ATF Gunwalker: Who at the White House knew?

cbsnews.com ^ | 2 September, 2011 | Sharyl Attkisson

[marktwain]

More information on the gunwalker scandal.

[God luvs America]

See BS must have really had a tough time reporting this....buh-bye holder, you POS racist...

[SumProVita]

Any rational person would conclude that the president had to have known about this.

[SpaceBar]

There is a simple what-if scenario that strongly suggests the White House knew and probably authorized it. Let's suppose the WH had no knowledge. That this was all some local stuff cooked up by some ATF field agents and otherwise shielded from higher ups. The day the story exploded, Holder would have been fired, and the WH would have put all their resources into finding the culprits who brought this scandal and total embarrassment to the Oval Office. Heads would roll. As of yet, none of that has happened. Instead potential whistle blowers have been kicked upstairs and laterally to further insulate them from legal scrutiny and buy their silence.

[marktwain]

Gunwalker ping.

[Jonty30]

Obama would know anything that anybody in his cabinet knew.

[CharlesThe Hammer]

Tic-Toc; drip...drip...drip; Tic-Toc...

KABOOM!

[Grut]

Very good point.

[marktwain]

Gunwalker ping.

[Eric in the Ozarks]

Curiously, CBS is the only MSM outlet that has consistently provided coverage of this debacle.

[ridesthemiles]

How deep is Rahm Emanuel in all of this?

[bestintxas]

who cares? if obama always makes it bush’s fault, then obama is to blame for this one

[cc2k]

So, they've picked out the "Fall guys" and See-BS is now putting out the hit on these three low level whitehouse staffers.

Jonty30 wrote:

Obama would know anything that anybody in his cabinet knew.

What makes you say that. Obama almost never meets with or speaks to his cabinet Secretaries.

Here's what one "former White House strategist" said to NY Magazine back in January:

From The West Wing, Season II, in NY Magazine, Jan 23, 2011

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“What you had was really three or four people running the entire government,” says the former White House strategist. “I thought they put a pretty good Cabinet together, but most of those guys might as well be in the witness-protection program.”

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I'm not sure if Holder is in the "three or four people runnning the entire government," I think he is.

I think these staffers are among those who might as well be in the witness protection program. Especially now.

This President doesn't hear from his cabinet members because he won't listen to them. They aren't important to him. He only cares about his idealogues and personal worshippers. He doesn't want advice, and he doesn't listen to anything that doesn't support/advance him.

[Mr. K]

Obama reminds me of all the software programers I met over the years who want to GET the job, feel they are so superior to everyone else in thatjob, but don’t ever actually DO the job, or know how to once they are hired

[harpu]

"ATF Gunwalker: Who at the White House knew?"

OR should it be..."Who at the White House didn't know?"

[submarinerswife]

save for later

[Flotsam_Jetsome]

Once Obama’s “firewall” in the form of Eric (My People) Holder is gone, the likelihood that all of the “Obama” historical stuff that Holder has been running interference on will come out increases exponentially. Holder will be the last one to go before “Obama” does.

Note to investors: popcorn futures look bright.

[Flag_This]

If Obama didn’t know then Holder would already be gone.

[Spirochete]

Obama told Sarah Brady that he was working on gun control "under the radar". He must have been referring to Gunwalker.

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