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Holder Challenges 'Fast and Furious' Allegations in Scathing Letter to Congress
FoxNews.com ^ | 10/7/11 | FoxNews.com

Posted on 10/07/2011 1:55:06 PM PDT by ColdOne

Attorney General Eric Holder, in his most forceful comments to date about the gunrunning probe known as "Fast and Furious," defended himself Friday in a letter to Congress and accused his Republican critics of making "irresponsible and inflammatory" claims.

The Justice Department released the letter late Friday. It was addressed to top Republican and Democratic lawmakers, and comes in the wake of GOP calls for a special counsel to be appointed to investigate Holder's involvement.

Republicans have released routine memos that appear to show Holder was notified about details of the program as early as summer 2010, though he testified to Congress that he only found out in early 2011.

Holder stood by his claims in the letter.

"I have not spoken at length on this subject out of deference to the review being conducted, at my request, by our Department's Inspector General. However, in the past few days, the public discourse concerning these issues has become so base and so harmful to interests that I hope we all share that I must now address these issues notwithstanding the Inspector General's ongoing review," he wrote.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: atf; banglist; castaway; cia; dea; dhs; doj; fastandfurious; fbi; gunrunner; gunwalker; holder; holderliedpeopledied; ice; obama
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1 posted on 10/07/2011 1:55:09 PM PDT by ColdOne
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To: MestaMachine

ping


2 posted on 10/07/2011 1:55:49 PM PDT by ColdOne (I miss my poochie... Tasha 2000~3/14/11)
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To: ColdOne

Holder is a first class liar. Research his lies concerning the Marc Rich pardon and how he disregarded normal pardon procedures to bring the request directly to Slick Willie without ever running it through DOJ. Removal from office is too gently for Holder. When Cain wins the presidency in November 2010, I predict the DOJ will be returned to its mission of UPHOLDING and ENFORCING our laws, followed by prosecutions of most of the Zero administration.


3 posted on 10/07/2011 1:59:22 PM PDT by majormaturity
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To: ColdOne
"So what, a couple hundred dead Mexicans, and we lose a couple of our guys too, so what?

You can't make an omelet without breaking a few eggs, y'know.

We gotta do something to get control of all those guns out there."

/s

4 posted on 10/07/2011 2:01:10 PM PDT by OKSooner ("Get a brain, morans!!")
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To: ColdOne

**Inflammatory** claims..?

Hey that’s rich, coming from the guy who burned down Waco, a church full of people and kids, right?

Wow.


5 posted on 10/07/2011 2:01:10 PM PDT by gaijin
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To: ColdOne

IMO, way past time for him to resign!


6 posted on 10/07/2011 2:01:23 PM PDT by ExTexasRedhead
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To: ColdOne

Mr. Holder: why then are you not demanding the heads of those who “walked” arms contrary to US law and to the grave suffering of our southern neighbors?


7 posted on 10/07/2011 2:01:38 PM PDT by ctdonath2 ($1 meals: http://abuckaplate.blogspot.com/)
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To: ColdOne
Hitler was routinely righteously indignant when he was accused of wanting war, right up to the invasion of Poland. Eric Holder is his soul-mate.
8 posted on 10/07/2011 2:01:55 PM PDT by hinckley buzzard
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To: ColdOne
Holder Challenges 'Fast and Furious' Allegations in Scathing Letter

Let me guess.. "Racists!"

9 posted on 10/07/2011 2:02:29 PM PDT by WilliamofCarmichael (If modern America's Man on Horseback is out there, Get on the damn horse already!)
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To: ColdOne
"...interests that I hope we all share..."

He wants us to share his interest in him hanging around to advance his hate-America-first agenda. That's not surprising, but it ain't gonna happen.

10 posted on 10/07/2011 2:02:32 PM PDT by Hunton Peck (See my FR homepage for a list of businesses that support WI Gov. Scott Walker)
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To: ColdOne

Looks like we’ve finally got his attention.


11 posted on 10/07/2011 2:04:38 PM PDT by comebacknewt (Newt (sigh) what could have been . . .)
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To: ColdOne

Awesome - only liars act outraged like this - if accusations aren’t true why sweat it? I guess there’s fire beyond the smoke.


12 posted on 10/07/2011 2:04:40 PM PDT by februus
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To: ColdOne

Tell it to Bubba.


13 posted on 10/07/2011 2:04:48 PM PDT by Berlin_Freeper
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To: ColdOne

Holder needs to resign. NOW!


14 posted on 10/07/2011 2:05:33 PM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (If you always tell the truth, you won't have to remember what you said.)
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To: WilliamofCarmichael

“Scathing” is the new “desperate,” I guess.


15 posted on 10/07/2011 2:05:51 PM PDT by Hunton Peck (See my FR homepage for a list of businesses that support WI Gov. Scott Walker)
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To: ColdOne

Yeah, that’s the ticket.


16 posted on 10/07/2011 2:06:17 PM PDT by reagandemocrat (Obama bitterly clings to his Gunwalker cover-up)
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To: ColdOne
  • ACORN traffics in underage foreign prostitutes and 0bama cuts out $7 billion dollars of Stimulus cash for ACORN.

  • ATF traffics in full-auto weapons to Mexican drug cartels and 0bama's AG doesn't know a thing.

  • The CIA traffics in shoulder-fired rockets and other high-powered weapons to a Mexican drug cartel and the SecState knows nothing.

  • The DOJ is cutting deals with Mexican drug cartels.

We've got a narco/arms/human slave trafficking Mob Boss in the WH.


17 posted on 10/07/2011 2:06:54 PM PDT by TigersEye (Life is about choices. Your choices. Make good ones.)
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To: ColdOne

Prediction: Obama pardons Holder in last minute pardon bonanza in 2012.


18 posted on 10/07/2011 2:07:14 PM PDT by VRW Conspirator (The unemployment problem only can be solved when Obama is unemployed.)
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To: ColdOne

He’s “ridin’ dir-taaayyyyy”


19 posted on 10/07/2011 2:07:19 PM PDT by clintonh8r (Living well is no longer the best revenge. Revenge is now the best revenge.)
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To: ColdOne

As Congressman Issa stated, “You’re entitled to your own opinion, but you’re not entitled to your own facts.”


20 posted on 10/07/2011 2:07:34 PM PDT by CholeraJoe (Prepare for Armageddon! Buy brass and lead!)
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