"Fast And Furious/Gunwalker" mega-thread... was: ATF director expected to resign...

Issa just HAMMERED Holder.

Dear Attorney General Holder:

From the beginning of the congressional investigation into Operation Fast and Furious, the Department of Justice has offered a roving set of ever-changing explanations to justify its involvement in this reckless and deadly program. These defenses have been aimed at undermining the investigation. From the start, the Department insisted that no wrongdoing had occurred and asked Senator Grassley and me to defer our oversight responsibilities over its concerns about our purported interference with its ongoing criminal investigations. Additionally, the Department steadfastly insisted that gunwalking did not occur.

Once documentary and testimonial evidence strongly contradicted these claims, the Department attempted to limit the fallout from Fast and Furious to the Phoenix Field Division of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF). When that effort also proved unsuccessful, the Department next argued that Fast and Furious resided only within ATF itself, before eventually also assigning blame to the U.S. Attorney's Office in Arizona. All of these efforts were designed to circle the wagons around DOJ and its political appointees.

To that end, just last month, you claimed that Fast and Furious did not reach the upper levels of the Justice Department. Documents discovered through the course of the investigation, however, have proved each and every one of these claims advanced by the Department to be untrue. It appears your latest defense has reached a new low. Incredibly, in your letter from Friday you now claim that you were unaware of Fast and Furious because your staff failed to inform you of information contained in memos that were specifically addressed to you. At best, this indicates negligence and incompetence in your duties as Attorney General. At worst, it places your credibility into serious doubt.
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Holder to hold a news conference today at 2. Should be interesting to see how much his nose grows during this. [thinking]

ETA:
Chit, looks like it's going to have to do with a "foiled terror plot". When FOX first announced it they thought it was going to have something to do with F&F. [hmmm]
 
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Bill Katt said:
Holder to hold a news conference today at 2. Should be interesting to see how much his nose grows during this. [thinking]

ETA:
Chit, looks like it's going to have to do with a "foiled terror plot". When FOX first announced it they thought it was going to have something to do with F&F. [hmmm]
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It does... it's a cover-up story to try and make people forget and go "Holder rocks! Great job!"
 
Coyote33 said:
Rep. Issa says Fast and Furious subpoenas will be issued soon
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"Gunwalking" subpoena for AG Holder imminent

October 11, 2011 6:55 AM

By
Sharyl Attkisson

CBS News has learned a congressional subpoena directed to Attorney General Eric Holder could go out as early as Tuesday, ordering him to turn over documents to lawmakers about when he was aware of a controversial gun smuggling operation known as Fast and Furious.

CBS News investigative correspondent Sharyl Attkisson reports the the subpoena will come from the House Oversight Committee, led by Republican Darrell Issa. It will ask for communications among senior Justice Department officials related to Fast and Furious and "gunwalking."
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Nice to see that Sharyl Atkisson wasn't intimidated by administration OR her own bosses.

This could blow open very nicely just in time for next year's election. Unless Holder falls on his sword for the President.
 
Mike S said:
Start the party, Issa sent the subpoena!
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beat me to it [grin] !

man Holder is going to have a real fit when he reads it.

http://www.humanevents.com/article.php?id=46821

"Holder is required to produce virtually every communication anyone associated with the Justice Department or ATF ever sent to anyone regarding Operation Fast and Furious, or “any Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force firearms trafficking case based in Phoenix, Arizona.” The subpoena specifically names no less than 16 DOJ officials, including Holder, his deputy James Cole, Assistant Attorneys General Lanny Breuer and Ronald Weich, and Deputy Assistant Attorney General Kenneth Blanco, among other names familiar to students of the Fast and Furious scandal."

"Also specified in the subpoena are communications with Acting ATF Director Ken Melson, United States Attorney Dennis Burke, and ATF Special Agent in Charge William Newell. House Oversight wants all communications to or from Newell from 12/14/10 – 01/25/11 and 03/16/19 – 03/19/09. "

"Office supply stores in the D.C. area should brace themselves for a run on black markers. The sound of a bus rumbling to life beneath the White House may well be heard, and Eric Holder’s family should prepare for the possibility that he’ll be spending a lot more time with them."
 
Good article on Sipsey Street Irregulars claiming to have sources saying that this scandal originates in the State Department (Hillary) and the CIA.

I still want to know where the felon with the $15K a year salary got $500K to purchase all of the AKs? And how he got past the NICS checks? Lots of questions to be answered still.
 
Mike S said:
Good article on Sipsey Street Irregulars claiming to have sources saying that this scandal originates in the State Department (Hillary) and the CIA.

I still want to know where the felon with the $15K a year salary got $500K to purchase all of the AKs? And how he got past the NICS checks? Lots of questions to be answered still.
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The answer to your question is contained within your post.

It appears to me that Bush started a covert war against the Zetas through the CIA with the cooperation of the puppet Mexican government. Hillary and crew saw a way to make this a win-win (or lose-lose if you believe in the Constitution, Freedom and sound judgement) by making the case for gun-grabbing as they armed up these new "contras" to fight the Zetas...

So, they threw gasoline on the fire and instead of just sending money/drugs to bad guys to fight other bad guys, they started moving guns directly as well...
 
Can the BATFE over rule an FBI NICS check? Or does the FBI need to sign on, or were they simply following DOJ directives?
 
I guarantee you that he either will NOT testify or will refuse to answer almost all their questions, citing executive privilege or somesuch.

It's an exercise in futility to try to get accountability from these turkeys.
 
LenS said:
I guarantee you that he either will NOT testify or will refuse to answer almost all their questions, citing executive privilege or somesuch.
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That's a plus that our attorney general wants to hid behind a privilege instead of facing the truth. It's ironic considering his job is to put criminals away, but he's a "special criminal".
 

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