Posted on 03/16/2012 2:40:03 PM PDT by Nachum
California Congressman Darrell Issa has evidently gotten his second wind and in a Thursday evening interview with CNNs Anderson Cooper regarding Operation Fast and Furious and a similar project in Texas, accused the Justice Department and Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives of lying to Congress.
The interview came at the end of a lengthy report on illegal gun walking that appears to have been permitted under the Obama administration in 2009 and 2010 in more places than just Arizona. It may be seen here, and this is what Issa told Cooper:
Weve been lied to by the Department of Justice; weve been lied to by some of the ATF.
Issa, chairman of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, began investigating Fast and Furious more than a year ago. During that time, he has chaired several hearings, dispatched investigators to Arizona, traveled to Mexico to discuss the scandal with officials in that country, and become a burr under the saddle of Attorney General Eric Holder.
(Excerpt) Read more at examiner.com ...
Thanks for the ping.
Odd how 'the press' isn't bothering to do this story justice... /s
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qBFOmUXR080
Dear Congressman: What are you and Bohner going to do about it?
Corrected: Bonhed
I wonder if Issa is working in conjunction with Joe Arpaio....I can only HOPE he is!
” Someone correct me if Im wrong, but I though Bonehead Boehner told Issa to layoff “
He DID! Boner, of course, denied it....through his tears....
I think Issa leaked the “layoff” to the press.
I think that Issa is biding his time. I don’t think he can muster enough support to prosecute the Holder DoJ or he would have already done so.
He knows what’s going on. Doing something about it is another thing.
“The problem, of course, is that if Boner demands impeachment or some other serious reponse in his committee, then it has to go to the whole House to be discussed and voted on, before anything happens. And Boner evidently doesnt want to do that. In fact, if Boner is against it, Issa might not even be able to get the votes in his committee. Because although Boner refuses to punish anyone who helps the Democrats, he might very well punish anyone who tries to fight them.”
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