Posted on 09/09/2011 12:13:22 PM PDT by NoLibZone
Congressional investigators reviewing the failed gun-tracking program Operation Fast and Furious have formally asked the Obama administration to turn over copies of "all records" involving three key White House national security officials and the program, other ATF gun cases in Phoenix, and all communications between the White House and the ATF field office in Arizona.
The letter signed Friday by Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Vista), chairman of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and Sen. Charles E. Grassley of Iowa, the top Republican on the Senate Judiciary Committee, was sent to National Security Advisor Thomas E. Donilon, a top aide to President Obama.
It marks a significant step in the committee's investigation into the failed gun-tracking operation, as the committee begins to broaden its investigation from the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives and targets White House and Department of Justice officials.
This material, Issa and Grassley said, "will enable us to determine the extent of the involvement of White House staff in Operation Fast and Furious."
White House officials, along with those at the Justice Department, said they have been cooperating in the widening probe, begun earlier this year when several ATF whistleblowers alerted congress that Fast and Furious weapons were found at the scene of the slaying of a U.S. Border Patrol agent.
Under the program, ATF agents allowed illegal gun purchases and hoped to track the weapons to Mexican cartel leaders. But most of the more than 2,000 firearms were lost. Hundreds have reportedly turned up in Mexican crime scenes, two at the shooting where Border Patrol Agent Brian Terry was killed, and a semi-automatic at an altercation and assault with police in Maricopa, Az.
(Excerpt) Read more at latimes.com ...
What did the President know, and when did he know it?
Finally the chicken comes home to rooooooooost!
Congressional investigators reviewing the failed gun-tracking program Operation Fast and Furious have formally asked the Obama administration to turn over copies of "all records" involving three key White House national security officials and the program, other ATF gun cases in Phoenix, and all communications between the White House and the ATF field office in Arizona.
The letter signed Friday by Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Vista), chairman of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and Sen. Charles E. Grassley of Iowa, the top Republican on the Senate Judiciary Committee, was sent to National Security Advisor Thomas E. Donilon, a top aide to President Obama.
Nothing will come of this.
The left-wing media will make sure it goes unreported.
Just try to find a story in the MSM about Obama’s “Jobs Czar” Immelt sending GE’s X-Ray business to China.
Eddie Murphy’s “I’m Gumby, Dammit!” comes to mind.
Issa and Grassley said, “This material, will enable us to determine the extent of the involvement of White House staff in Operation Fast and Furious.”
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Bingo! we have a winner! Bring on the popcorn....
Good luck with that...
I am very doubtful the WH will be very compliant!
The MSM will not report this story. Most people, therefore, will never hear of it.
Just try to find the Immelt Moving GE’s Xray business to China in the New York Times. According to the Times, it did not happen.
Run this search through Google:
immelt china xray
Then try a site search to find the story in the New York Times:
site:Nytimes.com immelt china xray
Nothing.
Everything from the beginning. My money is still on Valerie Jarret as the one who came up with the idea.
Was that story in the LA Times?
This one is. 8-P
FBI “hid” 3rd gun found at the Border Agents murder scene.
Website scrubbing underway!
From article at my link;
“A third gun linked to “Operation Fast and Furious” was found at the murder scene of Border Patrol Agent Brian Terry, new documents obtained exclusively by Fox News suggest, contradicting earlier assertions by federal agencies that police found only two weapons tied to the federal government’s now infamous gun interdiction scandal.
Sources say emails support their contention that the FBI concealed evidence to protect a confidential informant.”
This is the first step towards the establishment of a special prosecuter.
A demonstration of a lack of cooperation from the Executive Branch will go a long way to diminish the excuse that “bad judgement was used” and will emphasize the cover-up. Let me be the first to suggest a bumper sticker:
F&F: Nobody died at Watergate.
If Issa can pull this off he will be the hero of the century.
“FBI “hid” 3rd gun found at the Border Agents murder scene.”
Doesn’t give one much confidence in the Solyndra raids, does it.
My wife’s colleagues at work (hospital) said that F&F started under Bush...is there any truth to this?
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