Former Holder Chief of Staff Nomination to Court Imperiled Over 'Fast and Furious'

foxnews.com ^ | 11-15-11

[Justaham]

The confirmation of a former aide to Attorney General Eric Holder to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces may be in peril over his response to questions posed by Arizona Sen. John McCain about his knowledge of Operation Fast and Furious.

Kevin Ohlson, who worked as Holder's chief of staff from January 2009 to January 2011, faces a confirmation hearing on Thursday for the post. The panel with jurisdiction is the Senate Armed Services Committee, of which McCain is the ranking Republican and Sen. Carl Levin, D-Mich., is chairman.

In his response Monday to a questionnaire sent from McCain last week, both obtained by Fox News, Ohlson said he knew nothing about the operation while he was at the Justice Department.

"During my tenure as chief of staff and counselor to the attorney general, I took no actions in regard to, had no knowledge of, provided no advice about, and had no involvement in Operation Fast and Furious," he wrote. Ohlson wrote he did participate in a prep session with Holder on Fast and Furious earlier this month before Holder testified to Congress.

In the letter sent by McCain, he wrote that as Holder's chief of staff Ohlson was "in a position to be informed about the Operation, to make decisions regarding the operation, and to know what information about it was and was not provided to the attorney general."

But in his response, Ohlson wrote he had "been informed that routine courtesy copies of weekly reports were forwarded to me that referred to the operation by name, but that did not provide any operational details and did not refer to gun walking or anything similar."

[SatinDoll]

Olson’s a liar.

[MestaMachine]

JUST DO IT!

[Paul Ross]

Chief of staff....and didn't know?

Clearly a partisan, Saul-Alinsky lying communist like his bosses.

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[Dr. Bogus Pachysandra]

” routine courtesy copies of weekly reports were forwarded to me that referred to the operation by name, but that did not provide any operational details and did not refer to gun walking or anything similar.”

Details were provided through other means, like Blackberry, or such. Even I know enough not to leave a paper trail.

[Saoirise]

Stop him! If he gets approved he would be on the US Court of Appeals for the Armed Services, CAAF. The CAAF judges are civilian judges and in my opinion extremely biased, sending one young Marine back to prison after the NMCCA threw out his conviction. Why did CAAF do this, think SOFA!

[marktwain]

Interesting the McCain did this. A positive thing.

[LucyT]

. . . . # 2 says it all.

[matthew fuller]

Here is a list of 35 (out of 39 total) congress members calling for resignation of AG Holder: Rep. Kenny Rehberg, Members of Congress who have previously called for Holder’s immediate resignation include: Rep. Connie Mack, Rep. Walter Jones, Rep. Dan Burton, House Transportation Committee chairman Rep. John Mica, House Small Business Committee chairman Rep. Sam Graves and Reps. Ted Poe, Blake Farenthold, Louie Gohmert, Quico Canseco, Rodney Alexander, Paul Gosar, Allen West, Tim Huelskamp, Mike Pompeo, Duncan Hunter, Devin Nunes, Dennis Ross, Trent Franks, Lynn Jenkins, Raul Labrador, Joe Walsh, Gus Bilirakis, Paul Broun, Randy Hultgren, Stephen Fincher, John Culberson, Michael Grimm, Andy Harris, Mike Coffman, Kenny Marchant, Thaddeus McCotter, Diane Black, Bob Latta and Vicky Hartzler. Read more: http://dailycaller.com/2011/11/04/montana-rep-rehberg-becomes-35th-congressman-to-call-for-holder%e2%80%99s-resignation/#ixzz1do7A4QQW

If your Rep is missing in action on this, you might want to call him/her. Four members are missing from this list.

[TheOldLady]

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[JakeS]

"During my tenure as chief of staff and counselor to the attorney general, I took no actions in regard to, had no knowledge of, provided no advice about, and had no involvement in Operation Fast and Furious," he wrote. Ohlson wrote he did participate in a prep session with Holder on Fast and Furious earlier this month before Holder testified to Congress.

If he is telling the truth, he knows less about the AG's office than my secretary knows about my business.

[autumnraine]

Ohhhh, McCain is at the helm.

No worries, he will just fly the Ohlson on by without a question.