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and they haven't even ask about operation white gun yet.
Is it a black flag operation?
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It does not substitute the AA-word for the B-word, which is not to be confused with the N-word...
Just in case Rory drops in looking for RACISM...
Just in case Rory drops in looking for RACISM...
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Is it a black flag operation?
It's another "see how the second amendment kills" flag.
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Bitch Dog may not be up yet.
I think he had something to say to my reply in his Stormfront thread...
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Obama DOJ and another Friday Night Fast and Furious Document Dump
Friday night saw yet again the Obama Department of Justice releasing hundreds of pages of Fast and Furious-related material just prior to next week’s scheduled hearing before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee.
One thing is rather interesting about these repeated document releases from within the DOJ – how can there be so many pages of material on an operation that to this day Obama Attorney General Eric Holder maintains he knew little to nothing about?
Ponder that for just a moment.
Second, this more recent assortment of in-house emails being released appear to inextricably tie Eric Holder’s second-in-command at the Department of Justice – Lanny Breuer. It seems quite unlikely that someone as high ranking as Mr. Breuer would be so involved in something as potentially dangerous as the Fast and Furious gunrunning operation without including Attorney General Eric Holder.
And what then do we make of this explanation from the DOJ maintaining Holder’s alleged ignorance of the entire matter?
Make no mistake – those two paragraphs indicate cover up.
The question that now remains is whether or not members of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee will be willing to push the investigation hard enough to prove that cover up – or simply let Eric Holder continue on in his role as the ultimate firewall for all the deceptions that exist within the Obama administration.
Friday night saw yet again the Obama Department of Justice releasing hundreds of pages of Fast and Furious-related material just prior to next week’s scheduled hearing before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee.
One thing is rather interesting about these repeated document releases from within the DOJ – how can there be so many pages of material on an operation that to this day Obama Attorney General Eric Holder maintains he knew little to nothing about?
Ponder that for just a moment.
Second, this more recent assortment of in-house emails being released appear to inextricably tie Eric Holder’s second-in-command at the Department of Justice – Lanny Breuer. It seems quite unlikely that someone as high ranking as Mr. Breuer would be so involved in something as potentially dangerous as the Fast and Furious gunrunning operation without including Attorney General Eric Holder.
And what then do we make of this explanation from the DOJ maintaining Holder’s alleged ignorance of the entire matter?
Also among the documents are Justice Department emails involving a former top aide to Attorney General Eric Holder. The emails show that then-deputy chief of staff Monty Wilkinson was notified by then-U.S. Attorney Dennis Burke the day after Terry was slain that guns found at the murder scene were connected to an investigation that Burke and Wilkinson had planned to discuss. The emails did not identify the investigation, but it was Operation Fast and Furious.
In a letter to the committee, the Justice Department said that Wilkinson does not recall a follow-up call with Burke and that Wilkinson does not recall discussing this aspect of the matter with the attorney general. According to the letter, the department has been advised that Burke has no recollection of discussing this aspect of the matter with Wilkinson.
In a letter to the committee, the Justice Department said that Wilkinson does not recall a follow-up call with Burke and that Wilkinson does not recall discussing this aspect of the matter with the attorney general. According to the letter, the department has been advised that Burke has no recollection of discussing this aspect of the matter with Wilkinson.
Make no mistake – those two paragraphs indicate cover up.
The question that now remains is whether or not members of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee will be willing to push the investigation hard enough to prove that cover up – or simply let Eric Holder continue on in his role as the ultimate firewall for all the deceptions that exist within the Obama administration.
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="4"]Latest Friday night document dump shows Holder was informed of Fast and Furious connection to Brian Terry’s murder on day border agent died
Attorney General Eric Holder’s Department of Justice dumped documents related to Operation Fast and Furious on congressional officials late Friday night.
Central to this document dump is a series of emails showing Holder was informed of slain Border Patrol agent Brian Terry’s murder on the day it happened – December 15, 2010 – and that he was informed the weapons used to kill Terry were from Fast and Furious on the same day.
An email from one official, whose name has been redacted from the document, to now-former Arizona U.S. Attorney Dennis Burke reads:
“On December 14, 2010, a BORTAC agent working in the Nogales, AZ AOR was shot. The agent was conducting Border Patrol operations 18 miles north of the international boundary when he encountered [redacted word] unidentified subjects. Shots were exchanged resulting in the agent being shot. At this time, the agent is being transported to an area where he can be air lifted to an emergency medical center.”
That email was sent at 2:31 a.m. on the day Terry was shot. One hour later, a follow-up email read: “Our agent has passed away.”
Burke forwarded those two emails to Holder’s then-deputy chief of staff Monty Wilkinson later that morning, adding that the incident was “not good” because it happened “18 miles w/in” the border.
Wilkinson responded to Burke shortly thereafter and said the incident was “tragic.” “I’ve alerted the AG [Holder], the Acting DAG, Lisa, etc.”
Then, later that day, Burke followed up with Wilkinson after Burke discovered from officials whose names are redacted that the guns used to kill Terry were from Fast and Furious. “The guns found in the desert near the murder BP officer connect back to the investigation we were going to talk about – they were AK-47s purchased at a Phoenix gun store,” Burke wrote to Wilkinson.
“I’ll call tomorrow,” Wilkinson responded.
This is hardly the first time new evidence has come out that directly contradicts Holder’s congressional testimony. These new emails are written evidence that Holder was aware of Fast and Furious about five months before he testified in Congress that he had only learned of the gunwalking program a “few weeks” before a May 3, 2011, House Judiciary Committee appearance.
Holder has since walked back that “few weeks” comment, amending it to more of a “couple months.”
“I did say a ‘few weeks,’” Holder said during a November 8 Senate Judiciary Committee hearing, responding to a question from its chairman Vermont Democratic Sen. Patrick Leahy. “I probably could’ve said ‘a couple of months.’ I didn’t think the term I said, ‘few weeks,’ was inaccurate based on what happened."
There have also been a series of documents containing the intimate details of Fast and Furious that were sent to Holder all throughout 2010 from several of his senior aides.
Holder claims he did not read his memos.
Holder will be appearing before the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform next Thursday, Feb. 2. Though Holder has already testified before Congress three times about matters relating to Fast and Furious — twice before the House Judiciary Committee and once before the Senate Judiciary Committee — this is the first time the House oversight committee will have an opportunity to question Holder himself.
“The Judiciary Committee has multiple issues with the Attorney General,” House oversight committee chairman Rep. Darrell Issa said in an exclusive interview with The Daily Caller last week. “We have one issue: the issue of breaking the law in order to enforce the law.”
“The oversight committee is investigating the Department of Justice, which is very different than his appearances before the Judiciary Committees in which they’re asking how things are going at Justice. What we’ve discovered in our investigations is a pattern of cover-up and delay. Ultimately Congress was given false information and now we’ve had people both resign and take the Fifth as we try to get to the basic elements of why and how was Congress lied to.”
A total of 103 members of the House have called for Holder’s resignation or firing, expressed “no confidence” in Holder via a formal House Resolution, or both. Two sitting governors, two U.S. senators and all the major Republican presidential candidates join those 103 congressmen in not trusting Holder. Many of those who have called for Holder’s resignation have pointed out that Holder claiming that he didn’t read his memos is a sign that he’s admitting incompetence to avoid charges of corruption.
Attorney General Eric Holder’s Department of Justice dumped documents related to Operation Fast and Furious on congressional officials late Friday night.
Central to this document dump is a series of emails showing Holder was informed of slain Border Patrol agent Brian Terry’s murder on the day it happened – December 15, 2010 – and that he was informed the weapons used to kill Terry were from Fast and Furious on the same day.
An email from one official, whose name has been redacted from the document, to now-former Arizona U.S. Attorney Dennis Burke reads:
“On December 14, 2010, a BORTAC agent working in the Nogales, AZ AOR was shot. The agent was conducting Border Patrol operations 18 miles north of the international boundary when he encountered [redacted word] unidentified subjects. Shots were exchanged resulting in the agent being shot. At this time, the agent is being transported to an area where he can be air lifted to an emergency medical center.”
That email was sent at 2:31 a.m. on the day Terry was shot. One hour later, a follow-up email read: “Our agent has passed away.”
Burke forwarded those two emails to Holder’s then-deputy chief of staff Monty Wilkinson later that morning, adding that the incident was “not good” because it happened “18 miles w/in” the border.
Wilkinson responded to Burke shortly thereafter and said the incident was “tragic.” “I’ve alerted the AG [Holder], the Acting DAG, Lisa, etc.”
Then, later that day, Burke followed up with Wilkinson after Burke discovered from officials whose names are redacted that the guns used to kill Terry were from Fast and Furious. “The guns found in the desert near the murder BP officer connect back to the investigation we were going to talk about – they were AK-47s purchased at a Phoenix gun store,” Burke wrote to Wilkinson.
“I’ll call tomorrow,” Wilkinson responded.
This is hardly the first time new evidence has come out that directly contradicts Holder’s congressional testimony. These new emails are written evidence that Holder was aware of Fast and Furious about five months before he testified in Congress that he had only learned of the gunwalking program a “few weeks” before a May 3, 2011, House Judiciary Committee appearance.
Holder has since walked back that “few weeks” comment, amending it to more of a “couple months.”
“I did say a ‘few weeks,’” Holder said during a November 8 Senate Judiciary Committee hearing, responding to a question from its chairman Vermont Democratic Sen. Patrick Leahy. “I probably could’ve said ‘a couple of months.’ I didn’t think the term I said, ‘few weeks,’ was inaccurate based on what happened."
There have also been a series of documents containing the intimate details of Fast and Furious that were sent to Holder all throughout 2010 from several of his senior aides.
Holder claims he did not read his memos.
Holder will be appearing before the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform next Thursday, Feb. 2. Though Holder has already testified before Congress three times about matters relating to Fast and Furious — twice before the House Judiciary Committee and once before the Senate Judiciary Committee — this is the first time the House oversight committee will have an opportunity to question Holder himself.
“The Judiciary Committee has multiple issues with the Attorney General,” House oversight committee chairman Rep. Darrell Issa said in an exclusive interview with The Daily Caller last week. “We have one issue: the issue of breaking the law in order to enforce the law.”
“The oversight committee is investigating the Department of Justice, which is very different than his appearances before the Judiciary Committees in which they’re asking how things are going at Justice. What we’ve discovered in our investigations is a pattern of cover-up and delay. Ultimately Congress was given false information and now we’ve had people both resign and take the Fifth as we try to get to the basic elements of why and how was Congress lied to.”
A total of 103 members of the House have called for Holder’s resignation or firing, expressed “no confidence” in Holder via a formal House Resolution, or both. Two sitting governors, two U.S. senators and all the major Republican presidential candidates join those 103 congressmen in not trusting Holder. Many of those who have called for Holder’s resignation have pointed out that Holder claiming that he didn’t read his memos is a sign that he’s admitting incompetence to avoid charges of corruption.
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I can't remember,
My brain's in a blender,
And don't blame my race/gender...
It's like JELLO™!
I can't remember,
My brain's in a blender,
And don't blame my race/gender...
It's like JELLO™!
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Border Congressmen Brian Bilbray (R-CA), Paul Gosar (R-AZ), and Ted Poe (R-TX) are all in agreement that either Eric Holder is an incompetent attorney general because he did not know what was happening, or he knew and is trying to stonewall Congress and cover up the investigation. It appears that it is the latter, since those in charge of the botched operation have been reassigned or promoted with their pensions intact while the ATF whistle-blowers face isolation, retaliation, and transfer. Bilbray angrily stated, "Retaliation against the whistle-blowers is illegal. This is just another case where Holder believes in employee rights unless it is an employee that is blowing the whistle on something this administration has done. This is suspicious conduct which has the effect of silencing people who give information and promoting those who he knows was involved."
The congressmen want Americans to observe how Holder answers their questions. He never has the attitude that "the buck stops here," never takes responsibility, and is definitely not transparent. According to Gosar, when responding to the Senate and House Committees during his testimony, Holder carefully worded his answer: '"I think we've been pretty accurate and truthful.' I don't want we. I want Mr. Holder to take accountability. Holder impugned the sovereignty of another country, impugned the safety of both countries' citizens, and impugned the rule of law."
Congressman Poe concurs and wants the committees to receive all the information, including texts and e-mails, about what the DOJ knew regarding "Fast and Furious." For example, Assistant Attorney General Lanny Brewer testified and sent a letter to the committees that he did not know about the operation. American Thinker was told of evidence that he transferred from his government BlackBerry to his personal BlackBerry -- documents showing that he was involved. As of yet, Holder has not fired Brewer or put him on administrative leave.
Since the attorney general "does not have the ability to enforce the laws of this country equitably, fairly, and judiciously," Gosar has a resolution declaring a vote of no confidence in Eric Holder. Bilbray expects that the next time Holder comes before Congress, he will be declared a hostile witness since his approach is "adversarial rather than cooperative. Holder has made a concerted effort to try to imply the border is under control by hiding as much information as the DOJ thinks they can get away with."
Holder is also taking away states' sovereignty through various lawsuits. The AG took legal action against Arizona, arguing that federal law trumps states' rights. The DOJ has filed a brief opposing the state's proof-of-citizenship requirement to vote, suing over the legality of SB 1070, pursuing attrition, and questioning the E-Verify provision, which the Supreme Court ruled was legal. Other states being sued over their illegal immigration laws include Alabama, South Carolina, and Georgia. An interesting point made in Arizona Governor Jan Brewer's book, Scorpions for Breakfast, is that Congressman Poe had Holder and Homeland Security's Janet Napolitano admit, under oath, that they had not read the bill. Brewer quotes the congressman as saying, "It's ten pages. It's a lot shorter than the health-care bill, which was 2,000 pages long[.]" The governor directly commented to American Thinker in an earlier interview that "[e]ven though they have not read the bill they are criticizing it. Isn't it outrageous? And for them to admit it! Eric Holder, Janet Napolitano, with the support of the president of the U.S., acted like they knew all about it. They took everything out of context." Congressman Poe also directly commented on this incident, stating, "Last year as he was suing the people of Arizona over their immigration law, I asked him about it. He was making comments about the law before he had read it -- this coming from America's chief law enforcement officer."
There are also the lawsuits that are attempting to block states from implementing voter ID laws. The DOJ refused to give states such as South Carolina and Texas, which are covered under section 5 of the Voting Rights Act, clearance for their voter ID laws. All states that want to or have enacted these laws are doing it to preserve the integrity of its electoral process, yet, as Congressman Poe believes, "Holder's interpretation of the law undermines the Constitution, and the attorney general is motivated by politics, not by equal justice under the law. He is fulfilling a political agenda." Because voter fraud is such an important issue, especially with the 2012 election coming up, it will be further examined in a future article.
This vendetta against the states shows that Holder is lawsuit-happy. He is trying to use the power of the federal government to squash the Tenth Amendment, turning the Justice Department into a political machine. His decisions appear to be based on politics rather than on non-partisan objectivity.
There is also the vendetta against the CIA, causing a risk-averse reaction by the agency. Many in the CIA believe that because of Holder, it is not legal opinions that determine policy, but elections. In 2009, Holder decided to appoint a special prosecutor to investigate supposed abuses by CIA operatives in which some cases are still pending. As a former CIA official commented, "[h]ow can Holder be disgusted by what we did? Even non-physical interrogation is not a pretty thing to watch. We have been very successful in preventing future attacks. This re-opening smacks of double jeopardy. These cases were already examined by the DOJ and have been the subject [to] congressional oversight. Besides, there was the release in 2009 of the CIA interrogation memos despite objections from CIA officials[,] and [those were] described in the Wall Street Journal as 'a victory for Attorney General Eric Holder[.]'"
Holder's agenda includes closing Guantánamo Bay, allowing terrorists to be Mirandized, and trying the terrorists in a federal court. By Mirandizing them, actionable intelligence is lost, since the terrorist has the option of remaining silent. The administration will not have to close Gitmo if it follows a policy of releasing terrorists. Take for example the idea to hand over some of these terrorists to the Taliban in exchange for the Taliban coming to the negotiating table. Congressman Rooney (R-FLA) believes that "there is a reason why they are still at Gitmo. These guys have targeted and killed U.S. personnel, prevented girls from attending school in Afghanistan, and stoned women for adultery. To release these really bad guys is absurd." What is more absurd is that Holder did not attempt to try them in a military commission for the atrocities they committed against the U.S. military.
There was also Holder's attempt to try major al-Qaeda leaders such as Khalid Sheikh Mohammed in federal court. Michael Hayden, the former CIA director, correctly commented, "You have major figures like Attorney General Holder wanting to do it in this venue to showcase our justice system. Yet, they talk about guilt being evident. This is at the beginning of a process in which KSM is presumed innocent. Oh, by the way, if he is declared innocent, what are we going to do with him? We have already made it clear we are never going to release him."
What Holder has done well is his due diligence in investigating what happened to CIA officials in 2010. Journalists were provided information about CIA officers who then gave that information to the Guantánamo terrorist defense team. After taking pictures of the CIA operatives, the defense team showed the photos to the terrorists at Gitmo, putting the CIA officers at increased risk. Many former CIA officials agree with the chairman of the Homeland Security Committee, Congressman Peter King (R-NY), that the DOJ and Eric Holder should name the journalists who received the leaks as well as identify the lawyers who showed the pictures to the terrorists since this incident involves more than "criminal legal liability. There is the big question of moral culpability for these journalists and lawyers[.] ... The Department of Justice will not have fully discharged its duties until it publicly identifies the journalists and criminal defense lawyers involved."
As the most important law enforcement officer in the land, Attorney General Eric Holder makes partisan decisions. He has exclusively chosen the laws he wants to uphold and has quietly looked the other way when other laws needed to be enforced. It appears that Eric Holder as attorney general has used his office as a political tool for the Democratic base, and the only way to stop him is to make sure President Obama is not re-elected in 2012.
Read more: http://www.americanthinker.com/2012/01/why_eric_holder_must_go.html#ixzz1kqvlof1k
The congressmen want Americans to observe how Holder answers their questions. He never has the attitude that "the buck stops here," never takes responsibility, and is definitely not transparent. According to Gosar, when responding to the Senate and House Committees during his testimony, Holder carefully worded his answer: '"I think we've been pretty accurate and truthful.' I don't want we. I want Mr. Holder to take accountability. Holder impugned the sovereignty of another country, impugned the safety of both countries' citizens, and impugned the rule of law."
Congressman Poe concurs and wants the committees to receive all the information, including texts and e-mails, about what the DOJ knew regarding "Fast and Furious." For example, Assistant Attorney General Lanny Brewer testified and sent a letter to the committees that he did not know about the operation. American Thinker was told of evidence that he transferred from his government BlackBerry to his personal BlackBerry -- documents showing that he was involved. As of yet, Holder has not fired Brewer or put him on administrative leave.
Since the attorney general "does not have the ability to enforce the laws of this country equitably, fairly, and judiciously," Gosar has a resolution declaring a vote of no confidence in Eric Holder. Bilbray expects that the next time Holder comes before Congress, he will be declared a hostile witness since his approach is "adversarial rather than cooperative. Holder has made a concerted effort to try to imply the border is under control by hiding as much information as the DOJ thinks they can get away with."
Holder is also taking away states' sovereignty through various lawsuits. The AG took legal action against Arizona, arguing that federal law trumps states' rights. The DOJ has filed a brief opposing the state's proof-of-citizenship requirement to vote, suing over the legality of SB 1070, pursuing attrition, and questioning the E-Verify provision, which the Supreme Court ruled was legal. Other states being sued over their illegal immigration laws include Alabama, South Carolina, and Georgia. An interesting point made in Arizona Governor Jan Brewer's book, Scorpions for Breakfast, is that Congressman Poe had Holder and Homeland Security's Janet Napolitano admit, under oath, that they had not read the bill. Brewer quotes the congressman as saying, "It's ten pages. It's a lot shorter than the health-care bill, which was 2,000 pages long[.]" The governor directly commented to American Thinker in an earlier interview that "[e]ven though they have not read the bill they are criticizing it. Isn't it outrageous? And for them to admit it! Eric Holder, Janet Napolitano, with the support of the president of the U.S., acted like they knew all about it. They took everything out of context." Congressman Poe also directly commented on this incident, stating, "Last year as he was suing the people of Arizona over their immigration law, I asked him about it. He was making comments about the law before he had read it -- this coming from America's chief law enforcement officer."
There are also the lawsuits that are attempting to block states from implementing voter ID laws. The DOJ refused to give states such as South Carolina and Texas, which are covered under section 5 of the Voting Rights Act, clearance for their voter ID laws. All states that want to or have enacted these laws are doing it to preserve the integrity of its electoral process, yet, as Congressman Poe believes, "Holder's interpretation of the law undermines the Constitution, and the attorney general is motivated by politics, not by equal justice under the law. He is fulfilling a political agenda." Because voter fraud is such an important issue, especially with the 2012 election coming up, it will be further examined in a future article.
This vendetta against the states shows that Holder is lawsuit-happy. He is trying to use the power of the federal government to squash the Tenth Amendment, turning the Justice Department into a political machine. His decisions appear to be based on politics rather than on non-partisan objectivity.
There is also the vendetta against the CIA, causing a risk-averse reaction by the agency. Many in the CIA believe that because of Holder, it is not legal opinions that determine policy, but elections. In 2009, Holder decided to appoint a special prosecutor to investigate supposed abuses by CIA operatives in which some cases are still pending. As a former CIA official commented, "[h]ow can Holder be disgusted by what we did? Even non-physical interrogation is not a pretty thing to watch. We have been very successful in preventing future attacks. This re-opening smacks of double jeopardy. These cases were already examined by the DOJ and have been the subject [to] congressional oversight. Besides, there was the release in 2009 of the CIA interrogation memos despite objections from CIA officials[,] and [those were] described in the Wall Street Journal as 'a victory for Attorney General Eric Holder[.]'"
Holder's agenda includes closing Guantánamo Bay, allowing terrorists to be Mirandized, and trying the terrorists in a federal court. By Mirandizing them, actionable intelligence is lost, since the terrorist has the option of remaining silent. The administration will not have to close Gitmo if it follows a policy of releasing terrorists. Take for example the idea to hand over some of these terrorists to the Taliban in exchange for the Taliban coming to the negotiating table. Congressman Rooney (R-FLA) believes that "there is a reason why they are still at Gitmo. These guys have targeted and killed U.S. personnel, prevented girls from attending school in Afghanistan, and stoned women for adultery. To release these really bad guys is absurd." What is more absurd is that Holder did not attempt to try them in a military commission for the atrocities they committed against the U.S. military.
There was also Holder's attempt to try major al-Qaeda leaders such as Khalid Sheikh Mohammed in federal court. Michael Hayden, the former CIA director, correctly commented, "You have major figures like Attorney General Holder wanting to do it in this venue to showcase our justice system. Yet, they talk about guilt being evident. This is at the beginning of a process in which KSM is presumed innocent. Oh, by the way, if he is declared innocent, what are we going to do with him? We have already made it clear we are never going to release him."
What Holder has done well is his due diligence in investigating what happened to CIA officials in 2010. Journalists were provided information about CIA officers who then gave that information to the Guantánamo terrorist defense team. After taking pictures of the CIA operatives, the defense team showed the photos to the terrorists at Gitmo, putting the CIA officers at increased risk. Many former CIA officials agree with the chairman of the Homeland Security Committee, Congressman Peter King (R-NY), that the DOJ and Eric Holder should name the journalists who received the leaks as well as identify the lawyers who showed the pictures to the terrorists since this incident involves more than "criminal legal liability. There is the big question of moral culpability for these journalists and lawyers[.] ... The Department of Justice will not have fully discharged its duties until it publicly identifies the journalists and criminal defense lawyers involved."
As the most important law enforcement officer in the land, Attorney General Eric Holder makes partisan decisions. He has exclusively chosen the laws he wants to uphold and has quietly looked the other way when other laws needed to be enforced. It appears that Eric Holder as attorney general has used his office as a political tool for the Democratic base, and the only way to stop him is to make sure President Obama is not re-elected in 2012.
Read more: http://www.americanthinker.com/2012/01/why_eric_holder_must_go.html#ixzz1kqvlof1k
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Just Released DOJ Docs Prove Holder Lied To Congress
Recent Fox News report regarding the most recent Friday Night Document Dump from the Obama Department of Justice counters Eric Holder’s repeated assertion to Congress that he did not know of the Fast and Furious operation until long after the events surrounding the death of U.S. Border Agent Brian Terry.
According to the Fox report – Attorney General Holder knew that Fast and Furious weapons were found at the scene of Agent Terry’s killing THE DAY IT HAPPENED. This is in direct contradiction to testimony Holder gave Congress which indicated he did not know of Fast and Furious until weeks after Brian Terry’s death:
This knowledge will add yet more fuel to the investigative fire that will encircle Eric Holder as he comes before Congress yet again this week to testify to the failed and deadly Fast and Furious gunrunning operation that not only resulted in the death of Agent Terry, but hundreds more civilians living in Mexico.
Dumped ‘Fast & Furious’ Docs Contradict Sworn Holder Testimony
Attorney General Eric Holder’s Department of Justice dumped documents related to Operation Fast and Furious on congressional officials late Friday night. Central to this document dump is a series of emails showing Holder was informed of slain Border Patrol agent Brian Terry’s murder on the day it happened – December 15, 2010 – and that he was informed the weapons used to kill Terry were from Fast and Furious on the same day.
http://nation.foxnews.com/fast-and-...ntradict-sworn-holder-testimony#ixzz1kxJdjO6x
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Recent Fox News report regarding the most recent Friday Night Document Dump from the Obama Department of Justice counters Eric Holder’s repeated assertion to Congress that he did not know of the Fast and Furious operation until long after the events surrounding the death of U.S. Border Agent Brian Terry.
According to the Fox report – Attorney General Holder knew that Fast and Furious weapons were found at the scene of Agent Terry’s killing THE DAY IT HAPPENED. This is in direct contradiction to testimony Holder gave Congress which indicated he did not know of Fast and Furious until weeks after Brian Terry’s death:
Attorney General Eric Holder’s Department of Justice dumped documents related to Operation Fast and Furious on congressional officials late Friday night. Central to this document dump is a series of emails showing Holder was informed of slain Border Patrol agent Brian Terry’s murder on the day it happened – December 15, 2010 – and that he was informed the weapons used to kill Terry were from Fast and Furious on the same day.
This knowledge will add yet more fuel to the investigative fire that will encircle Eric Holder as he comes before Congress yet again this week to testify to the failed and deadly Fast and Furious gunrunning operation that not only resulted in the death of Agent Terry, but hundreds more civilians living in Mexico.
Dumped ‘Fast & Furious’ Docs Contradict Sworn Holder Testimony
Attorney General Eric Holder’s Department of Justice dumped documents related to Operation Fast and Furious on congressional officials late Friday night. Central to this document dump is a series of emails showing Holder was informed of slain Border Patrol agent Brian Terry’s murder on the day it happened – December 15, 2010 – and that he was informed the weapons used to kill Terry were from Fast and Furious on the same day.
http://nation.foxnews.com/fast-and-...ntradict-sworn-holder-testimony#ixzz1kxJdjO6x
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Obama DOJ Goes Silent Regarding When Holder Knew of Fast and Furious And Agent Terry Death
Not so long ago Eric Holder repeated over and over again how his department was “fully cooperating” with the ongoing investigation into the deadly Fast and Furious gunrunning program.
Following last Friday’s document dump that linked Attorney General Holder with direct knowledge of the death of U.S. Border Agent Brian Terry to weapons the Obama government had sold into the hands of known and highly dangerous criminals, the Obama Department of Justice has gone into “No Comment” mode regarding what Holder knew and when. According to a recent Daily Caller report, repeated attempts to get a response from DOJ officials has met with nothing more than absolute silence.
Are we to believe that the Deputy Chief of Staff for Eric Holder said nothing to the Attorney General regarding a situation of such importance and potential implications as was told to them that day?
No way.
Which of course means Eric Holder lied – repeatedly, to Congress regarding when and what he knew concerning Fast and Furious.
Eric Holder quite likely informed President Obama himself in the Fast and Furious debacle soon after Agent Terry’s killing. Time will tell if the lies and cover-ups are now not only surrounding the Obama Department of Justice – but the Obama White House as well.
Not so long ago Eric Holder repeated over and over again how his department was “fully cooperating” with the ongoing investigation into the deadly Fast and Furious gunrunning program.
Following last Friday’s document dump that linked Attorney General Holder with direct knowledge of the death of U.S. Border Agent Brian Terry to weapons the Obama government had sold into the hands of known and highly dangerous criminals, the Obama Department of Justice has gone into “No Comment” mode regarding what Holder knew and when. According to a recent Daily Caller report, repeated attempts to get a response from DOJ officials has met with nothing more than absolute silence.
DOJ dodges, won’t say if Holder knew ‘Fast and Furious’ gun killed border guard
A document the Department of Justice sent to Congress Friday shows that Eric Holder’s deputy chief of staff was made aware on the day of U.S. border Patrol Agent Brian Terry’s murder that a weapon traced back to Operation Fast and Furious killed him. But when asked Sunday, a Justice spokesperson would not would not answer The Daily Caller’s question about whether Attorney General Eric Holder himself was informed of the connection on that day.
The documents sent from the DOJ to congressional officials Friday night included a series of emails between former Arizona U.S. Attorney Dennis Burke and Holder’s then-deputy chief of staff Monty Wilkinson. Those emails show Wilkinson, a senior Holder aide, knew on December 15, 2010 — the day Terry was killed – that the weapons used to murder him were provided to a Mexican gang by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.
On that day, records show, Burke wrote to Wilkinson that “[t]he guns found in the desert near the murder[ed] BP officer connect back to the investigation we were going to talk about – they were AK-47s purchased at a Phoenix gun store.”
The emails also show that Wilkinson “alerted” Holder of Terry’s death on that day. They do not, however, show whether he told Holder that Operation Fast and Furious had provided Terry’s killer with the means to murder him.
Reached by The Daily Caller on Sunday, DOJ spokeswoman Tracy Schmaler would not give a yes-or-no answer to the question of whether Wilkinson told Holder, his superior, about the connection between the gunwalking scheme and Terry’s murder.
Instead, Schmaler pointed to a letter Assistant Attorney General Ronald Weich sent to Congress Friday with the documents. In that letter, Weich wrote only that Wilkinson “does not recall” whether or not he informed Holder. Weich added that the DOJ has been “advised” that Burke similarly has “no recollection” of discussing these details with Wilkinson in the first place.
Over the course of an email conversation Sunday lasting more than two hours, Schmaler declined to answer whether Holder was informed. She did, however, agree that it’s “absolutely not unreasonable to ask” that question of Holder.
Iowa Republican Sen. Chuck Grassley, who has led the congressional investigation into Operation Fast and Furious along with House oversight committee chairman Rep. Darrell Issa, said in a tweet Saturday that the documents DOJ released Friday “clearly show Holder[']s people knew” about the gunwalking initiative before Grassley opened his investigation – and that the DOJ “lied” to Congress.
A document the Department of Justice sent to Congress Friday shows that Eric Holder’s deputy chief of staff was made aware on the day of U.S. border Patrol Agent Brian Terry’s murder that a weapon traced back to Operation Fast and Furious killed him. But when asked Sunday, a Justice spokesperson would not would not answer The Daily Caller’s question about whether Attorney General Eric Holder himself was informed of the connection on that day.
The documents sent from the DOJ to congressional officials Friday night included a series of emails between former Arizona U.S. Attorney Dennis Burke and Holder’s then-deputy chief of staff Monty Wilkinson. Those emails show Wilkinson, a senior Holder aide, knew on December 15, 2010 — the day Terry was killed – that the weapons used to murder him were provided to a Mexican gang by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.
On that day, records show, Burke wrote to Wilkinson that “[t]he guns found in the desert near the murder[ed] BP officer connect back to the investigation we were going to talk about – they were AK-47s purchased at a Phoenix gun store.”
The emails also show that Wilkinson “alerted” Holder of Terry’s death on that day. They do not, however, show whether he told Holder that Operation Fast and Furious had provided Terry’s killer with the means to murder him.
Reached by The Daily Caller on Sunday, DOJ spokeswoman Tracy Schmaler would not give a yes-or-no answer to the question of whether Wilkinson told Holder, his superior, about the connection between the gunwalking scheme and Terry’s murder.
Instead, Schmaler pointed to a letter Assistant Attorney General Ronald Weich sent to Congress Friday with the documents. In that letter, Weich wrote only that Wilkinson “does not recall” whether or not he informed Holder. Weich added that the DOJ has been “advised” that Burke similarly has “no recollection” of discussing these details with Wilkinson in the first place.
Over the course of an email conversation Sunday lasting more than two hours, Schmaler declined to answer whether Holder was informed. She did, however, agree that it’s “absolutely not unreasonable to ask” that question of Holder.
Iowa Republican Sen. Chuck Grassley, who has led the congressional investigation into Operation Fast and Furious along with House oversight committee chairman Rep. Darrell Issa, said in a tweet Saturday that the documents DOJ released Friday “clearly show Holder[']s people knew” about the gunwalking initiative before Grassley opened his investigation – and that the DOJ “lied” to Congress.
Are we to believe that the Deputy Chief of Staff for Eric Holder said nothing to the Attorney General regarding a situation of such importance and potential implications as was told to them that day?
No way.
Which of course means Eric Holder lied – repeatedly, to Congress regarding when and what he knew concerning Fast and Furious.
Eric Holder quite likely informed President Obama himself in the Fast and Furious debacle soon after Agent Terry’s killing. Time will tell if the lies and cover-ups are now not only surrounding the Obama Department of Justice – but the Obama White House as well.
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Fast and Furious: Holder’s Perjury Defense Gets Shaky
To the great annoyance of congressional investigators, Attorney General Eric Holder’s Justice Department has been dragging its feet turning over subpoenaed documents relating to several inquiries – most infamously the “Fast and Furious” gun walking operation, in which American guns were deliberately allowed to fall into the hands of Mexican drug cartel killers.
DOJ has a habit of releasing these subpoenaed documents in massive “dumps” on Friday night, to guarantee minimal media coverage. Last Friday’s dump weighed in at 500 pages, and turned out to contain some very interesting emails sent in the wake of U.S. Border Patrol Agent Brian Terry’s murder. Among the first media outlets to dig out these messages was… National Public Radio:
Uh-oh.
This is very bad news for Attorney General Eric Holder’s perjury defense - which rests on the assertion that he has no idea what’s actually going on at the Justice Department, doesn’t read his email, and was totally out of the loop on Operation Fast and Furious until it became a media sensation. Specifically, Holder told Congress in May 2011 that he “probably heard about Fast and Furious for the first time over the last few weeks.” Later, he changed his mind and said it was more like “a couple of months.”
But here we have emails clearly demonstrating that Holder’s aide, Monty Wilkinson, was fully aware of the Fast and Furious connection to Agent Terry’s murder on December 14, 2010 almost immediately. AND, in fact, states that Holder was notified, "I've alerted the AG, the acting Deputy Attorney General...".
NPR’s summary of the incriminating emails leaves out some very important details, which the Washington Times provides:
Senator Charles Grassley of the Senate Judiciary Committee, one of the leading investigators of the Fast and Furious scandal, said via Twitter that these documents “clearly show Holder’s people knew about gun running days before I opened my investigation, yet they lied.”
Now, in order to maintain his “Sergeant Schultz” defense against perjury, Holder would have to claim that his aide, Wilkinson, never actually briefed him after claiming to have done so, and never passed along any of the Fast and Furious-related details of Terry’s murder.
If Wilkinson is willing to go under the bus for his boss, he might try claiming he was somehow distracted from researching this immensely significant story, after plainly stating he would look into it, and keep Holder up to speed.
Keep in mind that the emails make it absolutely and unambiguously clear that Wilkinson knew weapons found at the scene of Terry’s murder were connected to an investigation he and Burke “were going to talk about.”
It strains credulity that Wilkinson simply lost interest in the Terry murder, which generated a huge amount of DOJ message traffic, and near-panic among the ATF brass running Operation Fast and Furious.
Or, alternatively, Holder would have to claim that Wilkinson dutifully prepared a detailed briefing within a day or two of Terry’s murder, but Holder never bothered to read it.
Burke, by the way, is a key Fast and Furious player who admitted, after resigning, that he leaked a Justice Department memo to the press, in an attempt to discredit whistle-blowing ATF agent John Dodson. To date, he’s pretty much the only person to lose his job because of the Obama Administration’s deadly gun-walking scandal. He just happens to have been the subject of a critical profile in the Arizona Republic this weekend, which pointed out that many observers think he was thrown under the bus to protect his superiors, perhaps including AG Holder:
Curiously, the supporters and detractors agree on one point: They say Burke became a scapegoat to protect higher officials in the Justice Department or White House. Dave Workman, a gun-rights blogger, described Burke as "the chief sacrificial lamb."
Sen. Grassley, in an October statement, said: "Mr. Burke is to be commended, to some extent, for being the only person to resign and take responsibility for the failed operation. Of course, I do not believe he should feel obligated to be the only fall guy."
Phoenix attorney Andy Gordon, a close friend for nearly two decades, said Burke may be loyal to a fault, protecting higher-ups in the Justice Department. "DOJ threw him under the bus. That's my view," Gordon said.
Another friend, attorney Tim Nelson, said: "I don't know the workings of the Obama administration, whether they were looking for a fall guy or what. But it certainly looks that way."
It is difficult to see how Holder could remain in office after making these claims – the man would clearly be a dangerous incompetent whose continued presence posed a clear and present danger to the Justice Department’s operations and accountability. However, if he doesn’t continue his cluelessness defense, he’ll be facing perjury charges.
All of this is sure to come up when Holder makes his next appearance before the House Oversight committee tomorrow. If former U.S. Attorney Dennis Burke really wants to clear his name, this would be a good time to come forward, and tell Congress exactly what he discussed with Holder’s aide, in the hours after Border Patrol Agent Brian Terry’s murder.
Where is ObamaMedia reporting any of this?
To the great annoyance of congressional investigators, Attorney General Eric Holder’s Justice Department has been dragging its feet turning over subpoenaed documents relating to several inquiries – most infamously the “Fast and Furious” gun walking operation, in which American guns were deliberately allowed to fall into the hands of Mexican drug cartel killers.
DOJ has a habit of releasing these subpoenaed documents in massive “dumps” on Friday night, to guarantee minimal media coverage. Last Friday’s dump weighed in at 500 pages, and turned out to contain some very interesting emails sent in the wake of U.S. Border Patrol Agent Brian Terry’s murder. Among the first media outlets to dig out these messages was… National Public Radio:
The email messages show the former top federal prosecutor in Arizona, Dennis Burke, notifying an aide to Holder via email on Dec. 15, 2010 that agent Brian Terry had been wounded and died. "Tragic," responds the aide, Monty Wilkinson. "I've alerted the AG, the acting Deputy Attorney General..."
Only a few minutes later, Wilkinson emailed again, saying, "Please provide any additional details as they become available to you."
Burke then delivered another piece of bad news: "The guns found in the desert near the murder [sic] ... officer connect back to the investigation we were going to talk about — they were AK-47s purchased at a Phoenix gun store."
Only a few minutes later, Wilkinson emailed again, saying, "Please provide any additional details as they become available to you."
Burke then delivered another piece of bad news: "The guns found in the desert near the murder [sic] ... officer connect back to the investigation we were going to talk about — they were AK-47s purchased at a Phoenix gun store."
Uh-oh.
This is very bad news for Attorney General Eric Holder’s perjury defense - which rests on the assertion that he has no idea what’s actually going on at the Justice Department, doesn’t read his email, and was totally out of the loop on Operation Fast and Furious until it became a media sensation. Specifically, Holder told Congress in May 2011 that he “probably heard about Fast and Furious for the first time over the last few weeks.” Later, he changed his mind and said it was more like “a couple of months.”
But here we have emails clearly demonstrating that Holder’s aide, Monty Wilkinson, was fully aware of the Fast and Furious connection to Agent Terry’s murder on December 14, 2010 almost immediately. AND, in fact, states that Holder was notified, "I've alerted the AG, the acting Deputy Attorney General...".
NPR’s summary of the incriminating emails leaves out some very important details, which the Washington Times provides:
The released emails show a conversation between one official, whose name was redacted, and now-former Arizona U.S. Attorney Dennis Burke.
“On December 14, 2010, a BORTAC agent working in the Nogales, AZ AOR was shot. The agent was conducting Border Patrol operations 18 miles north of the international boundary when he encountered [redacted word] unidentified subjects. Shots were exchanged resulting in the agent being shot. At this time, the agent is being transported to an area where he can be air lifted to an emergency medical center,” the email read.
Another email sent an hour later, read: “Our agent has passed away.”
Burke then forwarded those two email to Eric Holder’s then-deputy chief of staff, Monty Wilkinson, adding that the shooting was “not good,” due to the fact that it had happened “18 miles w/in” the United States border.
Wilkinson responded with, “I’ve alerted the AG [Holder], the Acting DAG, Lisa, etc.”
Later that day, Burke sent an email to Wilkinson alerting him that the guns used to kill Brian Terry were weapons from the gunrunning operation, Fast and Furious.
“The guns found in the desert near the murdered BP officer connect back to the investigation we were going to talk about – they were AK-47s purchased at a Phoenix gun store,” Burke wrote to Wilkinson in an email.
“On December 14, 2010, a BORTAC agent working in the Nogales, AZ AOR was shot. The agent was conducting Border Patrol operations 18 miles north of the international boundary when he encountered [redacted word] unidentified subjects. Shots were exchanged resulting in the agent being shot. At this time, the agent is being transported to an area where he can be air lifted to an emergency medical center,” the email read.
Another email sent an hour later, read: “Our agent has passed away.”
Burke then forwarded those two email to Eric Holder’s then-deputy chief of staff, Monty Wilkinson, adding that the shooting was “not good,” due to the fact that it had happened “18 miles w/in” the United States border.
Wilkinson responded with, “I’ve alerted the AG [Holder], the Acting DAG, Lisa, etc.”
Later that day, Burke sent an email to Wilkinson alerting him that the guns used to kill Brian Terry were weapons from the gunrunning operation, Fast and Furious.
“The guns found in the desert near the murdered BP officer connect back to the investigation we were going to talk about – they were AK-47s purchased at a Phoenix gun store,” Burke wrote to Wilkinson in an email.
Senator Charles Grassley of the Senate Judiciary Committee, one of the leading investigators of the Fast and Furious scandal, said via Twitter that these documents “clearly show Holder’s people knew about gun running days before I opened my investigation, yet they lied.”
Now, in order to maintain his “Sergeant Schultz” defense against perjury, Holder would have to claim that his aide, Wilkinson, never actually briefed him after claiming to have done so, and never passed along any of the Fast and Furious-related details of Terry’s murder.
If Wilkinson is willing to go under the bus for his boss, he might try claiming he was somehow distracted from researching this immensely significant story, after plainly stating he would look into it, and keep Holder up to speed.
Keep in mind that the emails make it absolutely and unambiguously clear that Wilkinson knew weapons found at the scene of Terry’s murder were connected to an investigation he and Burke “were going to talk about.”
It strains credulity that Wilkinson simply lost interest in the Terry murder, which generated a huge amount of DOJ message traffic, and near-panic among the ATF brass running Operation Fast and Furious.
Or, alternatively, Holder would have to claim that Wilkinson dutifully prepared a detailed briefing within a day or two of Terry’s murder, but Holder never bothered to read it.
Burke, by the way, is a key Fast and Furious player who admitted, after resigning, that he leaked a Justice Department memo to the press, in an attempt to discredit whistle-blowing ATF agent John Dodson. To date, he’s pretty much the only person to lose his job because of the Obama Administration’s deadly gun-walking scandal. He just happens to have been the subject of a critical profile in the Arizona Republic this weekend, which pointed out that many observers think he was thrown under the bus to protect his superiors, perhaps including AG Holder:
Curiously, the supporters and detractors agree on one point: They say Burke became a scapegoat to protect higher officials in the Justice Department or White House. Dave Workman, a gun-rights blogger, described Burke as "the chief sacrificial lamb."
Sen. Grassley, in an October statement, said: "Mr. Burke is to be commended, to some extent, for being the only person to resign and take responsibility for the failed operation. Of course, I do not believe he should feel obligated to be the only fall guy."
Phoenix attorney Andy Gordon, a close friend for nearly two decades, said Burke may be loyal to a fault, protecting higher-ups in the Justice Department. "DOJ threw him under the bus. That's my view," Gordon said.
Another friend, attorney Tim Nelson, said: "I don't know the workings of the Obama administration, whether they were looking for a fall guy or what. But it certainly looks that way."
It is difficult to see how Holder could remain in office after making these claims – the man would clearly be a dangerous incompetent whose continued presence posed a clear and present danger to the Justice Department’s operations and accountability. However, if he doesn’t continue his cluelessness defense, he’ll be facing perjury charges.
All of this is sure to come up when Holder makes his next appearance before the House Oversight committee tomorrow. If former U.S. Attorney Dennis Burke really wants to clear his name, this would be a good time to come forward, and tell Congress exactly what he discussed with Holder’s aide, in the hours after Border Patrol Agent Brian Terry’s murder.
Where is ObamaMedia reporting any of this?
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"Where is ObamaMedia reporting any of this?"
If they have to, they will launch a proper investigation of the investigators, short of that, ignore seems to be a spectacular success for them and the men they put into power.
If they have to, they will launch a proper investigation of the investigators, short of that, ignore seems to be a spectacular success for them and the men they put into power.
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Bias? What bias?
Maybe one of the loons will make a thread asking for proof of bias...
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Issa threatens Holder with contempt over 'Fast and Furious'
Rep. Darrell Issa threatened to hold Attorney General Eric Holder in contempt of Congress if the nation’s top cop doesn’t hand over Justice Department documents within nine days.
Issa, the chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, blasted Holder in a letter on Tuesday for refusing to comply with the panel’s subpoena for documents relating to the "Operation Fast and Furious" gun-trafficking operation.
“If the department continues to obstruct the congressional inquiry by not providing documents and information, this committee will have no alternative but to move forward with proceedings to hold you in contempt of Congress,” Issa wrote in the letter to Holder.
Issa and Sen. Chuck Grassley, the ranking member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, have repeatedly asked DOJ for documents pertaining to the creation of a letter the department sent to Grassley on Feb. 4, 2011, which stated that it did everything in its power to stop guns from being trafficked across the U.S.-Mexico border.
Testimony from agents involved in Fast and Furious and subsequent documents released by DOJ show that these claims are false. The Department of Justice has since withdrawn the Feb. 4 letter.
Holder, who is scheduled to appear before Issa's committee on Thursday, has told lawmakers that he regrets the use of inaccurate information in the letter but that DOJ was not attempting to intentionally mislead or lie to Congress.
In testimony before the House Judiciary Committee last month, Holder told lawmakers that the department was not planning to give any documents created after Feb. 4, 2011, to Congress, saying that he had taken the unprecedented step and released to Issa’s committee a score of documents prior to Feb. 4 detailing the letter's creation.
Issa accused the Justice Department of trying to “obstruct our investigation and deceive the public” by withholding documents. “Your actions lead us to conclude that the department is actively engaged in a cover-up,” he said in a four-page letter.
Issa pointed to a document that the DOJ released last Friday, which indicated that Assistant Attorney General Lanny Breuer had promoted gun-walking to Mexico on the same day that Assistant Attorney General Ronald Weich wrote to Congress denying that the DOJ had allowed guns to walk. “It is inconceivable that the Department just became aware of this highly damaging document,” writes Issa, pointing out that the Oversight Committee had originally issued a subpoena on Oct. 12, 2011.
Issa outlines certain documents which the DOJ has which has not been provided to the Oversight Committee, and demands their release to the committee by Feb. 9 at 5 p.m.
In Tuesday’s letter to Holder, Issa objected, and demanded to be given a reason for Holder’s refusal to hand over the remaining documents requested under the subpoena — or be held in contempt of Congress.
"Since the department initially misrepresented the facts and misled Congress, it is necessary to investigate the department’s response to our investigation. Your actions lead us to conclude that the department is actively engaged in a cover-up,” wrote Issa.
He continued: “Should you choose to continue to withhold documents pursuant to the subpoena, you must create a detailed privilege log explaining why the department is refusing to produce each document.”
If an official is held in contempt of Congress for a refusal to comply with a subpoena, Issa’s committee can either report a resolution of contempt to the House or move to take the less severe action and cite Holder for contempt.
Operation Fast and Furious was launched by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) in 2009 to try to trace weapons from the United States to Mexican drug cartels by authorizing the sale of guns in the Southwest border region to known and suspected straw purchasers for the cartels.
But ATF agents were often told to abandon their surveillance of the weapons, allowing them — and the straw buyers — to disappear, according to House testimony from numerous agents. The only remaining hope for agents to track the guns was if other agencies found them at crime scenes or during drug raids and identified them by their serial numbers.
Authorities discovered two such weapons, sold under the operation, at the Arizona murder scene of Border Patrol agent Brian Terry. According to testimony, agents in the region are terrified that some of the thousands of guns still at large will be used to kill more innocent people.
Rep. Darrell Issa threatened to hold Attorney General Eric Holder in contempt of Congress if the nation’s top cop doesn’t hand over Justice Department documents within nine days.
Issa, the chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, blasted Holder in a letter on Tuesday for refusing to comply with the panel’s subpoena for documents relating to the "Operation Fast and Furious" gun-trafficking operation.
“If the department continues to obstruct the congressional inquiry by not providing documents and information, this committee will have no alternative but to move forward with proceedings to hold you in contempt of Congress,” Issa wrote in the letter to Holder.
Issa and Sen. Chuck Grassley, the ranking member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, have repeatedly asked DOJ for documents pertaining to the creation of a letter the department sent to Grassley on Feb. 4, 2011, which stated that it did everything in its power to stop guns from being trafficked across the U.S.-Mexico border.
Testimony from agents involved in Fast and Furious and subsequent documents released by DOJ show that these claims are false. The Department of Justice has since withdrawn the Feb. 4 letter.
Holder, who is scheduled to appear before Issa's committee on Thursday, has told lawmakers that he regrets the use of inaccurate information in the letter but that DOJ was not attempting to intentionally mislead or lie to Congress.
In testimony before the House Judiciary Committee last month, Holder told lawmakers that the department was not planning to give any documents created after Feb. 4, 2011, to Congress, saying that he had taken the unprecedented step and released to Issa’s committee a score of documents prior to Feb. 4 detailing the letter's creation.
Issa accused the Justice Department of trying to “obstruct our investigation and deceive the public” by withholding documents. “Your actions lead us to conclude that the department is actively engaged in a cover-up,” he said in a four-page letter.
Issa pointed to a document that the DOJ released last Friday, which indicated that Assistant Attorney General Lanny Breuer had promoted gun-walking to Mexico on the same day that Assistant Attorney General Ronald Weich wrote to Congress denying that the DOJ had allowed guns to walk. “It is inconceivable that the Department just became aware of this highly damaging document,” writes Issa, pointing out that the Oversight Committee had originally issued a subpoena on Oct. 12, 2011.
Issa outlines certain documents which the DOJ has which has not been provided to the Oversight Committee, and demands their release to the committee by Feb. 9 at 5 p.m.
In Tuesday’s letter to Holder, Issa objected, and demanded to be given a reason for Holder’s refusal to hand over the remaining documents requested under the subpoena — or be held in contempt of Congress.
"Since the department initially misrepresented the facts and misled Congress, it is necessary to investigate the department’s response to our investigation. Your actions lead us to conclude that the department is actively engaged in a cover-up,” wrote Issa.
He continued: “Should you choose to continue to withhold documents pursuant to the subpoena, you must create a detailed privilege log explaining why the department is refusing to produce each document.”
If an official is held in contempt of Congress for a refusal to comply with a subpoena, Issa’s committee can either report a resolution of contempt to the House or move to take the less severe action and cite Holder for contempt.
Operation Fast and Furious was launched by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) in 2009 to try to trace weapons from the United States to Mexican drug cartels by authorizing the sale of guns in the Southwest border region to known and suspected straw purchasers for the cartels.
But ATF agents were often told to abandon their surveillance of the weapons, allowing them — and the straw buyers — to disappear, according to House testimony from numerous agents. The only remaining hope for agents to track the guns was if other agencies found them at crime scenes or during drug raids and identified them by their serial numbers.
Authorities discovered two such weapons, sold under the operation, at the Arizona murder scene of Border Patrol agent Brian Terry. According to testimony, agents in the region are terrified that some of the thousands of guns still at large will be used to kill more innocent people.
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Eric Holder's False Testimony Warrants Impeachment
Scandal: For incompetence alone, Attorney General Eric Holder should resign in the wake of the illegal "Fast and Furious" gunrunning scandal. But fresh news that he knew of it and is covering it up warrants impeachment.
In the latest Friday night document dump — news released as to minimize its scandalous impact on the White House — congressional investigators learned that Attorney General Holder knew all along that a gun his Justice Department intentionally let fall into the hands of Mexico's cartels was used to murder U.S. Border Patrol agent Brian Terry on Dec. 15, 2010.
Holder must have known right away because his Deputy Chief of Staff Monty Wilkinson received an email from then-Arizona U.S. Attorney General Dennis Burke telling him just that: "The guns found in the desert near the murder(ed) BP officer connect back to the investigation we were going to talk about — they were AK-47s purchased at a Phoenix gun store."
According to the Daily Caller, the emails also showed that Wilkinson then "alerted" Holder about the killing of the U.S. agent.
Since then, Wilkinson has taken the Fifth in congressional testimony and told investigators, "I don't recall," while the Justice Department on Monday declined to give any answer to the press about what Holder knew and when he knew it.
This is classic coverup behavior — late-night document dumps, officials taking the Fifth, "I don't recall" excuses — the likes of which we haven't seen since the Nixon and Clinton years.
Along with the false testimony that Holder gave last year to congressional investigators including Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Calif., and Sen. Charles Grassley, R-Iowa, this never-ending case can only get worse as the damning evidence piles up.
It leaves one question: How far does this have to go before the Obama administration decides Holder should be held accountable? Holder should resign his office immediately because the drip, drip, drip of evidence suggesting he knew all along is grounds enough.
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Instead, Holder's gotten more evasive as his involvement grows ever more obvious. That in turn is creating a growing sense that culpability and complicity for Fast and Furious extends a lot further up the chain of command than Holder.
That's serious stuff, no matter where the buck stops.
Operation Fast and Furious was a Frankenstein-like government operation that deputized the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives to pressure U.S. gun dealers to sell weapons to suspected Mexican cartel operatives and their surrogates.
The idea nominally was to "trace" where the guns went. But in reality, it was meant to raise public support for gun control as the violence in Mexico, fueled by U.S. guns, boiled over.
As a result, more than 2,000 U.S. weapons were permitted to flow unchecked into the hands of Mexico's seven deadly cartels. Not surprisingly, they didn't just turn these guns on each other, but on innocent bystanders in that country and right back over the border to targets in the U.S.
The Mexican government, fighting for its life against these monsters, had no knowledge of the operation and has very reasonably demanded an apology.
But worst of all, the weapons were used to kill U.S. lawmen — not just Terry, whose case was named in the documents, but quite possibly ICE agent Jaime Zapata, who was killed by cartels in Mexico shortly thereafter.
Do the ends justify the means here? Did Holder and his White House masters really think it was worth losing a few U.S. lawmen if it meant gaining public support for the idea of gun control in the U.S.? Are they that politically venal?
Unfortunately, the failure of the White House to hold anyone accountable points to just such a conclusion. Either Holder should resign or be impeached, or someone in the White House should. Either way, Fast and Furious is a criminal disgrace.
Scandal: For incompetence alone, Attorney General Eric Holder should resign in the wake of the illegal "Fast and Furious" gunrunning scandal. But fresh news that he knew of it and is covering it up warrants impeachment.
In the latest Friday night document dump — news released as to minimize its scandalous impact on the White House — congressional investigators learned that Attorney General Holder knew all along that a gun his Justice Department intentionally let fall into the hands of Mexico's cartels was used to murder U.S. Border Patrol agent Brian Terry on Dec. 15, 2010.
Holder must have known right away because his Deputy Chief of Staff Monty Wilkinson received an email from then-Arizona U.S. Attorney General Dennis Burke telling him just that: "The guns found in the desert near the murder(ed) BP officer connect back to the investigation we were going to talk about — they were AK-47s purchased at a Phoenix gun store."
According to the Daily Caller, the emails also showed that Wilkinson then "alerted" Holder about the killing of the U.S. agent.
Since then, Wilkinson has taken the Fifth in congressional testimony and told investigators, "I don't recall," while the Justice Department on Monday declined to give any answer to the press about what Holder knew and when he knew it.
This is classic coverup behavior — late-night document dumps, officials taking the Fifth, "I don't recall" excuses — the likes of which we haven't seen since the Nixon and Clinton years.
Along with the false testimony that Holder gave last year to congressional investigators including Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Calif., and Sen. Charles Grassley, R-Iowa, this never-ending case can only get worse as the damning evidence piles up.
It leaves one question: How far does this have to go before the Obama administration decides Holder should be held accountable? Holder should resign his office immediately because the drip, drip, drip of evidence suggesting he knew all along is grounds enough.
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Instead, Holder's gotten more evasive as his involvement grows ever more obvious. That in turn is creating a growing sense that culpability and complicity for Fast and Furious extends a lot further up the chain of command than Holder.
That's serious stuff, no matter where the buck stops.
Operation Fast and Furious was a Frankenstein-like government operation that deputized the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives to pressure U.S. gun dealers to sell weapons to suspected Mexican cartel operatives and their surrogates.
The idea nominally was to "trace" where the guns went. But in reality, it was meant to raise public support for gun control as the violence in Mexico, fueled by U.S. guns, boiled over.
As a result, more than 2,000 U.S. weapons were permitted to flow unchecked into the hands of Mexico's seven deadly cartels. Not surprisingly, they didn't just turn these guns on each other, but on innocent bystanders in that country and right back over the border to targets in the U.S.
The Mexican government, fighting for its life against these monsters, had no knowledge of the operation and has very reasonably demanded an apology.
But worst of all, the weapons were used to kill U.S. lawmen — not just Terry, whose case was named in the documents, but quite possibly ICE agent Jaime Zapata, who was killed by cartels in Mexico shortly thereafter.
Do the ends justify the means here? Did Holder and his White House masters really think it was worth losing a few U.S. lawmen if it meant gaining public support for the idea of gun control in the U.S.? Are they that politically venal?
Unfortunately, the failure of the White House to hold anyone accountable points to just such a conclusion. Either Holder should resign or be impeached, or someone in the White House should. Either way, Fast and Furious is a criminal disgrace.
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