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Issa to Holder: "You OWN Fast and Furious"
« on: October 10, 2011, 12:36:03 PM »


10 Oct 2011

WASHINGTON, D.C. – House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Darrell Issa today sent a letter to U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder responding to his letter of October 7. The text of Chairman Issa's letter to Attorney General Holder is below:

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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Operation Fast and Furious was the Department's most significant gun trafficking case. It related to two of your major initiatives – destroying the Mexican cartels and reducing gun violence on both sides of the border. On your watch, it went spectacularly wrong. Whether you realize yet or not, you own Fast and Furious. It is your responsibility.

Sincerely,

Darrell Issa

Chairman

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Re: Issa to Holder: "You OWN Fast and Furious"
« Reply #1 on: October 10, 2011, 12:58:16 PM »
It's that whole 'Accountability' thing.  Democrats think it means forcing non-Democrats to resign when they accuse them of anything, real or imagined (Justice Clarence Thomas being a good current example of 'Imagined').  The actual meaning is somewhat different.
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Re: Issa to Holder: "You OWN Fast and Furious"
« Reply #2 on: October 10, 2011, 02:10:45 PM »
Ohhhh, that's gonna leave a mark.

Question is, as the temps heat up, what's Barry gonna do about it?

My bet is -- nothing. Lies, obfuscation, distortion, blame, deflection are all part of the Holder game plan now. And Barry's perfectly fine with that.
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Re: Issa to Holder: "You OWN Fast and Furious"
« Reply #3 on: October 10, 2011, 02:16:15 PM »
Quote from: Eupher on October 10, 2011, 02:10:45 PM


Question is, as the temps heat up, what's Barry gonna do about it?



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Re: Issa to Holder: "You OWN Fast and Furious"
« Reply #4 on: October 10, 2011, 02:29:43 PM »
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Don't you hate it when things won't just go away?
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Re: Issa to Holder: "You OWN Fast and Furious"
« Reply #5 on: October 10, 2011, 02:59:58 PM »
Quote from: Eupher on October 10, 2011, 02:10:45 PM
Question is, as the temps heat up, what's Barry gonna do about it?

My bet is -- nothing. Lies, obfuscation, distortion, blame, deflection are all part of the Holder game plan now. And Barry's perfectly fine with that.

This looks to be well past the point of pushing things under the carpet.  Issa has Holder cut loose from the herd and surrounded with his own lies.
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Re: Issa to Holder: "You OWN Fast and Furious"
« Reply #6 on: October 10, 2011, 03:02:11 PM »
Time for claims of "Executive Privilege" to rear up.
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Re: Issa to Holder: "You OWN Fast and Furious"
« Reply #7 on: October 10, 2011, 06:03:54 PM »
Quote from: Eupher on October 10, 2011, 02:10:45 PM
My bet is -- nothing. Lies, obfuscation, distortion, blame, deflection are all part of the Holder game plan now. And Barry's perfectly fine with that.

Swing and a hit!  And for all you folks thinking, "Nah, he'll at least invoke executive privilege," I don't think so, he's no Constitutional mastermind, he was just a night-school adjunct instructor which is a job anyone that passes the bar can handle without failing outright.  He and the nose-picker will however claim "Harrumph, can't give out details, on-going criminal investigation [Of the gun dealers, not their own criminals] doncha know, harrumph!"
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Re: Issa to Holder: "You OWN Fast and Furious"
« Reply #8 on: October 11, 2011, 08:41:55 AM »
 I read somewhere that 30 to 40 Barret 50 cal. sniper rifles went to the Mexican drug cartels in this deal. If Barry and/or Eric is brought down by one of these weapons, that's going to be ironic.
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Re: Issa to Holder: "You OWN Fast and Furious"
« Reply #9 on: October 11, 2011, 09:00:40 AM »
Quote from: JohnnyReb on October 11, 2011, 08:41:55 AM
I read somewhere that 30 to 40 Barret 50 cal. sniper rifles went to the Mexican drug cartels in this deal. If Barry and/or Eric is brought down by one of these weapons, that's going to be ironic.

The .50 cal rifles have been in their crosshairs for a long time, as long as it wasn't either one of them that took the bullet, they'd welcome the chance this would give them to outlaw these weapons.
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