In April 2010 Issa was a minority member, not the committee chair, and therefore knew that raising a stink at that time might have no other effect than to give time for the thugs at the ATF to cover their tracks.
Along with my other posts of what is buried in this article BTW:that Melson is not resigning... and the entire buttass backwards theories in this article. (When both the Assistant and AG under sworn testimony have said they know nothing) how can the DOJ brief what they don’t know?
Also: Notice the title. No where does it use the proper operation- Fast and Furious.It is a diversion. Is the Washington Post playing lawyer/biased for Holder and Obama this badly?
I remember reading that the media were stepping up to fightthesmears for Obama but this is a very serious felony we are talking about not some campaign.
““This irresponsible and false accusation is indicative of a Justice Department bereft of leadership and rattled by the revelations of its own misconduct,’’ Hill added.”
Mr. Hill is exactly right.
“Rep. Darrell Issa (Calif.), who has repeatedly called for top Justice Department officials to be held accountable for the now-defunct operation...”
Yeah, folks, why exactly is it now defunct? /s