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Fast and Furious: White House, DOJ targeted Sharyl Attkisson (and Rep. Issa)
Human Events ^ | Thursday, November 20, 2014 | John Hayward

Posted on 11/20/2014 3:02:41 PM PST by kristinn

Judicial Watch is looking to crowdsource the huge pile of documents finally delivered by the Obama Administration in response to their Freedom of Information Act lawsuit on Operation Fast and Furious. (In the unlikely event the mainstream media decides not to embargo this story, I don’t want to catch any of you claiming that it was a FOIA request. The request got ignored by the Most Transparent Administration In History, so they had to file a lawsuit. The document production is occurring under the stern gaze of a federal judge.)

Here’s a little taste of what has already been discovered, offered by Judicial Watch president Tom Fitton as a bit of catnip for aspiring crowd-source helpers interested in searching through the 42,000 pages of documentation President Obama risibly concealed by asserting executive privilege:

"We are posting these documents for the public to review and hope that crowd-sourcing our investigation will lead to more accountability for the Fast and Furious outrage. The documents are explosive. For instance, our initial review of the documents shows the DOJ and White House targeted then-CBS journalist Sharyl Attkisson:

"On October 4, 2011, Holder’s top press aide Tracy Schmaler tells White House Deputy Press Sectary Eric Schultz, “I’m also calling Sharryl’s [sic] editor and reaching out to Scheiffer. She’s out of control.”

"Schultz responded, “Good. Her piece was really bad for the AG.”

"Schultz also detailed to Schmaler that he was working with a journalist (Susan Davis, formerly of the National Journal) to target Rep. Darryl Issa (R-CA), the House Republican leading the charge on Fast and Furious:

"“And I sent NJ’s Susan Davis your way. She’s writing on Issa/FandF and I said you could load her up on the leaks, etc.”

"(Davis authored a critical profile of Issa a few weeks later.)

"This one email chain implicates both the Obama White House and the Department of Justice in an effort to secretly undermine a congressional investigation and to suppress critical media reporting of the Obama administration. No wonder Obama waited until after he was safely reelected (and even after this year’s elections) to finally release this material that documents obstruction and abuse at the highest levels.

"The documents show that Obama made the extraordinary assertion of executive privilege over emails between Eric Holder and his wife, Sharon Malone. The emails show that Holder sent his spouse internal DOJ emails about Fast and Furious developments. There is nothing that would have been covered by executive privilege in these or other key records that show Barack Obama abused his power to keep them secret during his reelection campaign up until now."

More at the source link.


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: 2deadfeds; 300deadmexicans; atf; attkisson; banglist; brianterry; cia; dea; dhs; doj; fastandfurious; fbi; gunrunner; gunwalker; holder; holderemails; holderwife; hsi; ice; issa; jaimezapata; judicialwatch; jw; obama; obamascandals; sharylattkisson; terry; tracyschmaler; tyranny; zapata
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To: dandiegirl

Wish they would. But his skin is black...


21 posted on 11/20/2014 3:27:24 PM PST by MileHi (Liberalism is an ideology of parasites, hypocrites, grievance mongers, victims, and control freaks.)
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To: 21twelve

I always like that line... Heh heh heh...


22 posted on 11/20/2014 3:32:07 PM PST by DoughtyOne (The mid-term elections were perfect for him. Now Obama can really lead from behind.)
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To: Red in Blue PA
"How t=do these people look at themselves in the mirror?"

They don't have a reflection. After all, they are sucking the life out of America.

23 posted on 11/20/2014 3:34:29 PM PST by Truth29
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To: kristinn

Beware the Big Gubamint Social Media Networking Complex!!


24 posted on 11/20/2014 3:35:01 PM PST by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi - Revolution is a'brewin!!!)
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To: Protect the Bill of Rights

Thank You!


25 posted on 11/20/2014 3:37:11 PM PST by usconservative (When The Ballot Box No Longer Counts, The Ammunition Box Does. (What's In Your Ammo Box?))
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To: gaijin

Don’t send your kid to Georgetown.

If Georgetown is your alma mater then don’t contribute.

Also ask WHY Georgetown would employ a COVER-UP QUEEN as a Journalism Teacher, a person who tells young kids how to report news.

A more honest route for her at Georgetown would be classes on how to NOT be a journalist - “don’t be like ME…”

Subscribe to the Wall Street Journal. OK, WHY..?

Why would read a newspaper that is okay with major political cover-ups..?

Don’t click on their ads, and spread the word around.


26 posted on 11/20/2014 3:39:48 PM PST by gaijin
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To: Secret Agent Man

Very simple
refuse the confirmation of Holders replacement and very publicly impeach Holder while he is still AG and remove him from office


27 posted on 11/20/2014 5:23:22 PM PST by rdcbn
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To: kristinn
Atkisson's book "Stonewalled" is a MUST read.


28 posted on 11/20/2014 5:23:27 PM PST by Travis McGee (www.EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com)
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To: Red in Blue PA

Yep and nothing will happen.


29 posted on 11/20/2014 5:44:13 PM PST by Eagles6 (Valley Forge Redux. If not now, when? If not here, where? If not us then who?)
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To: kristinn

bkmk


30 posted on 11/20/2014 6:15:47 PM PST by AllAmericanGirl44
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To: rdcbn

sounds excellent.


31 posted on 11/20/2014 11:50:58 PM PST by Secret Agent Man ( Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
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