members of the United States Senate would make him a formidable ally for those in Congress who continue to battle an Obama Department of Justice that remains unwilling to fully cooperate with the ongoing Fast and Furious investigation.
Cornyn urging wider probe of ‘Fast and Furious'
‘Spillover effects’ in Texas cited
Sen. John Cornyn, Texas Republican and a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, asked Sen. Chuck Grassley and Rep. Darrell E. Issa on Monday to expand their formal “Fast and Furious” investigation to include accusations that similar gunrunning probes took place in Texas.
Mr. Cornyn said he asked U.S. Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. in August to address the “scope and details of any past or present ATF gun-walking programs” in his home state, but never got a response.
“Though their failure to respond is not direct evidence of malfeasance, the department’s reluctance to address allegations of additional ‘gun-walking’ schemes in my state raises serious questions, and Texans deserve a full accounting of the department’s role in this matter,” he wrote.
Mr. Cornyn, a former Texas attorney general, said Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) “gun-walking” schemes have had significant “spillover effects” in Texas. In two separate incidents in January and April 2010, 60 rifles that were “walked” during the Fast and Furious operation were recovered from criminals in El Paso, Texas.
He said the attorney for a federal firearms licensee (FFL) in Houston has charged that his employees were ordered by ATF to conduct suspicious sales of firearms to purchasers who may have been working on behalf of Mexican drug cartels.
Last December, he said, the Justice Department convened a grand jury to investigate whether several salespersons at the Houston gun dealers were criminally liable for selling weapons to straw purchasers. The investigation, he said, was dropped only after the licensed firearms dealers revealed that the illicit sales were carried out at the behest of the ATF.
“I fear that ATF may have pressured other FFLs in Texas to conduct illegal activities, and that many of these weapons may have ended up in the hands of cartels and at the scene of multiple violent crimes in Mexico,” Mr. Cornyn said.
He also asked that the investigation include a look into whether a Texas-based “gun-walking” program was responsible for the slaying of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent Jaime Zapata on Feb. 15, 2011, in Mexico. One of the weapons used to kill Zapata was purchased by Texas resident Otilio Osorio in October 2010 and, according to Mr. Cornyn, later trafficked to Mexico through Laredo, Texas.
Zapata was fatally shot, and his partner, Victor Avila, was wounded twice in the leg in the ambush on a major highway near the city of San Luis Potosi, about 250 miles north of Mexico City. The men, assigned to the U.S. Embassy in Mexico City, were returning to their office after a meeting with other U.S. personnel in San Luis Potosi.
Neither man was armed, as Mexico does not allow U.S. law enforcement personnel to carry weapons in the country.
Mr. Osorio, 22, and his brother, Ranferi, 27, were arrested at their home on charges of possessing firearms with an obliterated serial number. Kelvin Leon Morrison, 25, also was arrested and charged in a separate complaint with making false statements in connection with the acquisition of firearms and dealing in firearms without a license. He lives next door to the Osorios.
According to court documents, a confidential ATF informant arranged a meeting in early November with people who had firearms to be transported from Dallas to Laredo. The meeting was arranged as part of an investigation of Los Zetas, a violent and ruthless Mexican drug-trafficking gang.
Mr. Cornyn said evidence uncovered by Mr. Grassley, Iowa Republican, suggests that the ATF was aware of Mr. Osorio’s weapons-trafficking activities “long before that date.”
“The delay in his arrest raises concerns that the ATF knowingly allowed Osorio to continue trafficking weapons through Texas as part of a broader ‘gun-walking’ program,” he said, adding in his letter that he supported efforts by the two lawmakers “to hold the Department of Justice accountable for their involvement in the Operation Fast and Furious tragedy.”
“American tax dollars should never again be spent to arm Mexican drug cartels,” he said.
In the Arizona-based Fast and Furious operation, 20 “straw buyers” purchased more than 2,000 weapons between September 2009 and December 2010, many of which were walked into Mexico and turned over the Mexican drug smugglers. The weapons included AK-47 assault weapons, Barrett .50-caliber sniper rifles, FN 5.7mm semi automatic pistols and other assorted rifles, shotguns and handguns — many of which remain unaccounted for.
The straw buyers paid as much as $900,000 for the weapons, with much of the illicit cash being furnished by the drug cartels.
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2011/oct/24/cornyn-urging-wider-probe-of-fast-and-furious/
Powerful Senator Calls For Expansion Of Investigation
John Cornyn, the powerful and highly influential member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, let it be known yesterday of his wish to see an expansion of investigation of the already significant Fast and Furious gunwalker scandal that has now plagued the Obama administration for nearly a year.
Senator Cornyn went so far as to suggest Attorney General Eric Holder of possibly engaging in malfeasance due to Mr. Holder’s repeated refusal to fully comply with investigators’ requests for information related to the deadly operation.
The Texas Senator also shared concerns over “spillover” related to the Fast and Furious program resulting in several illegal guns that were sold to criminals by the Obama administration having been uncovered in El Paso. Cornyn speculated that one such weapon might have been used in the February 2011 slaying of Immigration Agent Jaime Zapata.
Both Cornyn’s well respected reputation, and working relationship with several key Democratic Party members of the United States Senate would make him a formidable ally for those in Congress who continue to battle an Obama Department of Justice that remains unwilling to fully cooperate with the ongoing Fast and Furious investigation.
Cornyn urging wider probe of ‘Fast and Furious'
‘Spillover effects’ in Texas cited
Sen. John Cornyn, Texas Republican and a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, asked Sen. Chuck Grassley and Rep. Darrell E. Issa on Monday to expand their formal “Fast and Furious” investigation to include accusations that similar gunrunning probes took place in Texas.
Mr. Cornyn said he asked U.S. Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. in August to address the “scope and details of any past or present ATF gun-walking programs” in his home state, but never got a response.
“Though their failure to respond is not direct evidence of malfeasance, the department’s reluctance to address allegations of additional ‘gun-walking’ schemes in my state raises serious questions, and Texans deserve a full accounting of the department’s role in this matter,” he wrote.
Mr. Cornyn, a former Texas attorney general, said Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) “gun-walking” schemes have had significant “spillover effects” in Texas. In two separate incidents in January and April 2010, 60 rifles that were “walked” during the Fast and Furious operation were recovered from criminals in El Paso, Texas.
He said the attorney for a federal firearms licensee (FFL) in Houston has charged that his employees were ordered by ATF to conduct suspicious sales of firearms to purchasers who may have been working on behalf of Mexican drug cartels.
Last December, he said, the Justice Department convened a grand jury to investigate whether several salespersons at the Houston gun dealers were criminally liable for selling weapons to straw purchasers. The investigation, he said, was dropped only after the licensed firearms dealers revealed that the illicit sales were carried out at the behest of the ATF.
“I fear that ATF may have pressured other FFLs in Texas to conduct illegal activities, and that many of these weapons may have ended up in the hands of cartels and at the scene of multiple violent crimes in Mexico,” Mr. Cornyn said.
He also asked that the investigation include a look into whether a Texas-based “gun-walking” program was responsible for the slaying of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent Jaime Zapata on Feb. 15, 2011, in Mexico. One of the weapons used to kill Zapata was purchased by Texas resident Otilio Osorio in October 2010 and, according to Mr. Cornyn, later trafficked to Mexico through Laredo, Texas.
Zapata was fatally shot, and his partner, Victor Avila, was wounded twice in the leg in the ambush on a major highway near the city of San Luis Potosi, about 250 miles north of Mexico City. The men, assigned to the U.S. Embassy in Mexico City, were returning to their office after a meeting with other U.S. personnel in San Luis Potosi.
Neither man was armed, as Mexico does not allow U.S. law enforcement personnel to carry weapons in the country.
Mr. Osorio, 22, and his brother, Ranferi, 27, were arrested at their home on charges of possessing firearms with an obliterated serial number. Kelvin Leon Morrison, 25, also was arrested and charged in a separate complaint with making false statements in connection with the acquisition of firearms and dealing in firearms without a license. He lives next door to the Osorios.
According to court documents, a confidential ATF informant arranged a meeting in early November with people who had firearms to be transported from Dallas to Laredo. The meeting was arranged as part of an investigation of Los Zetas, a violent and ruthless Mexican drug-trafficking gang.
Mr. Cornyn said evidence uncovered by Mr. Grassley, Iowa Republican, suggests that the ATF was aware of Mr. Osorio’s weapons-trafficking activities “long before that date.”
“The delay in his arrest raises concerns that the ATF knowingly allowed Osorio to continue trafficking weapons through Texas as part of a broader ‘gun-walking’ program,” he said, adding in his letter that he supported efforts by the two lawmakers “to hold the Department of Justice accountable for their involvement in the Operation Fast and Furious tragedy.”
“American tax dollars should never again be spent to arm Mexican drug cartels,” he said.
In the Arizona-based Fast and Furious operation, 20 “straw buyers” purchased more than 2,000 weapons between September 2009 and December 2010, many of which were walked into Mexico and turned over the Mexican drug smugglers. The weapons included AK-47 assault weapons, Barrett .50-caliber sniper rifles, FN 5.7mm semi automatic pistols and other assorted rifles, shotguns and handguns — many of which remain unaccounted for.
The straw buyers paid as much as $900,000 for the weapons, with much of the illicit cash being furnished by the drug cartels.
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2011/oct/24/cornyn-urging-wider-probe-of-fast-and-furious/
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Issa, Grassley:
Holder needs to reveal info on 2nd agent’s murder, connections
House Oversight Committee Chairman Rep. Darrell Issa and Sen. Chuck Grassley lambasted Attorney General Eric Holder in a new letter detailing how Holder’s team has failed to provide congressional investigators with critical details surrounding the connections between Operation Fast and Furious and a second federal agent’s murder.
The two top Republicans wrote to Holder on Tuesday criticizing what they said was the Department of Justice’s late and lacking response to Grassley’s March 2011 request for details about the murder of Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer Jaime Zapata. “Not only was the response more than six months late, it completely failed to answer the key questions,” Issa and Grassley wrote.
Issa and Grassley then detail how the DOJ’s severely late response is still rife with inconsistencies. Zapata was murdered in Mexico on February 15, 2011. At least one firearm involved in Zapata’s murder was traced back to Otilio Osorio, his brother, Ranferi Osorio, and their neighbor, Kelvin Morrison. The DOJ arrested the three, and in a March 1, 2011 press release announcing the arrest, revealed that the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives had been investigating since early in November 2010.
Otilio Osorio made the weapons purchase, which included a gun linked to Zapata’s murder, on October 10, 2010. On the same March 1, 2011 press release announcing the three men’s arrests, the DOJ said it was unaware of the weapons purchase.
“According to ATF documents, however, the agency had reason to believe as early as September 17, 2010, that Otilio’s brother and co-habitant Ranferi Osorio and their next-door neighbor Kelvin Morrison were straw purchasers,” Issa and Grassley wrote. “Yet the ATF apparently made no effort to contact Ranferi Osorio or Kelvin Morrison and inquire about how their weapons came to be trafficked to Mexico within two weeks of their purchase.”
“Moreover, it appears that the ATF had an opportunity to arrest the Osorio brothers and Kelvin Morrison during a staged operation on November 9, 2010,” Grassley and Issa add. “According to a DOJ press release, ‘a Dallas ATF confidential informant (CI) arranged a meeting’ at which the Osorio brothers, arriving at the meeting with Morrison as a passenger in their vehicle, ‘unloaded several large bags containing firearms into the CI’s vehicle, which was kept under surveillance.’”
Issa and Grassley add that they have documents they say indicate the ATF didn’t write a “Report of Investigation” about the November 9, 2010 weapons transfer “until over three months later, on February 25, 2011.” That day is, Issa and Grassley point out, “the same day ATF received the report tracing the Zapata murder weapon back to the purchase by Otilio Osorio.”
“Documenting investigative steps three months after the fact and only after a trace returned to the murder of a federal agent raises red flags about the nature of ATF’s investigation,” they wrote.
Grassley and Issa ask Holder to clarify all the details and finally provide the information the DOJ has been withholding. They gave Holder until noon on November 8 to respond.
The two top Republicans added that Texas Republican Sen. John Cornyn, who serves on the Senate Judiciary Committee with Grassley, has indicated a particular interest in these answers as well.
Holder needs to reveal info on 2nd agent’s murder, connections
House Oversight Committee Chairman Rep. Darrell Issa and Sen. Chuck Grassley lambasted Attorney General Eric Holder in a new letter detailing how Holder’s team has failed to provide congressional investigators with critical details surrounding the connections between Operation Fast and Furious and a second federal agent’s murder.
The two top Republicans wrote to Holder on Tuesday criticizing what they said was the Department of Justice’s late and lacking response to Grassley’s March 2011 request for details about the murder of Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer Jaime Zapata. “Not only was the response more than six months late, it completely failed to answer the key questions,” Issa and Grassley wrote.
Issa and Grassley then detail how the DOJ’s severely late response is still rife with inconsistencies. Zapata was murdered in Mexico on February 15, 2011. At least one firearm involved in Zapata’s murder was traced back to Otilio Osorio, his brother, Ranferi Osorio, and their neighbor, Kelvin Morrison. The DOJ arrested the three, and in a March 1, 2011 press release announcing the arrest, revealed that the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives had been investigating since early in November 2010.
Otilio Osorio made the weapons purchase, which included a gun linked to Zapata’s murder, on October 10, 2010. On the same March 1, 2011 press release announcing the three men’s arrests, the DOJ said it was unaware of the weapons purchase.
“According to ATF documents, however, the agency had reason to believe as early as September 17, 2010, that Otilio’s brother and co-habitant Ranferi Osorio and their next-door neighbor Kelvin Morrison were straw purchasers,” Issa and Grassley wrote. “Yet the ATF apparently made no effort to contact Ranferi Osorio or Kelvin Morrison and inquire about how their weapons came to be trafficked to Mexico within two weeks of their purchase.”
“Moreover, it appears that the ATF had an opportunity to arrest the Osorio brothers and Kelvin Morrison during a staged operation on November 9, 2010,” Grassley and Issa add. “According to a DOJ press release, ‘a Dallas ATF confidential informant (CI) arranged a meeting’ at which the Osorio brothers, arriving at the meeting with Morrison as a passenger in their vehicle, ‘unloaded several large bags containing firearms into the CI’s vehicle, which was kept under surveillance.’”
Issa and Grassley add that they have documents they say indicate the ATF didn’t write a “Report of Investigation” about the November 9, 2010 weapons transfer “until over three months later, on February 25, 2011.” That day is, Issa and Grassley point out, “the same day ATF received the report tracing the Zapata murder weapon back to the purchase by Otilio Osorio.”
“Documenting investigative steps three months after the fact and only after a trace returned to the murder of a federal agent raises red flags about the nature of ATF’s investigation,” they wrote.
Grassley and Issa ask Holder to clarify all the details and finally provide the information the DOJ has been withholding. They gave Holder until noon on November 8 to respond.
The two top Republicans added that Texas Republican Sen. John Cornyn, who serves on the Senate Judiciary Committee with Grassley, has indicated a particular interest in these answers as well.
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Justice Department Proposes Letting Government Deny Existence of Sensitive Documents
A longtime internal policy that allowed Justice Department officials to deny the existence of sensitive information could become the law of the land -- in effect a license to lie -- if a newly proposed rule becomes federal regulation in the coming weeks.
The proposed rule directs federal law enforcement agencies, after personnel have determined that documents are too delicate to be released, to respond to Freedom of Information Act requests "as if the excluded records did not exist."
Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/politics/201...ence-sensitive/?test=latestnews#ixzz1bvOGcHXE
That saves them from Gunrunner.
A longtime internal policy that allowed Justice Department officials to deny the existence of sensitive information could become the law of the land -- in effect a license to lie -- if a newly proposed rule becomes federal regulation in the coming weeks.
The proposed rule directs federal law enforcement agencies, after personnel have determined that documents are too delicate to be released, to respond to Freedom of Information Act requests "as if the excluded records did not exist."
Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/politics/201...ence-sensitive/?test=latestnews#ixzz1bvOGcHXE
That saves them from Gunrunner.
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"The System WORKED!"
"We had (Defense Department) resources there from Day One. This was a situation that was treated as a possible catastrophic failure from, from Day One!"
Janet Napolitano
"We had (Defense Department) resources there from Day One. This was a situation that was treated as a possible catastrophic failure from, from Day One!"
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The West Wing Bullies
The website FishbowlDC, which covers Washington’s political journalists, did a story about what looked like payback by the White House against the Washington Post for doing a tough story about Obama.
FishbowlDC’s Betsy Rothstein – a great reporter unafraid to piss off the Washington Journalism Establishment & Fraternity that she covers – said that the Washington Post reporter, in addition to being denied a leak ladled out to his competitors, probably got the full fusillade of profanity-laced fake fury from the White House press office.
From her article:
“I was on the receiving end of profane verbal abuse from White House press aides over stories they didn’t like several times during my coverage of the Obama campaign and Obama White House for Roll Callfrom about mid-2008 until January 2010,” Koffler said. “But I understand from others the practice continues, with the most recent public example being the nasty treatment of CBS reporter Sharyl Attkisson for her reporting on possible perjury by Eric Holder in testimony about the Fast and Furious case.
“I didn’t mind it personally because I understood it was a tactic to intimidate. Some of it was funny. One told me, ‘You’re really going to win a fucking Pulitzer Prize for this one.’ Another, less funny, remarked that my article was ‘horseshit,’ demanding to know sources.
“What really angered me is that this is ultimately suppression of speech. They are clearly trained to attack reporters, and it’s a strategy designed to keep journalists from uncovering facts and reporting the news. This from the ‘openness’ administration. And reporters are in a bind because they need to have good relations with the press office in order to get information that might otherwise go to competitors, which might obviously invite some nasty comments from their editors.”
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The website FishbowlDC, which covers Washington’s political journalists, did a story about what looked like payback by the White House against the Washington Post for doing a tough story about Obama.
FishbowlDC’s Betsy Rothstein – a great reporter unafraid to piss off the Washington Journalism Establishment & Fraternity that she covers – said that the Washington Post reporter, in addition to being denied a leak ladled out to his competitors, probably got the full fusillade of profanity-laced fake fury from the White House press office.
From her article:
“I was on the receiving end of profane verbal abuse from White House press aides over stories they didn’t like several times during my coverage of the Obama campaign and Obama White House for Roll Callfrom about mid-2008 until January 2010,” Koffler said. “But I understand from others the practice continues, with the most recent public example being the nasty treatment of CBS reporter Sharyl Attkisson for her reporting on possible perjury by Eric Holder in testimony about the Fast and Furious case.
“I didn’t mind it personally because I understood it was a tactic to intimidate. Some of it was funny. One told me, ‘You’re really going to win a fucking Pulitzer Prize for this one.’ Another, less funny, remarked that my article was ‘horseshit,’ demanding to know sources.
“What really angered me is that this is ultimately suppression of speech. They are clearly trained to attack reporters, and it’s a strategy designed to keep journalists from uncovering facts and reporting the news. This from the ‘openness’ administration. And reporters are in a bind because they need to have good relations with the press office in order to get information that might otherwise go to competitors, which might obviously invite some nasty comments from their editors.”
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Gun buyer linked to federal agent's murder to plead guilty
A Dallas County man linked to the murder of ICE Agent Jaime Zapata agreed to plead guilty to weapons violations.
Otilio Osorio, 22, of Lancaster, Texas, agreed to plead guilty in federal court to three counts of a 21-count indictment against him.
Prosecutors say one of three guns found at the scene in Mexico where Agent Zapata was shot to death on February 15 was traced back to Osorio. Investigators believe he was the straw purchaser of the weapon, bought in Texas four months before the murder. As part of an agreement with the U.S. Attorney's Office, Osorio agreed to plead guilty to conspiracy to make a false statement in firearms records and possessing a weapons with a removed serial number.
Seven other defendants in the case are also expected to enter guilty pleas. The maximum penalty for each count is five years in prison and a $250,000 fine. Sentencing dates have not yet been scheduled.
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-31727_1...eral-agents-murder-to-plead-guilty/?tag=stack
Records obtained by CBS News show ATF watched as the Osorio brothers and Morrison transferred weapons to a confidential informant on November 9, 2010, but failed to arrest the men. The agency's report documenting that incident was dated February 25th, the same day ATF reportedly received a record tracing the Zapata crime scene gun to Otilio.
A Dallas County man linked to the murder of ICE Agent Jaime Zapata agreed to plead guilty to weapons violations.
Otilio Osorio, 22, of Lancaster, Texas, agreed to plead guilty in federal court to three counts of a 21-count indictment against him.
Prosecutors say one of three guns found at the scene in Mexico where Agent Zapata was shot to death on February 15 was traced back to Osorio. Investigators believe he was the straw purchaser of the weapon, bought in Texas four months before the murder. As part of an agreement with the U.S. Attorney's Office, Osorio agreed to plead guilty to conspiracy to make a false statement in firearms records and possessing a weapons with a removed serial number.
Seven other defendants in the case are also expected to enter guilty pleas. The maximum penalty for each count is five years in prison and a $250,000 fine. Sentencing dates have not yet been scheduled.
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-31727_1...eral-agents-murder-to-plead-guilty/?tag=stack
Records obtained by CBS News show ATF watched as the Osorio brothers and Morrison transferred weapons to a confidential informant on November 9, 2010, but failed to arrest the men. The agency's report documenting that incident was dated February 25th, the same day ATF reportedly received a record tracing the Zapata crime scene gun to Otilio.
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It appears something has Congressional members increasingly upset regarding Obama Attorney General Eric Holder and his role in the deadly Fast and Furious scandal – requests for Holder to step down suddenly doubled overnight.
An overnight story published by The Daily Caller has likely given the Obama administration a bit more heartburn of late. According to the Caller report, the number of those in Congress going on record to demand Eric Holder resign his position as Attorney General doubled from four to eight – the newest members to join Reps. Joe Walsh of Illinois, Raul Labrador of Idaho, Blake Farenthold of Texas and Paul Gosar of Arizona are Reps. Vicky Hartzler of Missouri, John Mica of Florida, Quico Canseco of Texas and Gus Bilirakis of Florida.
Of particular note were comments by John Mica – one of the most influential members of Congress who serves on the powerful House Oversight committee indicated Attorney General Holder should resign “for more than just the Fast and Furious operation mishandling.”
What Congressman Mica is specifically speaking to regarding Mr. Holder remains unknown. What is more clear at this time are the numbers within Congress demanding Eric Holder resign his post as President Obama’s Attorney General appear are growing at a rate that has to be alarming to the Obama White House.
And according to the Washington Insider, preparations are being made for his replacement within the White House:
http://forum.literotica.com/showpost.php?p=38983977&postcount=182
Insider:
I have personally confirmed recent preparations at the White House for Holder’s departure – Jarrett is handling all of that herself. They are preparing for worst case – just as we hoped.
Holder’s days as attorney general may be numbered as resignation calls double overnight
Attorney General Eric Holder’s tenure in the Obama administration may be coming to an end. At least eight members of Congress have now called on Holder to resign over the growing Operation Fast and Furious scandal.
Republican Reps. Vicky Hartzler of Missouri, John Mica of Florida, Quico Canseco of Texas and Gus Bilirakis of Florida each told The Daily Caller on Thursday that they believe Holder should step down now. The number of members of Congress calling for Holder to end his career in government because of Fast and Furious is now eight, a number which has doubled in one day.
Previously, Republican Reps. Joe Walsh of Illinois, Raul Labrador of Idaho, Blake Farenthold of Texas and Paul Gosar of Arizona called on Holder to resign.
A spokesperson for Mica, a powerful congressman who serves on the House oversight committee and chairs the House Transportation Committee, told TheDC that he “thinks Attorney General Holder should resign, for more than just the Fast and Furious operation mishandling.”
Hartzler spokesman Steven Walsh said the congresswoman doesn’t think Holder is capable of leading the Justice Department after his flimsy May 3 testimony before the House Judiciary Committee.
“Congresswoman Hartzler is of the opinion that documents pertaining to Fast and Furious call into question Attorney General Holder’s testimony before the House Judiciary Committee,” Walsh said in an email. “In particular, she is concerned with his testimony regarding knowledge of the timeline of the gun program. Given the information we now have, she is of the opinion that Mr. Holder is not up to the task of advocating on behalf of the American people and should resign.”
At that May 3 hearing, Holder said he had not learned of Operation Fast and Furious until a few weeks before — even though Iowa GOP Sen. Chuck Grassley told TheDC he personally handed Holder an inquiry letter about the scandal months before.
http://dailycaller.com/2011/10/28/holders-days-as-attorney-general-may-be-numbered-as-resignation-calls-double-overnight/#ixzz1c5xrI9fw
An overnight story published by The Daily Caller has likely given the Obama administration a bit more heartburn of late. According to the Caller report, the number of those in Congress going on record to demand Eric Holder resign his position as Attorney General doubled from four to eight – the newest members to join Reps. Joe Walsh of Illinois, Raul Labrador of Idaho, Blake Farenthold of Texas and Paul Gosar of Arizona are Reps. Vicky Hartzler of Missouri, John Mica of Florida, Quico Canseco of Texas and Gus Bilirakis of Florida.
Of particular note were comments by John Mica – one of the most influential members of Congress who serves on the powerful House Oversight committee indicated Attorney General Holder should resign “for more than just the Fast and Furious operation mishandling.”
What Congressman Mica is specifically speaking to regarding Mr. Holder remains unknown. What is more clear at this time are the numbers within Congress demanding Eric Holder resign his post as President Obama’s Attorney General appear are growing at a rate that has to be alarming to the Obama White House.
And according to the Washington Insider, preparations are being made for his replacement within the White House:
http://forum.literotica.com/showpost.php?p=38983977&postcount=182
Insider:
I have personally confirmed recent preparations at the White House for Holder’s departure – Jarrett is handling all of that herself. They are preparing for worst case – just as we hoped.
Holder’s days as attorney general may be numbered as resignation calls double overnight
Attorney General Eric Holder’s tenure in the Obama administration may be coming to an end. At least eight members of Congress have now called on Holder to resign over the growing Operation Fast and Furious scandal.
Republican Reps. Vicky Hartzler of Missouri, John Mica of Florida, Quico Canseco of Texas and Gus Bilirakis of Florida each told The Daily Caller on Thursday that they believe Holder should step down now. The number of members of Congress calling for Holder to end his career in government because of Fast and Furious is now eight, a number which has doubled in one day.
Previously, Republican Reps. Joe Walsh of Illinois, Raul Labrador of Idaho, Blake Farenthold of Texas and Paul Gosar of Arizona called on Holder to resign.
A spokesperson for Mica, a powerful congressman who serves on the House oversight committee and chairs the House Transportation Committee, told TheDC that he “thinks Attorney General Holder should resign, for more than just the Fast and Furious operation mishandling.”
Hartzler spokesman Steven Walsh said the congresswoman doesn’t think Holder is capable of leading the Justice Department after his flimsy May 3 testimony before the House Judiciary Committee.
“Congresswoman Hartzler is of the opinion that documents pertaining to Fast and Furious call into question Attorney General Holder’s testimony before the House Judiciary Committee,” Walsh said in an email. “In particular, she is concerned with his testimony regarding knowledge of the timeline of the gun program. Given the information we now have, she is of the opinion that Mr. Holder is not up to the task of advocating on behalf of the American people and should resign.”
At that May 3 hearing, Holder said he had not learned of Operation Fast and Furious until a few weeks before — even though Iowa GOP Sen. Chuck Grassley told TheDC he personally handed Holder an inquiry letter about the scandal months before.
http://dailycaller.com/2011/10/28/holders-days-as-attorney-general-may-be-numbered-as-resignation-calls-double-overnight/#ixzz1c5xrI9fw
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http://www.contactingthecongress.org/
I'm sure all the libs want to contact their Reps on the Hill, here's an easy way to do that.
I'm sure all the libs want to contact their Reps on the Hill, here's an easy way to do that.
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Did you ever go on record predicting Holder knew what was going on? As far as specific tactics?
Or are you still pussy-footing around?
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What a stupid son of a bitch you are. He has already been caught lying, try reading the links,MORON.
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Hey good news!
The White House is going to investigate itself over the Solyndra non-scandal so they can clear themselves of all the serious charges and move on to important economic matters like subsidizing diapers for the working poor illegals...
The White House is going to investigate itself over the Solyndra non-scandal so they can clear themselves of all the serious charges and move on to important economic matters like subsidizing diapers for the working poor illegals...
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Justice Department Proposes Letting Government Deny Existence of Sensitive Documents
A longtime internal policy that allowed Justice Department officials to deny the existence of sensitive information could become the law of the land -- in effect a license to lie -- if a newly proposed rule becomes federal regulation in the coming weeks.
The proposed rule directs federal law enforcement agencies, after personnel have determined that documents are too delicate to be released, to respond to Freedom of Information Act requests "as if the excluded records did not exist."
Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/politics/201...ence-sensitive/?test=latestnews#ixzz1bvOGcHXE
That saves them from Gunrunner.
But the evidence is too sensitive to be seen.
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The Democrats kept Wen Ho Lee in jail and denied him lawyers because the evidence was too sensitive, too sensitive...,
too (my) PRECIOUS!
Of course, he was cleared of all charges.
too (my) PRECIOUS!
Of course, he was cleared of all charges.
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LOOK!
It's a raping black man! ☞
It's a raping black man! ☞
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Funny.
All the people devoted to Herman Cain as a scandal think this is no big deal.
Did Herman shoot someone? Have sex with a white woman...?
$13 million babies at Fannie at Freddie...
No big deal, move along...
Nothing to see...
po' me...
All the people devoted to Herman Cain as a scandal think this is no big deal.
Did Herman shoot someone? Have sex with a white woman...?
$13 million babies at Fannie at Freddie...
No big deal, move along...
Nothing to see...
po' me...
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