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Transcript March 22,2011: From the Liar in Chief

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Obama interview with CNN Espanol in March 22, 2011.

BARACK OBAMA, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES:

There have been problems, you know. I heard on the news about this story that -- Fast and Furious, where allegedly guns were being run into Mexico, and ATF knew about it, but didn't apprehend those who had sent it.

Eric Holder has -- the attorney general has been very clear that he knew nothing about this. We had assigned an I.G., inspector general, to investigate it.--

The video clip seems to have been taken down.

From visitor logs:

Gary Grindler, the then-Deputy Attorney General and currently Holder's Chief of Staff, meetings with POTUS

-In early 2010, Gary Grindler was intimately involved in all aspects of Operation Fast and Furious. During the height of the operation, Grindler visited the President on four separate occasions in only two weeks --

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"BARACK OBAMA, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES: "Eric Holder has -- the attorney general has been very clear that he knew nothing about this. We had assigned an I.G., inspector general, to investigate it."

The President lies once again: Holder knew about Fast and Furious as early as July, 2010:

"Senator Chuck Grassley and Congressman Darrell Issa today said that Attorney General Eric Holder received at least five weekly memos beginning in July 2010, including four weeks in a row, describing the ill-advised strategy known as Operation Fast and Furious. The memos were to Holder from Michael Walther, the director of the National Drug Intelligence Center."

http://biggovernment.com/publius/2011/10/06/holder-received-at-least-5-memos-on-fast-and-furious/