It’s unbelievable that Attorney General Eric Holder still has a job. On the news they just played a clip of his testimony before the House Oversight Committee and he said he cannot conduct a full investigation of Operation Fast and Furious at this time. He also said that the weapons that were allowed to walk across the border into Mexico in the hands of criminals will show up at crime scenes for years to come.
Attorney General Eric Holder suggested Thursday that weapons lost during the course of the failed “Fast and Furious” gunrunning operation will continue to show up at crime scenes in the U.S. and Mexico “for years to come.”
Holder, in testimony on Capitol Hill that comes as the congressional investigation into the program expands, decried the “gun-walking” tactic used in the operation as “inexcusable” and “wholly unacceptable.” But a day after an influential senator called for the resignation of one of Holder’s top deputies over the scandal, Holder denied department leaders played any role in the crafting of “Fast and Furious.”
He continued to assert that top Justice officials were not told about the “inappropriate tactics” until they were made public.
Still, the top law enforcement official in the country conceded that, as a result of “Fast and Furious,” guns lost by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives remain in the hands of criminals.
“Although the department has taken steps to ensure that such tactics are never used again, it is an unfortunate reality that we will continue to feel the effects of this flawed operation for years to come,” he said. “Guns lost during this operation will continue to show up at crime scenes on both sides of the border.”
Read the whole thing, there are also calls for Lanny Breuer, who headed the department’s criminal division, to resign over his role in providing false documents to Congress.
Earlier this week, Rep. Darryl Issa expanded the investigation after reports that the Drug Enforcement Agency was helping Mexican cartels launder money. Also this week, evidence surfaced indicating that the ATF planned to use Operation Fast and Furious as a means to promote new gun regulations.
The House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform has launched a new website where you can follow the latest news on the investigation into Operation Fast and Furious. You can also watch live Committee hearings here. It should be interesting viewing.
Update: Here’s Holder testifying about the meaning of “lying,” it all depends on your state of mind.
Update 2: Linked by Republican Redefined – thanks!
Update: Here’s more video from the hearing. There’s evidence that Operation Fast and Furious has been responsible for the murder of Mexican officials. Imagine if another country conducted such a reckless and illegal operation and let these weapons “walk” into the US.
“[Holder] said he cannot conduct a full investigation of Operation Fast and Furious”
Of course, silly, he has a lot of planning to do to fix the 2012 election.
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For someone who doesn’t know Nything, how can he make such a comment?
Or is this a coverup?
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Ema?
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Hmmm….
Holder knows nothing. Obama knows nothing. Big Sis knows nothing. The FBI knows nothing.
Seems no one in charge of anything in Washington actually knows a damned thing.
One must conclude that all those weapons sold to the Mexican drug cartels was a totally illegal and unauthorized action by some apparently loose-cannon federal agents, who managed to somehow sneak – or steal – hundreds of fully automatic weapons from wherever the government keeps then under lock and key.
You betcha.
All of those in charge claim to be the wide-eyed innocent, shocked, I tell you, SHOCKED, that such a thing would happen on their watch, right under their noses, by any of their people in their department… or anybody else’s.
I would hate to be a subordinate – one of those second or third in the door types – in today’s Washington. With this administration, a high-level subordinate is nothing more than a fall guy, a patsy, a dupe, a fool in an empty suit, just waiting for the cell door to slam closed.
The final conclusion, I expect, will be that all those guns somehow managed to unlawfully sneak away from their respective warehouses and armorys(they are – after all – highly restricted fully automatic weapons) all by their little bitty selves.
Amazing how these things can happen, isn’t it?
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In short, Holder is doing his best to circle his wagons, and I expect before long, Obama will issue a Nixonesque “executive privilege” order to protect his boy, and therefore his presidency. Frankly, if I was Mexican, I’d see this action as an act of war by the United States. Let’s face facts here, kids. There’s far more killings in Mexico over all this than here Stateside. And if I was kin to the agent killed down there by one of the guns Holder provided those bastards, I’d want his head mounted on my wall!
But nobody has the guts to do what needs doing, which is to arrest and prosecute Holder and his minions into lifelong prison sentences. No, he didn’t pull the trigger, but for my money, he is an accessory to every murder done with those guns he snuck into Mexico.
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A lie, as defined by former President Clinton and Mr. Holder, may contain secret meanings!
See this revealing article about the politics of non deceptive answering under oath!
http://davekopel.org/Religion/intelligent-man.htm
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Design flaw or feature?
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[...] the top of my head I can think of a few reasons Holder should resign. The biggest is the reckless Operation Fast and Furious that resulted in the death of Border Agent Brian Terry, and who knows how many others. Then there [...]
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