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Offline Chris_

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Arizona investigates feds over gun-running
« on: January 22, 2012, 11:56:46 AM »
Arizona's state legislature will open its own investigation into the Obama administration's disgraced gun-running program, known as "Fast and Furious," the speaker of the state House said Friday.

Speaker Andy Tobin created the committee, and charged it with looking at whether the program broke any state laws — raising the possibility of state penalties against those responsible for the operation.

On Friday the chief of the criminal division of the U.S. Attorney's Office in Arizona told a House committee he will decline to answer their questions next week, citing his Fifth Amendment rights against self-incrimination.

The official's lawyer, in a letter to the committee, said his client is innocent but is "ensnared by the unfortunate circumstances in which he now stands between two branches of government."

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Re: Arizona investigates feds over gun-running
« Reply #1 on: January 22, 2012, 07:31:06 PM »
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The official's lawyer, in a letter to the committee, said his client is innocent but is "ensnared by the unfortunate circumstances in which he now stands between two branches of government."

So let him turn state's evidence in exchange for immunity....or don't they do that any more?
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Re: Arizona investigates feds over gun-running
« Reply #2 on: January 23, 2012, 10:00:39 AM »
This should be in GD or Breaking News. More people than just gun enthusiasts should see this.
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Re: Arizona investigates feds over gun-running
« Reply #3 on: January 27, 2012, 08:35:22 AM »
...On Friday the chief of the criminal division of the U.S. Attorney's Office in Arizona told a House committee he will decline to answer their questions next week, citing his Fifth Amendment rights against self-incrimination.

The official's lawyer, in a letter to the committee, said his client is innocent but is "ensnared by the unfortunate circumstances in which he now stands between two branches of government."

Question: How can his right to not self-incrimanate be be abridged by the circumstance of the truth being told notwithstanding  nefarious activities by either the Executive Branch or the House of Represenatives?

Lawyers are themselves ensnared by their loose use of the English language.
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