Posted on 10/12/2011 11:20:19 PM PDT by Watchdog85
Just in case Barack Obama still held out hope for Eric Holder's portion of the cover-up, the Issa committee released their subpoena today.
Oversight Committee Subpoenas Attorney General for ‘Operation Fast and Furious’ Communications and Documents
WASHINGTON, D.C. – House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Darrell Issa (R-CA) today announced the issuance of a subpoena to Attorney General Eric Holder, Jr. for Justice Department documents related to the "Operation Fast and Furious" gun walking scandal.
"Top Justice Department officials, including Attorney General Holder, know more about Operation Fast and Furious than they have publicly acknowledged," said Chairman Issa. "The documents this subpoena demands will provide answers to questions that Justice officials have tried to avoid since this investigation began eight months ago. It's time we know the whole truth."
The subpoena seeks the following:
In accordance with the attached schedule instructions, you, Eric H. Holder Jr., are required to produce all records in unredacted form described below:
1. All communications referring or relating to Operation Fast and Furious, the Jacob Chambers case, or any Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force (OCDETF) firearms trafficking case based in Phoenix, Arizona, to or from the following individuals:
a. Eric Holder Jr., Attorney General;
b. David Ogden, Former Deputy Attorney General;
c. Gary Grindler, Office of the Attorney General and former Acting Deputy Attorney General;
d. James Cole, Deputy Attorney General;
e. Lanny Breuer, Assistant Attorney General;
f. Ronald Weich, Assistant Attorney General;
g. Kenneth Blanco, Deputy Assistant Attorney General;
h. Jason Weinstein, Deputy Assistant Attorney General;
i. John Keeney, Deputy Assistant Attorney General;
j. Bruce Swartz, Deputy Assistant Attorney General;
k. Matt Axelrod, Associate Deputy Attorney General;
l. Ed Siskel, former Associate Deputy Attorney General;
m. Brad Smith, Office of the Deputy Attorney General;
n. Kevin Carwile, Section Chief, Capital Case Unit, Criminal Division;
o. Joseph Cooley, Criminal Fraud Section, Criminal Division; and,
p. James Trusty, Acting Chief, Organized Crime and Gang Section.
2. All communications between and among Department of Justice (DOJ) employees and Executive Office of the President employees, including but not limited to Associate Communications Director Eric Schultz, referring or relating to Operation Fast and Furious or any other firearms trafficking cases.
3. All communications between DOJ employees and Executive Office of the President employees referring or relating to the President's March 22, 2011 interview with Jorge Ramos of Univision. (Emphasis supplied, MBV.)
4. All documents and communications referring or relating to any instances prior to February 4, 2011 where the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) failed to interdict weapons that had been illegally purchased or transferred.
5. All documents and communications referring or relating to any instances prior to February 4, 2011 where ATF broke off surveillance of weapons and subsequently became aware that those weapons entered Mexico.
6. All documents and communications referring or relating to the murder of Immigrations and Customs Enforcement Agent Jaime Zapata, including but not limited to documents and communications regarding Zapata's mission when he was murdered, Form for Reporting Information That May Become Testimony (FD-302), photographs of the crime scene, and investigative reports prepared by the FBI.
7. All communications to or from William Newell, former Special Agent-in-Charge for ATF's Phoenix Field Division, between:
a. December 14, 2010 to January 25, 2011; and,
b. March 16, 2009 to March 19, 2009.
8. All Reports of Investigation (ROIs) related to Operation Fast and Furious or ATF Case Number 785115-10-0004.
9. All communications between and among Matt Axelrod, Kenneth Melson, and William Hoover referring or relating to ROIs identified pursuant to Paragraph 7.
10. All documents and communications between and among former U.S. Attorney Dennis Burke, Attorney General Eric Holder Jr., former Acting Deputy Attorney General Gary Grindler, Deputy Attorney General James Cole, Assistant Attorney General Lanny Breuer, and Deputy Assistant Attorney General Jason Weinstein referring or relating to Operation Fast and Furious or any OCDETF case originating in Arizona.
11. All communications sent or received between:
a. December 16, 2009 and December 18, 2009, and;
b. March 9, 2011 and March 14, 2011, to or from the following individuals:
+ Emory Hurley, Assistant U.S. Attorney, Office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Arizona; + Michael Morrissey, Assistant U.S. Attorney, Office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Arizona; + Patrick Cunningham, Chief, Criminal Division, Office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Arizona; + David Voth, Group Supervisor, ATF; and, + Hope MacAllister, Special Agent, ATF.
12. All communications sent or received between December 15, 2010 and December 17, 2010 to or from the following individuals in the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Arizona:
a. Dennis Burke, former United States Attorney;
b. Emory Hurley, Assistant United States Attorney;
c. Michael Morrissey, Assistant United States Attorney; and,
d. Patrick Cunningham, Chief of the Criminal Division.
13. All communications sent or received between August 7, 2009 and March 19, 2011 between and among former Ambassador to Mexico Carlos Pascual; Assistant Attorney General Lanny Breuer; and, Deputy Assistant Attorney General Bruce Swartz.
14. All communications sent or received between August 7, 2009 and March 19, 2011 between and among former Ambassador to Mexico Carlos Pascual and any Department of Justice employee based in Mexico City referring or relating to firearms trafficking initiatives, Operation Fast and Furious or any firearms trafficking case based in Arizona, or any visits by Assistant Attorney General Lanny Breuer to Mexico.
15. Any FD-302 relating to targets, suspects, defendants, or their associates, bosses, or financiers in the Fast and Furious investigation, including but not limited to any FD-302s ATF Special Agent Hope MacAllister provided to ATF leadership during the calendar year 2011.
16. Any investigative reports prepared by the FBI or Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) referring or relating to targets, suspects, or defendants in the Fast and Furious case.
17. Any investigative reports prepared by the FBI or DEA relating to the individuals described to Committee staff at the October 5, 2011 briefing at Justice Department headquarters as Target Number 1 and Target Number 2.
18. All documents and communications in the possession, custody or control of the DEA referring or relating to Manuel Fabian Celis-Acosta.
19. All documents and communications between and among FBI employees in Arizona and the FBI Laboratory, including but not limited to employees in the Firearms/Toolmark Unit, referring or relating to the firearms recovered during the course of the investigation of Brian Terry's death.
20. All agendas, meeting notes, meeting minutes, and follow-up reports for the Attorney General's Advisory Committee of U.S. Attorneys between March 1, 2009 and July 31, 2011, referring or relating to Operation Fast and Furious.
21. All weekly reports and memoranda for the Attorney General, either directly or through the Deputy Attorney General, from any employee in the Criminal Division, ATF, DEA, FBI, or the National Drug Intelligence Center created between November 1, 2009 and September 30, 2011.
22. All surveillance tapes recorded by pole cameras inside the Lone Wolf Trading Co. store between 12:00 a.m. on October 3, 2010 and 12:00 a.m. on October 7, 2010.
If Issa get televised hearings and makes Steadman look bad, it is very possible that the WH will throw him under the bus to shut this down before it goes into the WH. That would leave the Regime without a puppet in the Justice Dep’t.
Maybe...but still - WHO polices the Top Cop? At this point, with all the deaths that have occurred and the obvious, blatant cover up, why isn’t every GOP governor in the country sending in a State Police task force, demanding US Marshalls to arrest these miscreants?
Hell, Mexico could even potentially view this as an act of war against their citizens - unless they’re getting paid to shut up about it and are in on it themselves. I mean, there’s some officials making righteous indignation noises, but not near what it should be.
And I think that, in a normal world, dealing with normal thugs, your scenario would in fact happen; but these aren’t normal thugs - They’re dedicated, hardcore, driven Party ideologues, and they’re both on the same page no matter what. I’m not so sure FuBO will throw his shoeshine boy under the bus. He’s too valuable in the spot he’s in right now.
And if he does, he’ll appoint someone worse, count on it - like he’s trying to do in ATF with Traver replacing Melson. And then he’ll turn around and give Steadman a presidential pardon. They’ve thought this thing through pretty well - except for getting caught.
For the record though, I hope you are right, Lazlo.
When political pressure reaches a boiling point Holder will appoint a special prosecutor to investigate much like Ashcroft did with the CIA leak/Plane accusations that led to Libby's conviction. If something really juicy came out the House could threaten to impeach Obama for protecting Holder, not likely though.
If FNC and the House/Issa cant get the political heat turned up enough to get Holder/Obama to cave on an investigation then it's up to the 2012 election to decide.
No, the military nor anyone under Holder will be arresting him anytime.
Maybe you will have to take care of this yourself...
:)
Probably not. Elections have consequences and the Rat losses in '10 ensure that there will be no rubber stamp like the one that installed the corrupt Holder. The other thing is that even though Holder might not be touched now, once the Regime is out and Holder is a private citizen, he is wide open for being arrested and tried for perjury and other crimes. That is why most AG's usually play by the rules. I don't think the Regime ever thought their power would erode away and they wouldn't be able to stop things like Issa's investigation. They are royally screwed.
“...Holder will appoint a special prosecutor to investigate...”
So he’ll appoint a sympathetic comrade to investigate himself...and find nothing.
“...House could threaten to impeach Obama for protecting Holder, not likely though...”
So both of them will pretty much skate...
This is sickening.
“...Maybe you will have to take care of this yourself...”
Yeah, sure. That’ll work.
“...once the Regime is out and Holder is a private citizen, he is wide open for being arrested and tried for perjury and other crimes...”
Do you seriously see that happening? (no sarcasm here - genuine question).
A bigger question is WHERE is La Raza and The Reconquistadora groups? Over 2,000 Mexicans got killed because our federal government bypassed existing federal gun laws.
Why not? What is your deal here with all the pessimism? Post after post of doom and gloom. Issa just passed out his first round of subpoenas. Let’s let this play out. It will be a very damaging issue for Obummer in the election along with Solyndra and the way that is slowly getting worse.
Roger Clemens is in a whole lot of hot water for doing what Issa says Holder did. If Issa has the goods, Holder is toast. Let’s let this play out some more before hitting the panic button.
Normally I would agree, but more and more people are getting their information from sources that they perceive as honest.
The truth cannot be hidden these days. Too many eyes. Too much stuff you cannot shred.
It is interesting how the Administration absolutely knows who was behind the terrorist plot to kill the Saudi. And yet the same administration expects us to believe no one knows who was in charge of Fast & Furious. That’s audacity. Just another campaign promise kept by Mr. Great Leader.
The election of George W. Bush had no legal consequences for the Clinton crime cartel.
You are obviously not old enough to remember the 90s, or you choose not to accept the reality of who is royally screwed here.
It is US (like white voters in Philly PA), not the negro nazi party members.
“..What is your deal here with all the pessimism?...”
Force of habit, I guess. Used to nothing happening to Dems when they break the law. They get away with murder, literally.
We’ll see.
Just a thought but.....I say let Holder be right now, collect hard evidence, prepare the cases against this criminal administration and let Obama get out of office and then when Obama can’t pardon the little POS and his buttmunch buddies ............nail em later !
Prison time for their crime.
Keep the heat on em, the bright lights in their eyes etc and record every friggin suspect action etc .....
just my opinion because Obama is just gonna pardon them of they get prosecuted now.
Stay safe Ya’ll !
Yeah, I’m old enough. The reason that Bush didn’t go after Slick and company is because the bunglers in congress who tried to impeach him screwed the whole thing up and made him sympathetic. Then you had Bush win in such a fashion that he was afraid to ruffle any feathers about the looting of the WH and the pardons. He was afraid to divide the country any more than it was.
‘12 is going to be a totally different animal. People are pissed and Solyndra and Gunwalker are going to be campaign issues as long as Mittens isn’t the nominee.
I am just going to let Issa go for a while. I never thought he would get the AG the way he did. If he keeps playing this game the way he is by catching these crooks in lies, he may actually accomplish something we all never thought would happen. Just remember how fast Watergate was a nothing issue and then snowballed into a crisis. It just take a leak or a whistle blower to blow the whole thing up.
Munch, munch...yum, yummy...
” Who polices the Top Cop and his assh*le boss? “
The useless, spineless, gutless wimp/whores in the D.C. RNC
” No, the military nor anyone under Holder will be arresting him anytime. “
Nope, not as long as we have the 2 LOSERS in power....the useless, spineless, gutless wip/whores that go by the name of Boner & McConnell.
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