Posted on 07/08/2011 11:14:23 AM PDT by Kaslin
Will Barack Obama dare to appoint an independent prosecutor?
As the pressure began mounting on his administration’s actions in the Gunwalker scandal last week, President Barack Obama turned once again to the Department of Justice inspector general’s investigation of the crime as cover:
Today at his news conference, President Obama was asked about the unfolding gunwalker scandal, and whether ATF leadership will be replaced.
Mr. Obama answered, “My attorney general has made clear that he certainly would not have ordered gun running to be able to pass through into Mexico. … I’m not going to comment on — a on a current investigation. I’ve made very clear my views that that would not be an appropriate step by the ATF, and we’ve got to find out how that happened.”
Mr. Obama added, “As soon as the investigation is completed, I think appropriate actions will be taken.”
Mr. Obama is referring to the investigation being run by acting DOJ Inspector General Cynthia A. Schnedar, who stepped into the position when well-respected longtime Inspector General Glenn Fine retired in late January.
Unfortunately for Schnedar, few seem to have confidence in her ability to run a competent or even unbiased investigation of the apparent crimes — deeds perpetrated by DOJ agencies involved in a program that saw federal law enforcement agencies providing de facto security to gun smugglers working for Mexican narcotics cartels. Attempts to apprehend gun smugglers during the commission of their crimes were thwarted by the very agencies and agents chartered to stop them.
Ultimately, the operation led to the murder of two U.S. federal agents and an estimated 150 Mexican law enforcement officers and soldiers. The strong implication is that those individuals and agencies responsible for allowing Gunwalker to proceed aided and abetted murder, committing felonies as accessories before the fact.
Such serious charges, potentially reaching the highest levels of the Department of Justice and possibly higher, should not be undertaken by an acting inspector general, which is typically a caretaker role until a new inspector general has been appointed.
Senator Charles Grassley (R-Iowa) made that very observation in a March 8 letter to Kevin L. Perkins, chair of the Integrity Committee for the Council of Inspectors General on Integrity and Efficiency.
In addition to noting that an inspector general’s office without an inspector general is unfit to investigate such serious allegations, he also noted that the OIG has two conflicts of interest in investigating the scandal, as it may be part of it:
…the DOJ-OIG was aware of the allegations long before the Attorney General’s request and did nothing. Agent Dodson had already contacted the DOJ-OIG in December, just after Agent Terry’s death. He received no reply. After contacting my office, Agent Dodson contacted DOJ-OIG again, and still received no reply. No one from the office contacted him to gather information about his allegations until after my staff contacted the Acting Inspector General directly on February 1, 2011. Given that the DOJ-OIG initially failed to follow-up, it might have an incentive to minimize the significance of the allegations in order to avoid the appearance that its own inaction contributed to the problem in the last few months.
Third, I understand that ATF officials have cited a DOJ-OIG report critical of Project Gunrunner as one of the factors that prompted the shift to a riskier strategy of letting guns be trafficked rather than arresting straw buyers. DOJ-OIG may be sensitive to the appearance that its previous criticism created the conditions under which ATF and DOJ felt pressured to take risks in order to make a “big case” against the cartels. Again, that could create an incentive to minimize the significance of the allegations.
DOJ’s Office of the Inspector General ignored ATF whisteblowers, and previous rulings by the OIG may have contributed to the tactics used in Gunwalker. These are clear and obvious conflicts of interest that demand removing the OIG as the investigating agency.
Grassley’s criticism is shared within the Department of Justice itself. A Pajamas Media source within the DOJ concurs that the DOJ OIG Schnedar is not trusted internally to run impartial investigations, and that DOJ employees now avoid going to OIG with concerns.
Aside from Schnedar’s credibility gap, the source further noted the Obama administration’s history of intimidating inspectors general, citing the firing and smearing of Inspector General of the Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS) Gerald Walpin, who was investigating the AmeriCorps scandal, which had in its sights Obama’s friend Kevin Johnson.
Put simply, the DOJ-OIG’s impartiality and competence have been challenged, which has in no way been helped by the Obama administration’s thuggish intimidation of previous OIGs that have gotten too close to Obama’s allies.
The DOJ-OIG’s report won’t be worth the “black paper” the agency submitted in attempts to stonewall the Oversight Committee’s investigation in June.
The severity of the charges demands that a compromised DOJ-OIG be removed from the case, and that an independent prosecutor be appointed to determine who in the Obama administration authorized a gun-running operation that is responsible for graveyards filled with police dead.
Yet, Fast & Furious was being run out of the office of the US Attorney in Arizona. I.e, directly under the supervision of the Attorney General's office, not thru ATF.
One wonders, then, just how Eric Holder avoided knowing about it.
Mr. Obama answered, "My attorney general has made clear..."Ah! I've got it! The word "My" (yes it is one of Barry's fave words). Once the U.S. AG is confirmed by the senate, he or she is not "yours".
The U.S. Attorney General is 'supposed' to be independent. You may have nominated him, but he works for 'The People' (what a concept!). Even Billy-Jeff understood that with his appointment of the worst US AG we've had Janet 'Shakes' Reno. Well, until Holder anyway.
So Barry you better clarify that statement and explain that you REALLY meant: "THE attorney general has made clear..." otherwise folks may get the idea you think you're a King or ... a Dictator.
Yeah, I know, how silly of me. Who'd ever think that.
I heard Cynthia McKinney needs a job.
LOL but not funny.
IF he doesn't Issa will as the current one has a conflict of interest and should recuse.
Stevie would have a better chance of making them sing.
Oh, I’m sure they’re doing everything they can to limit the availability of evidence. It’s their nature.
The dems are big on Mexicans doing jobs Americans won’t do. Maybe in this case they’re right. Send Obama and Holder to mexico to be prosecuted there.
http://www.archives.gov/federal-register/executive-orders/obama.html
Administration of Barack Obama (2009-Present)Disposition of Executive orders signed by President Barack Obama:
Subject Index
2009 - E.O. 13489 - E.O. 13527 (39 Executive orders issued)
2010 - E.O. 13528 - E.O. 13562 (35 Executive orders issued)
2011 - E.O. 13563 - E.O. 13577 (15 Executive orders issued)
89 Total Executive orders Issued
Someonee needs to go through every single one of these with a fine tooth comb. At the risk of being repetitive, SOMEWHERE is an excutive order allowing the F&F project to tnansfer monies between agencies.
And who was Nixon’s Attorney General. And what happened to him?
Thanks for the link. I saved them all to my backup drive. When I have a little time I’ll check them out.
Huh? New rules? Hey Obama how about starting with preventing Mexican criminals from buying guns with your OK, while you watch them allowing the criminals to kill at will with your approval?
Government White House Plans to Release New Gun Safety Measures ‘in the Near Future’
Posted on July 8, 2011 at 8:32am by Billy Hallowell Billy Hallowell
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WASHINGTON (The Blaze/AP) — Six months after Rep. Gabrielle Giffords was shot, the White House is preparing to propose some new steps on gun safety, though they’re likely to fall short of the bold measures activists would like to see.
Spokesman Jay Carney said that the new steps would be made public “in the near future.” He didn’t offer details, but people involved in talks at the Justice Department to craft the new measures said they expected to see something in the next several weeks. Whatever is proposed is not expected to involve legislation or take on major issues, like banning assault weapons, but could include executive action to strengthen the background check system or other steps.
example:
Given the abundance of official, expert, and media reports of large-scale false imprisonments, widespread corruption of the courts, and unprecedented fraudulent dispossession of homeowners throughout the United States, the testimony by the Acting Inspector General must be deemed false and deliberately misleading.
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Los Angeles, February 10 - on February 9, 2010 Acting Inspector General Cynthia Schendar, US Department of Justice, provided a statement before the US House of Representatives Committee on Appropriations, concerning oversight of the department of justice. [[i]] Upon review of the statement and the true facts in the matter, the statement must be deemed false and deliberately misleading
http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=fc4_1297346092
Jim Brady, for whom the law requiring background checks on handgun purchasers is named, then met with White House press secretary Jay Carney. During the meeting, President Obama dropped in and, according to Sarah Brady, brought up the issue of gun control, “to fill us in that it was very much on his agenda,” she said.
“I just want you to know that we are working on it,” Brady recalled the president telling them. “We have to go through a few processes, but under the radar."
http://patriotupdate.com/7248/obama-were-working-on-gun-control-under-the-radar
Can anyone come up with a special prosecutor called in against a Dimowit?
Oh, excuse me. One was called in against Clinton but what heat did the press give him?
Unaware my butt.
http://www.justice.gov/ag/speeches/2009/ag-speech-090402.html
She’s a woman. A sex slave to the Messiah
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