Posted on 07/09/2011 12:16:28 PM PDT by John Semmens
Acting Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (ATF) Director Ken Melson defied orders from the Obama Administration and testified before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee chaired by Representative Darrell Issa (R-Calif) over the July 4th weekend. The testimony concerned details on the growing “Fast and Furious” (also called “Gunwalker”) scandal in which the Administration facilitated the sale of weapons to Mexican gangs—weapons that have been linked with over 150 murders.
Attorney General Eric Holder denounced Melson’s testimony as “completely unauthorized. It is not his responsibility to decide what information will be disclosed to Congress.” Holder warned that this “breach of confidentiality” may require Mr. Melson’s “termination.”
Unofficial sources report that the US Navy’s “Seal Team Six” has declined the assignment to terminate Melson citing the “Posse Comitatus Act.” This Act limits the use of military forces within the United States borders. Only if Melson were to leave the country could he be legally terminated using such means.
The scandal is also having international repercussions. Mexican Senator Rene Arce Islas has demanded that US Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano and US Attorney General Eric Holder be extradited for trial in Mexico for their roles in arming Mexican gangs. “At best, the sale of automatic weapons to these violent criminals is a demonstration of gross stupidity,” Arce asserted. “It has undermined both the law and safety of the people of my country. Those behind these sales belong behind bars. They are not fit to govern.”
In related news, the Obama Administration has announced a series of executive orders will be issued in order to ensure a measure of federal control over how guns are bought and sold within the US. “With Congress dragging its feet on gun safety issues, the President is acting on his authority as Commander-in-Chief to restrict access to firearms in this country,” said Press Secretary Jay Carney. “Events have shown that the notion people can be trusted to determine whether they need weapons is incorrect. Too many of the wrong people are obtaining unneeded guns. It’s time for government to take the lead in deciding who should have the right to bear arms.”
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http://azconserv1.wordpress.com/2011/07/09/president-admits-mistakes-on-economy/
It took me three or four sentences this time, you sly ol’ dog. ))))
ping
Ah ha....As soon as I read your post...I knew...
While swearing they’re both pure as nuns,
seems Obozo and Holder ran guns.
Down to old Mexico
did these firearms go
and their hubristic plot simply stuns.
Dick Bachert
Good for him. I hope others have the guts to do the same.
0bama and his evil minions can go straight back to Hell where they came from in the first place.
You and your article...STUPID. Not clever, not funny, a complete failure.
One has to wonder if this fiasco is the real reason why Holder and his boys have been pounding on Arizona so hard. Did Brewer, Pearce and Arpaio know something and were trying to stop it? I wouldn’t be surprised.
Good one John. Wouldn’t it be nice if Holder/Napolitano did get to go to Mexico City in cuffs?
It wouldn't surprise me!
Next time I’ll think twice before posting. He does come up with some clever stuff.
He looked in the mirror several days before going in and saw a sacrificial lamb staring back at him. But it was the nightmare and seeing himself sliding into the very crowded space under Obozo’s bus that did it for him. It was a no-brainer!
Good Holder, the My Peoples Dummy, is about to take a fall.
You couldn’t slip a razorblade betwixt them John ;-)
Except reality is closer to satire now.
...all these self manufactured crisis, to politicize. The act was a failure at every level, like so many of Obama’s plans. The POS wants a constant state of confusion and crisis, a near air of anarchy , so he can divide all Americans. Divide and destroy. Its a shame he has no desire to build upon Americas accomplishments. The greater shame is the people who knowingly put that POS into office. The works should be in jail right down to the judges.
+2!
Just snuff him out with Janetalia Incompetano’s armpit.
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