. . . . Post # 33 was removed, but has been edited and now re-posted at # 62.
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Posted on 10/28/2011 11:22:12 AM PDT by Smokeyblue
CBS News has learned Attorney General Eric Holder has agreed to appear before the House Judiciary Committee regarding "Fast and Furious." The hearing will take place Dec. 8th.
Judiciary Committee member and head of the House Oversight Committee Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA) had requested that Holder appear, in part to dig deeper into when-he-knew-what about ATF's so-called "gunwalking" operation Fast and Furious.
In May, Holder testified that he only first heard about Fast and Furious a few weeks before. However, as CBS News reported, documents and memos indicate he had been sent multiple briefings mentioning Fast and Furious in 2010.
Holder later explained in a letter to Congress that he didn't read those memos, and that in any event, nobody at the Justice Department who knew of Fast and Furious was aware of the specific "gunwalking" tactics used.
Also today, Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-MD) requested a public hearing with the former Director of ATF: Kenneth Melson.
"A hearing with Mr. Melson would help the Committee and the American people better understand what mistakes were made in Operation Fast and Furious, how these tactics originated, who did and did not authorize them, and what steps are being taken to ensure that they are not used again," wrote Cummings in a letter today to Rep. Issa.
(Excerpt) Read more at cbsnews.com ...
One source tells this writer:
William Newell and David Voth are still in Phoenix, AZ working on the F&F cover-up. Voth is reporting the the sixth floor ATF office in Phoenix and working with Hope McAllister, Tonya English and Marge Zicha. Voth has been heard boasting that he was not going anywhere soon, because he need to complete his time in Phoenix in order to be promoted to the position of ASAC (Assistant Special Agent in Charge). In addition, it has been related to me that Mr. Voth is close to the new Director and as been seen in close door meetings with the new director on several occasions."
The source continues:
ATF's shuffle of managers is nothing more that a smoke screen and the fact that Newell, Voth, McAllister, Engilsh and Zicha are still working on F&F from within the Phoenix office shows contempt for the whole congressional investigation.
Another confirms:
Voth is still running the Fast and Furious case in Phoenix. The rest of the group was disbanded and sent to other groups. Most of them were not willing participants in that train wreck of a case.
As for Newell, sources say, he has been seem recently, also on the 6th floor of Phoenix ATF Field Division headquarters. One source reported that Newell, unlike Voth, who is reported to be as "happy as a pig in s***," has apparently suffered these past months.
He "looks like a f****** ghost," said one source. Said another, "He's lost weight, lost hair, and looks like he irons his clothes with a ball-peen hammer. He looks bad. The stress is clearly getting to him. I didn't think he could lose weight, and look more gaunt. He already was the ATF version of Ichabod Crane."
MUCH more at link!
Ping
I don’t think it’s so easy to fake stuff on computers. Paper docs aren’t all there is floating around. And who knows what Issa has, and how many are telling him stuff behind closed doors, and giving him (more?) flashdrives?
Ah. I see #33 now IS the standard for F&F testimony.
The answer is ‘33’
. . . . Post # 33 was removed, but has been edited and now re-posted at # 62.
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ISSA: I do take the president at his word. I believe that he wants to hold all of those accountable.
I hope he is just making a joke.
I agree, if Issa really believes that then he is an idiot.
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Even Ollie North found out how hard it was to “shred” the memo evidence, way back in Iran-Contra during the internet’s infancy.
Very nice charts. I have bookmarked them both.
I suppose the difficulty in "cleaning up" the document trail lies somewhat in government's ingrained habit of putting everything in triplicate or more. Hooray for redundancy! lol
The story at the link that was in 33 and re-posted in 62 to Sipsey Street Irregular has been removed. I have emailed the blogger to find out what happened. I will report back.
The URL in the link at 62 has a quote mark after the html that caused the fault.
http://sipseystreetirregulars.blogspot.com/2011/10/ssi-exclusive-atf-contempt-and-lies-for.html
Thank you! One little mistake and blam! I left off the first quotation mark in the ref url. Nobody’s perfect, but this is an important srticle. Thank you for reposting the url.
Gah!
Janet Napolitano will pull the same crap when her turn comes. This administration is unraveling. We are headed to the inevitable scandal question. What did Obama know and when did he know it?
Did you find this at Drudge?
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