Posted on 10/04/2011 6:27:45 PM PDT by Kaslin
Scandal: A major-league pitcher was indicted for lying to Congress about steroid use. Administration memos show Eric Holder lied about what he knew about Fast and Furious and when he knew it. What's the difference?
Somewhere, Scooter Libby must be scratching his head. He was indicted and convicted simply because his recall of when a meeting occurred differed from others. He didn't lie about a gun-running operation that led to the deaths of two American agents and at least 200 Mexicans.
But Attorney General Eric Holder did, according to memos obtained by CBS News and Fox News.
They show Holder lied to Congress on May 2, 2011, when he was asked about when he knew about the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives' Fast and Furious gun-running operation. He told House Oversight Committee Chairman Darrell Issa he was "not sure of the exact date, but I probably learned about Fast and Furious over the last few weeks."
Holder learned of the operation as early as July 2010 in a memo from the director of the National Drug Intelligence Center informing him of an operation run by the Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force out of the Phoenix ATF office, under which "straw purchasers are responsible for the purchase of 1,500 firearms that were then supplied to Mexican drug cartels."
On Oct. 18, 2010, one of Holder's chief deputies, Lanny Breuer, chief of the Justice Department's Criminal Division, told Holder in a memo that prosecutors were ready to issue indictments of a few gun traffickers involved in Fast and Furious.
A memo the day before from Deputy Attorney General Jason Weinstein to another lawyer in the Criminal Division, James Trusty, asked if Breuer should do a press conference when Fast and Furious became known.
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So they settled for second “best”. (Now)
Given the Fast n Furious scandal, NBPP, etc. Why is he still there?
What's the difference? I'll tell you the difference! That pitcher has been lying to congress about how he was directly responsible for the international trafficking of weapons (and now it appears grenades and explosives as well) to international drug cartels, and supplying the weapons used to kill at least 200 innocent Mexican civilians and two US law enforcement agents.
Oh, wait, it wasn't the pitcher... He was just shooting up steroids and HGH. But that pitcher REALLY belongs in prison!
Mark
Rep Issa :When did you first learn of operation fast and furious?
A.G. Holder :That depends on what the meaning of” When did you first learn of operation fast and furious” is........
Mark
I had a dream!!!
Exactly. The whole Clinton impeachment was political cover. Impeach him so you can say you did something, but don’t convict him so your opponents won’t seek revenge when they regain control. Bunch of corrupt b@st@rds.
Why DC? Why not AZ, where the killing occurred, and guns were sold?
Hey everybody,be careful. They got drones!
Who has the power to indict?
They should be publishing pictures of those 200+ Mexicans killed and pictures of their loved ones crying at their funerals. Like LIFE Magazine used to have - a spread of all their pictures on a couple of pages. People need to see their faces to really comprehend what Holder and his Justice Department have done!
Except Scooter Libby did not get (at least) three law enforcement officers killed in the line of duty by his actions. I cannot imagine how Eric Holder walks on this. It may take a while but he will eventually be brought to justice on this, and probably several more just like it.
soon ole eric will be hopey that bambam doesnt get re-elected, and he can get an earlier pardon ???
Holder should have been impeached over the New Black Panthers fiasco.
DOOM!
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