Posted on 06/30/2011 5:08:17 AM PDT by Dubya-M-DeesWent2SyriaStupid!
Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) denounced President Obama for refusing to comment on a controversial gun-tracking program that is under investigation.
Issa, who is the chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, said Obama did not express the necessary urgency that is called for in investigating who approved of the Fast and Furious operation, which may have contributed to the death of at least one federal agent.
At a press conference Wednesday, Obama reiterated that Attorney General Eric Holder did not order the gun-tracking program, which was run by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) and allowed known and suspected straw purchasers to buy thousands of weapons in hopes of tracking them to members of Mexican drug cartels.
Holder called for the Inspector General to investigate the matter to determine who approved of the operation. Obama said he would comment further on the issue once the investigation is completed.
My attorney general has made clear that he certainly would not have ordered gun running to be able to pass through into Mexico, Obama said.
The investigation is still pending. I'm not going to comment on a current investigation. I've made very clear my views that would not be an appropriate step by the ATF, and we've got to find out how that happened.
As soon as the investigation is completed, I think appropriate actions will be taken, Obama said.
But Issa, who held a charged hearing on the issue earlier this month, has indicated that responsibility for the operation rests with some of the highest officials at the Justice Department and the ATF.
'Project Gunrunner' Whistleblower Says ATF Sent Him Termination Notice
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Obama and Holder both already outright lied and Holder was under oath;when they said they knew nothing about this.And now Obama is saying I am KING and ordering an investigation on him self and his DOJ by the IG? Obama is known for FIRING
Inspector Generals when the investigation does not favor him,his admin,his wife, or his friends. (SEE WALPINGATE)
So we are suppose to shut up and move along while he and his DOJ obstruct justice,plead the fifth and lie?
Maybe they can get Janet Reno to take the fall? Oh wait, no need, they will just lie and ignore it. It’s just another disaster they created.
Compare the media noise on this with the Valerie Plame story.
Sorry! What I have seen out of Issa so far reminds me of a chihuahua yipping at an M-1 Abrams Army tank!
“...he certainly would not have ordered gun running...”
This is Chicago speak for: “Sure we signed off on it, but you won’t find MY finger prints on it!”
At least he’s ‘yipping’.
Spineless Republicans are doing nothing even though they know Obongo’s a Marxist/Muslim usurper.
Issa has raked up enough dirt for the Republican candidates to use against Obongo but I doubt they’ll have the guts.
Fact: As early as 2008 officials in this administration cite American guns as being the primary arms of violent Mexican criminals (which is proven false). Eric Holder states unequivocally (in 2009) that this is the primary reason that the administration will seek to re-institute the ban on the sale of assault weapons.
Fact: This administration caused at least thousands of weapons to be illegally sold to people known to resell said weapons across the Mexican border.
Fact: Between 2009 and 2010 more than 3500 Gun were allowed to “walk” into Mexico.
Fact: In a Jan. 25, 2011, Phoenix press conference, Special Agent in Charge William Newell was asked whether ATF agents were ever ordered to allow guns to walk into Mexico. He answered, Hell no!
Fact: In a February 4, 2011, response letter to Grassley, Justice Department Assistant Attorney General for Legislative Affairs Ron Weich described as false Grassleys assertion that ATF had knowingly allowed guns to be purchased and walked into Mexico.
Fact: Leaked e-mail traffic from spring 2010 documents show that ATF management from Acting Director Kenneth Melson on down were personally briefed in Phoenix on Operation Fast and Furious by Newell.
Fact: The ATF intentionally broke national and international laws with this operation.
Fact: The official ATF explanation for this operation, after being forced to admit that they allowed gun into Mexico, was to allow criminals to buy and transport guns to Mexico so that the ATF could later tie them back to drug cartels when they were used in crimes.
Fact: The ATF could not track firearms used in Mexican crimes except at the request of the Mexican government.
Fact: If the ATF was requested by Mexico to provide firearm tracking information, that request is not likely to provide the information that the ATF said they wanted.
Fact: If the ATF could actually tie a firearm they caused to be illegally sold to a Mexican cartel...so what? They have no jurisdiction in Mexico, no arrest powers, and even if they were to provide this information to Mexican officials it gains local law enforcement nothing.
Fact: At least 150 people have been killed with guns that the ATF knowingly and illegally allowed to be sold.
Fact: Not one person has been arrested by allowing guns to cross the border.
Everyone that can be linked to the decision process is guilty of deprivation of rights under color of law which in this case is a capital crime. A good case could be made that those same people are also guilty of treason.
I'm imagining the Gun Walker movie. Probably need Quentin Tarantino to direct. So much violence it would probably rate NC17.
This calls for a trial in the House
You have an excellent point in pointing out a tactic of stonewalling they could be doing.The Assistant Attorney General,Obama and Holder have denied they know anything.(All but Obama under oath.)
The DAG is under Holder. It is impossible for the Deputy AG to authorize anything without Holder.
http://www.justice.gov/agencies/index-org.html
My bad I forgot The seat of Deputy AG was vacant.
http://www.fas.org/irp/congress/2011_cr/s062811.html
So that leaves everyone involved in the highest ranks possible-I believe? denying they knew anything and stonewalling
My attorney general has made clear that he certainly would not have ordered gun running to be able to pass through into Mexico, Obama said.
This is clearly an implied admission that Holder (his AG) ordered gun runningjust not into Mexico (in support of Obamas scheme to violate the 2nd Amendment).
http://www.usnews.com/news/blogs/washington-whispers/2011/06/27/nra-boss-obamas-gone-in-2012
Interesting tidbit in this article is that Obama told Sarah Brady that he was working on gun control “under the radar”.
I don’t understand how one of the whistle blowers of this case could be fired and it is not 24/7 breaking news? Has our media gone this far down the gutter for Obama?
Yes.
Whatever advances the cause of communism is a moral good.
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