Posted on 07/06/2011 8:54:58 AM PDT by topher
Justice Department Obstructing 'Fast and Furious' Gun Probe, ATF Director Says
By William Lajeunesse
The Justice Department is obstructing the congressional investigation of a U.S. law enforcement operation intended to crack down on major weapons traffickers on the Southwest border, according to the embattled leader of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.
Ken Melson, the acting director of the ATF, lobbed the accusation when he sneaked in for an interview with congressional investigators on July 4, two days ahead of his scheduled interview with the inspector general about the operation known as "Fast and Furious," Fox News has learned.
"If his account is accurate, then ATF leadership appears to have been effectively muzzled while the DOJ sent over false denials and buried its head in the sand," Rep. Darrell Issa, chairman of the Oversight and Government Reform Committee, said in a letter Tuesday to Attorney General Eric Holder. "That approach distorted the truth and obstructed our investigation."
The Justice Department is reportedly looking to oust Melson, who has been acting ATF director since April 2009, as the agency deals with its biggest scandal in nearly two decades. Andrew Traver, who was tapped in November by President Obama to become the permanent ATF director, could be named as acting director until the Senate acts on his nomination, sources have said.
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Any surprises with this being the Obama/Holder Department of Justice?
So, is this Op and any similar over/terminated/halted, etc?
Change You Can Believe In!!!! Transparency in Government!!!
think this will be mentioned before page 43 in the NYSLimes???
The DoJ, Holder and Obama dishonest and covering up stuff???
Who knew!
Big whoop. Nothing will come of this. Now if a Republican had misspelled “potato”, THAT would be news.
Issa and Grassley have urged Holder to cooperate and turn over subpoenaed records that would reveal the scope of the government coverup.
I guess subpoenas that make Obama and Holder and the Dimwit [Democrat] Party look bad are blocked...
Holder-Gate? Obama-Gate? or DimWit-Gate? [only a "Dimwit" would devise such a stupid scheme]
Just Holder protecting Hussein.
Looks like Melson will not go quietly under the bus. If he starts naming names we’ll know if he’s serious or not.
June 16, 2011, on page A22 of the NYTIMES.
He'd be famous!
Fox News interview with senior agent Vince Cefalu. He has been terminated and says about 30 other agents have been terminated due to their opposition to operation Fast and Furious. Says DoJ was intimately involved.
Thats not true!! Where did John Wayne live, now that is news.
The ATF was going after an FBI informant that had already been deported? Just beautiful /s.
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Appointing a special prosecutor should be part of the debt ceiling negotiations.
Oh my, and to think I heard two talking libtards last night assert that Holder would have had no idea of Fast and Furious.... /s =.=
There is a Clinton as Secretary of State.
Does Obama have access to the Dixie Mafia?
Or will Obama call on the Black Panthers to HELP OUT in this situation?
Maybe Obama will be like Hillbilly Bill Clinton and believe that Deadmen tell no tales...
The letter is pretty damning, as far as letters go in the delicate political chess game. A pdf of the letter can be downloaded from here: http://oversight.house.gov/images/stories/Letters/2011-07-05%20ceg-dei%20to%20ag.pdf
They lie!
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