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Holder bragged about Operation Gunrunner in 2009
washingtonexaminer.com ^ | 07/09/11 | Barbara Hollingsworth |

Posted on 07/09/2011 7:15:24 PM PDT by Carborundum

On May 3, U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder testified before House Oversight and Government Reform Chairman Darrell Issa's committee that he only learned about the government's sale of weapons to Mexican drug cartels "in the last few weeks."

But Big Government found a 2009 speech by Holder on the Department of Justice's own website that proves the attorney general was well aware of Operation Gunrunner back in 2009:

The problem with Holder’s feigned ignorance is that he gave a speech in Cuernavaca, Mexico, on April 2, 2009, in which he boasted about Operation 'Gunrunner” and told Mexican authorities of everything he was doing to insure its success.

When questioned by the media, Holder also denied knowing anything about Gunrunner.....

Read more at the Washington Examiner: http://washingtonexaminer.com/blogs/beltway-confidential/2011/07/holder-bragged-about-operation-gunrunner-2009#ixzz1RfBd1wtt

(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonexaminer.com ...


TOPICS: Government; Mexico; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: atf; banglist; dea; doj; ericholder; fastandfurious; fbi; gunrunner; gunrunnergate; gunwalker; holder; melson; mexico; operationgunrunner
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To: Bullish

Most of the “hopey-changey” people Never Even Heard of it!!


21 posted on 07/09/2011 7:34:59 PM PDT by merryberry (2nd best punishment...IGNORE O.J. Anthony)
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To: Carborundum

I’m assuming that when Holder testified before Issa’s committee he was under oath, and therefore perjured himself.


22 posted on 07/09/2011 7:41:20 PM PDT by SpaceBar
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To: Enterprise
Think about it, would Holder or any other U.S. official go to a conference in Mexico and tell them that he has authorized weapons to be walked into Mexico, and that he is expanding the operation? I need the “smoking gun” here. I need to see the actual proof that he is lying about the guns part. He DOES need to step down because this happened on his watch, But I need something more concrete than the information in this article."

You were'nt a juror at the Casey Anthony trial by any chance, were you?

23 posted on 07/09/2011 7:42:20 PM PDT by pawdoggie
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To: Carborundum

Holder is a Idiot and anything he touches, will quickly turn to crap.


24 posted on 07/09/2011 7:42:38 PM PDT by Cheetahcat ( November 4 2008 ,A date that will live in Infamy.)
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To: Baynative

Before talk radio and the Internet, the media could cover up the lies. As it is they will probably blame Sarah Palin or someone.


25 posted on 07/09/2011 7:43:48 PM PDT by Jeff Chandler (Just once I'd like someone to call me 'Sir' without adding 'You're making a scene.' - Homer Simpson)
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To: Libloather

They should qt least credit us.


26 posted on 07/09/2011 7:46:50 PM PDT by GlockThe Vote (The Obama Adminstration: The flash mob who wonÂ’t leave.)
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To: pawdoggie

Address the question I raised or don’t bother posting to me.


27 posted on 07/09/2011 7:47:21 PM PDT by Enterprise ("Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities." Voltaire)
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To: Libloather
Must admit I did not see(or find on my search before posting this piece) that thread from 7/8... but clearly the more the media picks up on this issue, the more it will bring scrutiny on Holder et al.. And as far as that goes, the more the better. No?
28 posted on 07/09/2011 7:48:32 PM PDT by Carborundum
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To: Enterprise

Strange things happened in Watergate too... Folks in power aren’t as logical as you might think.


29 posted on 07/09/2011 7:50:29 PM PDT by GOPJ (Honk if IÂ’m paying for your car, your mortgage, and your big, fat Greek bailout - mewzilla)
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To: Carborundum

There is “No controlling Legal authority.”

The Gore defense.


30 posted on 07/09/2011 7:52:09 PM PDT by right way right
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To: Carborundum

Now THIS is post worthy. BUMP!! to DRUDGE and LIMBAUGH


31 posted on 07/09/2011 7:53:12 PM PDT by IllumiNaughtyByNature ($1.84 - The price of a gallon of gas on Jan. 20th, 2009.)
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To: Carborundum

Glad to see this story getting legs. I sent it to Ulster Man as soon as I saw it.


32 posted on 07/09/2011 7:56:50 PM PDT by Peter from Rutland
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To: Carborundum

So, from what I’m reading, the DOJ and related agencies are actively engaged in supplyng arms to mexican drug cartels, along with leftist central american governments. Or, are they just using the cartels for financing and logistics to put arms in the hands of those leftist regimes?

This pile of crap coming out of DC just keeps getting deeper and deeper by the minute.


33 posted on 07/09/2011 7:58:15 PM PDT by factoryrat (We are the producers, the creators. Grow it, mine it, build it.)
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To: Carborundum

“Holder bragged about Operation Gunrunner in 2009”

That’s gonna leave a mark ...


34 posted on 07/09/2011 7:59:50 PM PDT by Munz (All tyranny needs to gain a foothold is for people of good conscience to remain silent.)
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To: Carborundum

I wonder what our government’s reaction would be if we found that Cuba was actively supplying weapons to street gangs in the U.S.?


35 posted on 07/09/2011 8:03:05 PM PDT by Flag_This (Real presidents don't bow.)
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To: SpaceBar

Its gotta be peach season.
How many peaches doe it take to tip the scale?


36 posted on 07/09/2011 8:08:53 PM PDT by himno hero ("Armageddon is well seeded, America will pay"... Barrack Obama's vision)
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To: Carborundum

As if we could expect anything more from this administration than lies.

If only the MSM would do something.


37 posted on 07/09/2011 8:11:52 PM PDT by proud American in Canada (To paraphrase Sarah Palin: "I love when the liberals get all wee-wee'd up.")
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To: proud American in Canada

Lies, lies, and more lies


38 posted on 07/09/2011 8:14:01 PM PDT by Josa
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To: merryberry
Most of the “hopey-changey” people Never Even Heard of it!!

Exactly! Obama and Holder are counting on that big time!

39 posted on 07/09/2011 8:14:32 PM PDT by Bullish (Recovery won't begin until Obama loses HIS job.)
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To: Jeff Chandler

They may try. More likely just try to bury the story. But remember Buckhead and the SeeBS/Rathergate scandal. Glock The Vote may become the next Buckhead....personally, I’m praying that happens.


40 posted on 07/09/2011 8:14:32 PM PDT by Carborundum
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