[servo1969]

A good explanation of legal “privileges” from a lawyer.

[11th Commandment]

I am sure Obama is working on the pardon for Holder he will issue on Nov 7th.

[kenavi]

He doesn't address "Executive Privilege", which is special to the government and the Constitutional separation of powers.

I do agree that this action makes the Obama Administration look guilty as sin, especially considering that people have died. The Administration could have submitted documents and blacked out names of informants and such.

[marktwain]

(4) All of the above.

[skeeter]

In other words, claiming Executive Privilege was NOT an option here.

[Logical me]

Committee just voted to hold Holder in contempt. What is more important is that all the Democrats voted no. That supports my theory that Democrats are communists and have no respect for the law.

This now will go to the full House where you can expect that it will be by party line and the communists Democrats will all vote no. Then it will go to the Senate where all the likewise Democrats will vote no and this will end the rule of law. ALL DEMOCRATS ARE COMMUNISTS AND THEY WILL AND HAVE DESTROYED THE RULE OF LAW. I STRESS AGAIN. DEMOCRATS ARE COMMUNISTS.

[Raycpa]

(4) Bush did it too.

[Oldpuppymax]

Also very important is the fact that one cannot claim “partial” privilege. Holder and the DOJ have already provided info about the February 4th, Ron Weich letter, for example. It is not legally permissible to now claim privilege on the remainder of that documentation. When part of it is out, the rest becomes fair game!!! One cannot testify and then claim 5th Amendment protection for the REST of what he was going to testify to!!!!

[DoughtyOne]

This is all about gun running right?

Well at one time it was. Now it’s also about dead U. S. Law Enforcement officers, dead Mexican nationals, and more than likely other dead U. S. Citizens.

If this were a Republican administration, at this point this would all be about...

1. the president not respecting law enforcement
2. the president betraying the INS (who cares what the flavor of the day name now is)
3. the president being a racist, for not caring about dead Mexican nationals

The media loves to play up where we rank in the world these days, because in some cases it makes the U. S. look bad.

I’ll bet they won’t be reporting the ranking of the nation’s press anytime soon. It’s dead last.

We even get some truth out of Egypt, Syria and Iran these days.

When it comes to the U. S. and the Leftists, we sure don’t get any out of our press.

[bcsco]

I wish I knew if it was online as a video, but judge Napolitano, this morning on Fox News, gave a more direct explanation of Executive Privilege as it pertains to the WH. There are 4 areas where the SC has ruled the president can claim EP. The two that could be pertinent are 1) National security, and 2) Presidential confidentiality. The president/Holder could be claiming that dealings under F&F could fall under national security. OTHO, the 2nd category directly involves the president in the scope of the discussions.

I don’t believe for a minute Obama wasn’t involved with F&F from the get go. What I’m very curious about, is the fact the information about the claim of executive privilege came from Holder and, as yet, there’s no direct correspondence from the WH.

[hoosiermama]

FYI.... Some legal thoughts of what has happened and is about to happen with F&F.

[cripplecreek]

My lights keep dimming.

Must be all the paper shredders cranking up in DC.

[Hotlanta Mike]

[Hotlanta Mike]

[Revolting cat!]

Where are those brave journalists Redford and Hoffman whe we need them?

[hoosiermama]

FYI.... Some legal thoughts of what has happened and is about to happen with F&F.

[Hotlanta Mike]

‘Obama goes Nixon, claims executive privilege on F&F’

Senator Charles Grassley of Iowa notes that this means that Obama is claiming privilege for documents it has been claimed he never saw.

AP:
“The assertion of executive privilege raises monumental questions,” Iowa Sen. Chuck Grassley said in a statement released Wednesday shortly after the president’s move. “How can the President assert executive privilege if there was no White House involvement? How can the President exert executive privilege over documents he’s supposedly never seen? Is something very big being hidden to go to this extreme? The contempt citation is an important procedural mechanism in our system of checks and balances. The questions from Congress go to determining what happened in a disastrous government program for accountability and so that it’s never repeated again.”

Grassley is the ranking Republican on the Senate Judiciary Committee and has previously called a Justice Department investigation into the “Fast and Furious” gunrunning operation “botched.”

http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2012/06/obama_goes_nixon_claims_executive_privilege_on_ff.html

[JaguarXKE]

either the White House is dumb as a collective post or guilty as sin

I don't think this is necessarily an either-or proposition. I think they are BOTH dumb as a post AND guilty as sin.

[SE Mom]

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[uncbob]

What the hell does law have to do with it when you have the MSM covering for you and the threat of major riots as your ace in the hole

[TigersEye]

Now it’s 0bama’s turn to stonewall F&F. He will claim some alternate definition of Executive Privilege and defy anyone to prove him wrong. The MSM will carry that water into the gates of hell for him.