"We're still pursuing gun control, but we have to do it under the radar."
Posted on 10/19/2011 5:52:15 AM PDT by bestintxas
The people responsible for the Fast and Furious gunrunning scandal “will be held accountable,” President Barack Obama pledges during an interview for "Nightline" Tuesday night.
“It’s very upsetting to me to think that somebody showed such bad judgment that they would allow something like that to happen,” Obama told ABC News’ Jake Tapper. “And we will find out who and what happened in this situation and make sure it gets corrected.”
Obama told Tapper, “People who screwed up will be held accountable,” according to a report on ABCnews.com in advance of the broadcast.
His comments came on the day that the Senate voted to block funds for any similar operation in the future.
It also came as a fourth Republican congressman, freshman Allen West, called for the resignation of Attorney General Eric Holder for his role in the fatally flawed scheme which saw hundreds of assault weapons fall into the hands of violent Mexican drug cartels.
In an exclusive interview with Newsmax.TV, West said Holder “definitely could be complicit in what could be criminal actions.” The Florida representative added, “He should do the honorable thing and resign and take full responsibility for what has happened.”
Obama’s comments show that pressure from Republican investigators led by House Oversight Committee Chairman Rep. Darrell Issa of California and Senate Judiciary Committee ranking member Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa is paying off.
Last week, Issa subpoenaed hundreds of documents to discover how high in the administration knowledge of the scheme went. He has accused Holder of failing to cooperate in the investigation.
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With the current regime, best to assume that every word they utter is a lie/deception until proven otherwise.
I think you are correct. If you look closely at the subpoena from Issa to the DoJ, it is limited to a very narrow window of time.
It was clear to me that Issa knows exactly what happened, and when. He is only looking for the document trail to ensnare the guilty.
"We're still pursuing gun control, but we have to do it under the radar."
"We're still pursuing gun control, but we have to do it under the radar."
Obama, Holder, and Napolitano are trying figure out how to pin all the blame on Bush, Cheney, and Sheriff Arpaio.
“This is President Barack Obama...now I know I’m in there..and if I don’t come out with my hands up..I’m coming in after me.”
I think the one who will take the fall is Hillary. (There’s a reason so many stories have started circulating mentioning her possible involvement.) That accomplishes two things - gets him the scapegoat he needs and removes any possibility that she could challenge him.
“The gauntlet is now thrown down, Issa: find out when and what Holder and Obama knew”
I know very little about weapons. When I was young, I knew the nomenclature of my husbands M-16 rifle but that’s just about it. The Fast and Furious program has held my attention because at 100 of those weapons passed through my home in El Paso. (http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-atf-guns-20110929,0,201277.story)
They call these “assault weapons.” I guess assault weapons come in different sizes, is that right? The weapons found at the site of the murdered Border Patrol agent (12-10-2010), were those rifles? The third gun, (the one Issa has said is missing and Holder says never existed) is that a rifle too? I’m curious because it’s missing. I’m also curious about the seller. A legitimate gun dealer? Do you guys know anything about him? Also...one last question. Jared Lee Loughner bought his gun at a legitimate gun shop. I think it was Sportsman’s Warehouse in Tucson. Is a Glock 23 considered an assault weapon too? I have found aoo,ooo articles on the subject. If someone can direct me to a spot on website where all of this can be studied, I’d appreciate it.
I believe Obama is correct: Anyone responsible who holds the office of POS will be voted out in the next election.
Issa knows this only because the ATF permanent bureaucracy has turned on the appointees and the folks they've promoted since Obama came to office.
You know there are undoubtedly contract proposals to purchase tracking devices for the stocks on the long guns. Somebody refused to sign them ~ too much money ~ nothing in the budget ~ hey Democrat big dogs when Congress doesn't approve a budget, the agencies don't have any line items to charge NEW STUFF against. Continuing resolutions just don't let you keep up with technology or buy enough tracking devices.
Yeah we will -about the same time we are shown Barry Soetoro’s real Birth Certificate.
I hope that they do. Both of those scrotes deserve to be in prison.
Barack sh!t!
Pffft!
Didn’t he say that wwwwwaaaaayyyyy back in March – 8 months ago?
What’s the hold up?
Hence the term:
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