Posted on 04/20/2011 1:53:39 PM PDT by OldDeckHand
For the first time since Republicans took control of the House and gained the power of congressional subpoena, the Obama administration has declined to comply with a subpoena issued by top GOP oversight official Rep. Darrell Issa.
In the face of a subpoena by Issa, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) provided no documents by the April 13 deadline, according to an April 20 letter from Issa to ATF’s director, Kenneth Melson.
Issa is threatening contempt proceedings if ATF does not comply.
At issue are documents related to Project Gunrunner and Operation Fast and Furious, in which ATF allowed American guns to be smuggled into Mexico and sold to Mexican drug cartels. The goal of the program was to track the illegal weapons and drug markets after they were used in crimes and abandoned using ballistics information and serial numbers for the guns.
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As long as the Republicans make them come before congress and C-SPAN cameras, it will work to our advantage. If they let them just send a letter from their lawyers, it'll be another outrage like during the Clinton administration. What an effective video a stream of 'rats taking the fifth before a congressional committee would be. Instead, Pubbies just sighed and didn't make waves. I hope they learned, but I'm not counting on it.
The Dems 2 favorite azzclowns think they are above the law...Imagine our guys doing this?
Administration flat-out refusing to hand over officially subpoenaed documents on their gun smuggling operation.
Un-freaking-real.
I respectfully ask you to reply with a link regarding a reputable post/link on Boehner being one of the most conservative members of the House...will only be some left wing MSM news outlet spinning how the great Republican is reaching across the isle in a bi-partisan manner.
it waas on the radio or fox, i don’t listen to anything else. I think it was a fellow republican in the house.
But I didn’t say it, i think he’s a socialist
I don’t know this kind of stuff helped do Nixon in. Ignoring subpoenas and contempt citations. Keep it up Eric and see what happens. I hope Issa takes him down.
I hope so too, but what I have seen of the republican leadership for the past year makes me sick,
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