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Will Fast And Furious Justice Finally Befall Eric Holder? (good read - long)
Forbes ^ | October 6, 2013 | Larry Bell

Posted on 10/06/2013 11:27:21 AM PDT by jazusamo

Serial abuses of justice by America’s top law enforcement official should be enough to make just about any tinhorn banana republic dictator blush. Yet regarding any embarrassment evidenced by the leader of the free world… not so much. Despite the fact that our attorney general has been indicted for contempt of Congress on both felony and civil charges, has repeatedly lied under oath, and has routinely turned a blind eye to laws that he is duty-bound to enforce, Mr. Holder continues to serve at the behest of his presidential mentor. At least he has so far.

Apparently not so very much of that promised transparency after all:

On September 30, U.S. District Court Judge Amy Berman turned down Holder’s Justice Department request to dismiss a House Oversight and Government Reform Committee lawsuit seeking “Operation Fast and Furious” gun-running scandal documents hidden by the self-proclaimed “most transparent administration in history”.

Up until now, Obama and company have refused to do so after the president asserted executive privilege. Their position argued that the oversight committee’s demand for information had been settled by a February 4, 2011 letter to Congress in which Assistant Attorney General Ron Welch stated that “the allegation that ATF ‘sanctioned’ or otherwise knowingly allowed the sale of weapons…is false”. DOJ pleaded that since their letter contended that they had done nothing wrong, and that there was nothing more to see following its issuance, the matter should be settled. Congress should just accept their word… get over it… move on.

Call them a disagreeable lot, but the House oversight committee chaired by Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA) wasn’t sufficiently trusting to do that. After they sued to obtain the outstanding records, the administration filed for dismissal. They maintained that if the lawsuit were allowed to proceed, every new document request would...

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To: SunkenCiv

Maybe its me that’s confused. This thread is about the Adaministration’s attack on the second amendment when they shipped masses of guns into Mexico and the absence of accountability for this action. - No, its not me.

Your post about Paul suggests to me that you are flying cover for President Trail of Blood and Attorney General My People. Why don’t you give it a rest and maybe post about Paul, when the thread is about oh, say, immigration?


21 posted on 10/06/2013 12:57:58 PM PDT by sgtyork (The secret of happiness is freedom, and the secret of freedom, courage. Thucydides)
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To: muir_redwoods

I believe Mexico was in on it (F&F). I think they think that getting a few hundred of their citizens killed would be a cheap price to pay to disarm law abiding Americans.


22 posted on 10/06/2013 1:33:15 PM PDT by CPO retired
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To: HANG THE EXPENSE

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23 posted on 10/06/2013 2:18:03 PM PDT by publius911 (Look for the Union label, then buy something else.)
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To: jazusamo; MestaMachine; Nachum

24 posted on 10/06/2013 2:20:00 PM PDT by Travis McGee (www.EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com)
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To: jazusamo

Good impeachment article, altough no one will seriously raise the issue. I also believe that impeachment is where Ted Cruz is headed, even if there are not enough Senate votes to sustain it on Obama and Holder.It needs to be done so that the nation knows just what Obama has wrought.


25 posted on 10/07/2013 2:23:09 AM PDT by Candor7 (Obama fascism article:(http://www.americanthinker.com/2009/05/barack_obama_the_quintessentia_1.html))
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To: Candor7

I agree completely. The both of them should be impeached no matter the chances of conviction in the Senate and your point about Ted Cruz could be on the mark, I hadn’t thought of that.


26 posted on 10/07/2013 8:28:17 AM PDT by jazusamo ([Obama] A Truly Great Phony -- Thomas Sowell http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/3058949/posts)
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