Grassley asks Holder about U.S. Attorney's gun trafficking case leak

Washington Examinier ^ | 12/1/12 | David Codrea

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A copy of a letter received in the past hour by Gun Rights Examiner addressed to Eric Holder from Senator Chuck Grassley questions the attorney general about a leak on a gun trafficking case tied to the Fast and Furious gunwalking operation that resulted in the indictment of the husband of the then-head of the New Mexico U.S. Attorney’s Office Criminal Division.

The letter, sent on Wednesday, provides further details to a story related last Monday in this column, concerning Danny Burnett, married to federal prosecutor Paula Burnett, charged with leaking wiretap information to a suspect in an ATF gun smuggling investigation in New Mexico, and revealed to be “a longtime friend of one of the key players in the ring” in an ABQ Journal story filed by reporter Mike Gallagher.

“The indictment does not explain how Mr. Burnett obtained this knowledge or whether his wife had any role in disclosing it to him, Grassley explained to Holder, citing how “During the Congressional review of Operation Fast and Furious, the head of the

Criminal Division in the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Arizona resigned and asserted his rights against self-incrimination to avoid testifying before Congress.

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[TigersEye]

Eric Holder is black. Axing him questions is raciss!

[NTHockey]

Whatever happened to that contempt of Congress matter? Wasn’t Holder supposed to be in jail by now? Or was that just more “bread and circuses” from the Democans and Republicrats?

What time do the Christians get fed to the lions?

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[TheOldLady]

This is just another fuss that will be ignored by the Department of Just Us.