Posted on 10/07/2011 3:21:22 PM PDT by sunmars
In a letter to Congress, Attorney General Eric Holder has gone on the record with the most details yet about what he and other Justice Department officials knew about ATF's Fast and Furious operation, even though memos surfaced earlier this week showing multiple briefing memos mentioning Fast and Furious were sent to him as early as July of last year.
Holder says that his testimony to Congress, stating he first heard of Fast and Furious earlier this year, "was truthful and accurate... I have no recollection of knowing about Fast and Furious prior to the public controversy about it."
In his letter, Holder also criticized the House Committee investigating Fast and Furious, saying he cannot sit idly by "as law enforcement and government employees who devote their lives to protecting our citizens be considered 'accessories to murder'."
Holder maintains he didn't know about the controversial gunwalking tactics used in the case.
The Attorney General says that while he was sent received memos on Fast and Furious, they are "actually provided to and reviewed by members of my staff and the staff of the Office of the Deputy Attorney General."
As CBS News has reported, the Deputy Attorney General during Fast and Furious, Gary Grindler is now Holder's Chief of Staff. Documents provided to Congress indicate Grindler received a detailed briefing on Fast and Furious in March of 2010 and made handwritten notes on briefing materials.
However, in the letter, Holder says Grindler "was not told of the unacceptable tactics employed in the operation in his regular monthly meetings with ATF"
"I now understand some senior officials within the Department were aware at the time there was an operation called Fast and Furious although they were not advised of the unacceptable operational tactics being used in it,"
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Accessory to murder charge oughta shrink his tiny gonads right up into his throat!
i have no recollection worked for the hilda beast, why not this jerk
Mr. Holder, in the words of Joe Wilson, YOU LIE!
It’s a bit hard to believe that he would go before a congressional committee to testify without checking his records ahead of time. Not believable in the least. He needs to be gone.
Holder strikes me as the kind of jailhouse pu&&y that can be flipped. Cue Issa granting him full immunity if he flips on Bobo.
Old Marine Corps saying; “Who’s in charge? He’s in charge. Who effed up? He effed up.”
The worst kind of leader possible...throwing his own people under the bus to try and protect himself.
Well guess what, you racist/marxist? If it's got your name on it as the addressee...you own it.
You are either wholly incompentent and unworthy to serve, or you are guilty as charged.
That's precisely what he's doing.
Where is the media? Any reporter worth their salt would be hammering Obummer right now... How the hell does the President allow operations such as Fast and Furious to go on in this government, if they are claiming they didn’t know about sending Guns into Mexico what the Hell is going on in government that they “Don’t know about”. This cannot be allowed. Special investigator must investigate everyone from Obama on down. There is no accountability in this chain of command and America is suffering from it.
The Clintonista playbook. When confronted with wrongdoing, simply plead blinding incompetence. With our supine national press, that was always good enough in the past.
BJ Clinton redux.
As Scooter Libby learned, your recollection's don't matter worth a damn. FACTS matter and if you got a date wrong, like he did, then you should receive at LEAST the sentence he did. But if there's a conspiracy to obstruct justice and obstruct Congress going on here, there better be DIRE consequenses for it.
Republicans have been hung for FAR less.
I think there’s a connection between F&F and the Occupy Whatever mess. Obama is doing his best to get F&F and Solyndra buried if he can generate (through Soros and the union goons) enough mayhem and hopefully some violence.
Thanks MestaMachine.
Got just before the holiday.
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