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Rep. Issa gets his first scalp ('Fast and Furious' victory against Holder's transparent DOJ)
The Hill ^
| 8/30/11
| Jordy Yager
Posted on 08/31/2011 12:42:55 PM PDT by Libloather
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To: harpseal; TexasCowboy; nunya bidness; AAABEST; Travis McGee; Squantos; wku man; SLB; ...
This article is spinning the fate of these two sacrificial lambs so fast it's ready to fly into orbit.
"Victory"? It will be "victory" when Obama and Holder are both eating jail food.
I'm not holding my breath.
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posted on
08/31/2011 1:06:21 PM PDT
by
Joe Brower
(Sheep have three speeds: "graze", "stampede" and "cower".)
To: Libloather; MestaMachine; MrB; jessduntno
Melson and Burke have extracted themselves from discovery by leaving their posts. Subpoenas to testify are no longer valid by executive privilege.
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posted on
08/31/2011 1:06:21 PM PDT
by
Cletus.D.Yokel
(Islam is a violent and tyrannical political ideology and has nothing to do with "religion".)
To: Cletus.D.Yokel
But Melson already testified with his own att’y in secret. The DOJ does not know what he said. And the whistleblowers I was speaking of were ATF agents with boots on the ground, the three who came out first. Being reassigned to Florida, home of Castaway, would have me not sleeping well at all.
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posted on
08/31/2011 1:16:33 PM PDT
by
MestaMachine
(Id imperfectum manet dum confectum erit.)
To: Joe Brower
You are absolutely right.
This will not even start to gain traction until it is at least reported properly and I have not seen that even on conservative sources.
The huge number of guns involved show clearly the purpose was not to catch gun runners. The fact that they did not trace any and only made the slightest attempt to trace a few is also telling.
The real purpose was as clear as rat droppings in a sugar bowl. Obama and Holder were trying to get as many American manufactured guns as possible into Mexico and other Central American Countries to bolster their claim that American gun manufacturers were responsible for the crime in Mexico.
All you need to do is read what they were saying well before this was discovered.
We stand no chance as long as no one in the media tells the truth about this incredible scandal.
Even the few outlets who report it, continue to give them cover.
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posted on
08/31/2011 1:17:15 PM PDT
by
yarddog
To: Cletus.D.Yokel
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posted on
08/31/2011 1:18:09 PM PDT
by
archy
(I'd give my right arm to be ambidextrous!)
To: Cletus.D.Yokel; Libloather; MestaMachine; MrB
“Melson and Burke have extracted themselves from discovery by leaving their posts. Subpoenas to testify are no longer valid by executive privilege.”
They can be re-subpeonaed. Grand Jury rules are substantially forgiving that way. Ask Scooter Libby.
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posted on
08/31/2011 1:25:08 PM PDT
by
jessduntno
(Obama shanks. America tanks.)
To: Libloather
"Burke has over 20 years of public service at both the federal and state levels. Burke served as a Senior Advisor to Department of Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano. He served as Chief of Staff to Arizona Governor Janet Napolitano from 2003 to 2008. Prior to that position, he worked in the Arizona Attorney General's Office as the Chief Deputy Attorney General. He is a former Assistant United States Attorney for the District of Arizona prosecuting drug trafficking cases, was the Assistant Attorney General for Legislative Affairs at the United States Department of Justice, served as a Senior Policy Analyst for the White House Domestic Policy Council during the Clinton Administration and as a Majority Counsel for the United States Senate Judiciary Committee, where he worked on three Supreme Court nominations, intellectual property as well as crime and law enforcement legislation. "
Poor company to keep.
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posted on
08/31/2011 1:30:00 PM PDT
by
Paladin2
To: jessduntno; Condor51
:: Grand Jury rules are substantially forgiving that way. Ask Scooter Libby ::
Remind again what ^that^ outcome was? These folks can be provided executive privilege by Obamugabe (Holder) from congressional subpoenas.
Sounds like a typical “plea deal”. BTW, I’m in Chicago and understand the system.
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posted on
08/31/2011 1:36:55 PM PDT
by
Cletus.D.Yokel
(Islam is a violent and tyrannical political ideology and has nothing to do with "religion".)
To: Libloather
It’s not victory until a guilty “someone” very high up goes to jail.
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posted on
08/31/2011 1:47:44 PM PDT
by
Pecos
(Constitutionalist. Liberty and Honor will not die on my watch.)
To: Pecos
Its not victory until
a EVERY guilty someone
very no matter how high up goes to jail.
Incomplete victory is no victory; it's only putting off 'til tomorrow — and thereby worsening — the bloodbath you should've unleashed today.
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posted on
08/31/2011 2:00:17 PM PDT
by
HKMk23
(YHVH NEVER PLAYS DEFENSE)
To: Libloather
So all they lose is their JOBS? If any one of us had been caught illegally buying guns and smuggling guns and explosives into Mexico that have resulted in possibly hundreds of murders we would be 1) jailed in the US for 20 years or more and then when we get out 2) extradited to Mexico where we would spend the rest of our lives in jail.
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posted on
08/31/2011 2:19:40 PM PDT
by
Blood of Tyrants
(Islam is the religion of Satan and Mohammed was his minion.)
To: brooklyn dave
Melson was the one person who voluntarily testified without DOJ lawyers. This is Zero’s way to get him out of the action, and replace him with a “team player”
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posted on
08/31/2011 2:26:59 PM PDT
by
TStro
To: Cletus.D.Yokel
“Remind again what ^that^ outcome was?”
We were not discussing “outcome.” In fact, we were discussing the non-beginning. Congratulations on being from Chicago.
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posted on
08/31/2011 2:29:17 PM PDT
by
jessduntno
(Obama shanks. America tanks.)
To: jessduntno
This is a nothingburger. A couple of government thugs took the hit for the Attorney General, and the wimpy Republicans are trying to make themselves look like heros.
We need a Special Prosecutor appointed.
TWB
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posted on
08/31/2011 2:45:52 PM PDT
by
TWhiteBear
(Jobs, Peace, Food, Security .... Down with Obama(Peacefully))
To: AD from SpringBay
RICO sounds about right on this pile of c*ap by the feds...its a big conspiracy....
To: Libloather
Critics used the lack of an end result in his Fast and Furious investigation to question Issas effectiveness as chairman, saying he should wait for the Department of Justices inspector general to complete its own investigation, which was launched in March and is still ongoing.Results aren't expected before at least another 15+ months, i.e. after Election Day, unless it's a whitewash.
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posted on
08/31/2011 3:02:03 PM PDT
by
neverdem
(Xin loi minh oi)
To: TWhiteBear
“This is a nothingburger.”
Hahahaha. Plus, it’s from The Hill. BFD.
We don’t get somebody with bawls in there, we’ll look pretty stupid if we DO win the election. Stupider, I mean.
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posted on
08/31/2011 3:03:33 PM PDT
by
jessduntno
(Obama shanks. America tanks.)
To: Libloather
I don't care about these shit-f*ers "stepping down" and "being reassigned." I want to see their dirtbag chickenshit asses in federal prison. Maximum security. For many years.
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