Posted on 06/22/2012 1:11:23 PM PDT by sunmars
The White House said a former National Security staffer who communicated with ATF's Special Agent in charge of "Fast and Furious" cannot be interviewed by Congressional investigators.
The ATF Special Agent, Bill Newell, testified to Congress in July 2011 that he's a longtime friend with then-White House National Security Staffer Kevin O'Reilly. The two emailed and talked on the phone during the controversial Fast and Furious gunwalking operation, according to documents and Newell's testimony to Congress.
In one email exchange about Fast and Furious on Feb. 11, 2011 O'Reilly asked Newell, "Would ATF be willing to put you or others in front of US media that gets pickup in Mexico (CNN en Espanol, perhaps) to tell this story?"
At the time, the Justice Department and ATF were denying any gunwalking had occurred, and were looking for ways to promote stories about gun traffickers buying weapons in the U.S. and taking them to Mexico.
"Kevin as we discussed last night," answered Newell, "these are some examples of what we could get translated and use in the Mexican media . . . The 'Fast and Furious' indictment is listed under 'U.S. v Avila.'"
The two also emailed about the case in July 2010, exchanging anecdotes and photographs of gun seizures in the case.
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Bill O’Reilly was reading an email from a viewer that correctly said that this whole thing was done to make the government’s (BO and Holder) case for gun control. This, in my view, is what the hidden documents will show. O’Reilly stupidly said that the emailer was making up a conspiracy theory. I was only watching that idiot’s show because I was bored.
I never voted for Clinton. I did stay home during election day for Clinton vs Dole.
I stayed home for two reasons:
1) I was sick of the Monica Lewinski shows everyday on the news. Clinton should have told Congress who he sleeps with is between him and Hillary. (and believe me I did NOT like Bill Clinton)
2) Dole was a weak candidate. Like McCain. Did not excite me the least.
Now that I think of it, if it were another Ronald Reagan running against Clinton in 1996 I would have run to the polls. But it was Dole.
Shoot-sad to say, most of my friends don’t have a clue about anything political.
We had Breitbart. It's convenient for Obama that he's dead.
I thought they already shipped Kevin O’Reilly off to Iraq to keep him away from the Congressional investigation.
As I said to our esteemed fellow FReeper Gargantua last night, the time has arrived for our illustrious Speaker of the House to announce that it is no longer “business as usual”, put an immediate stop on ALL pending legislation and activity that is NOT related to Fast & Furious and have Articles of Impeachment introduced.
If the unfolding story of allowing guns to be run into Mexico, resulting in the deaths of both U.S. and Mexican citizens, does not rise to the level of ‘high crimes and misdemeanors’, then nothing does, and they might as well authorize funding for a new Generalissimo suit with lots of ribbons, medals and gold leaf for our national tyrant, Emperor 0bama.
They cannot contain this.....there are hundreds of dead bodies involved.
They cannot contain this.....there are hundreds of dead bodies involved.
Definitely NOT a person covered by executive privilege!
Anyone the King SAYS is covered by ep is covered by ep.
Only if the press covers it.
Exactly. If the media continues to ignore this, and they will, this will have minimal impact on the election.
The Republicans should run ads laying it out. Either Obama and Holder are lying or they are incompetent. Either way we deserve answers.
Expect O'Reilly to have a sudden heart attack.
W.H.: Ex-staffer Can’t Be Questioned on Fast and Furious
THE MESSIAH HAS SPOKEN.
THE ONE IS ABOVE MERE MORTAL LAWS NOW.
If you fail to comply, Obama’s minions in the media will brand you a RACIST, CWAZY!, or a Phobe, or sumpin’.
Everything. Right from the start, he invented it.
Aint the WOD grand?
A grand jury can subpoena your cat. These guys are toast, and deservedly so.
What a disgraceful bunch with cowardly leaders, and stupid policies that came from the White House.
The jails are going to be filled if Issa and Boehner have the guts to do it. Unfortunately, Boehner’s secret code name is “Limp Boner”. I think you understand. All the Viagra in the world can’t give someone a backbone.
IMO Obama is not smart enough to have come up with this plot. He is a low-class drug addict! Listen to him speak these days when he reads from his teleprompter he sounds like a first grader that’s sounding out the words in his head before he speaks them.
He is not running the show at the WH... Who is??? I think those documents WILL SHOW who is running OUR country while that a-hole is goofing off w/ his man friends. I don’t think he authorizes much of anything I think he is supplied with man friends and drugs and someone else is calling and orchestrating ALL of the orders....
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