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Well, the death of several undercover agents would pretty bad. Holder should do full disclosure to the house committee. They will assume any responiblity for leaks, and should be tried for treason if anything he reveals leaves their confidence.
What in the world is Issa going to do with documents? He's not an attorney - people would have to explain the documents, anyway? Why not just get the whole thing explained to him? I don't get it - he's nuts!
This is Eric Holder's baby.
Hearsay vs. hard evidence?
It's set up to NOT involve him, because he is the Prosecutor.
If Issa finds something out, it isn't going to get anyone prosecuted, because only the Prosecutor can do that. It's better for Issa to - wait for it - talk to the Prosecutor. Oh, right, the Prosecutor has already offered to do that...
Trying to circumvent the Prosecutor in supposed efforts to get to the bottom of something, appears to be obstruction at best.
No, I don't remember Watergate. But commentators have all referenced it, so my knowledge boils down to the following: "Just because Nixon used Executive Privilege, doesn't mean President Obama isn't allowed to."
He certainly waited long enough. But the Attorney General must have finally come to the same conclusion that I came to awhile ago - Darrell Issa is crazy. So he asked (he did ASK) the President to invoke Executive Privilege. Someone had to do something. But there is sufficient precedent from the Reagan Administration (read the OP), which is probably why President Obama took so long. He should NOT have had to do that.
he is separated from the "suspect operations" of the ATF by several bureaucratic layers that were designed to do just that. He doesn't get involved in day-to-day operations, SO THAT his ability to investigate and prosecute criminal misconduct in those operations is not compromised.
Pretty soon, everyone is going to see that.
And it's going to be ugly. My guess is that they're in a panic right no trying to find a way to blame it all on Bush since they had to retract their first attempt to do so....
Pretty soon you will be seeing the White House, the State Department and NSC and DHS implicated as the architects of Fast and Furious and DoJ, especially Eric Holder being the "day to day" managers from the beginning.
Some are calling this the "Smackdown" year for the administrationTalk about stress - there is a lot going on today that will determine future operations. Will be interesting to see how it all pans out.
Obamacare - our whole economy depends on this. One thing I wonder about - if it is voted down - what happens to all the back room bribes they they used to get this passed - do they still have to pay them off.
Fast and Furious - can't even imagine the results of this. Such a shame that you cannot have any faith in your government at all to do the right thing. It's like a dog chasing it's own tail and finally has to bite it.
Egypt - what happens there now that it is an Islamic state - enemy of Israel - we give billions and billions to Egypt - we will be assisting the enemy of Israel who is our friend.
Unions sueing to reclaim what was voted down which will push the states into bankruptcy if they win.
Thats a big chunk of history all in one week.
There is no evidence that White House officials were involved in withholding information related to a congressional inquiry into the botched gun-trafficking operation known as Operation Fast and Furious, the Republican lawmaker leading the investigation said Sunday.
Several Republican lawmakers, including House Speaker John A. Boehner (R-Ohio), charged last week that President Obamas decision to invoke executive privilege over documents related to the probe suggested that top administration officials were involved in withholding information.
The decision to invoke executive privilege is an admission that White House officials were involved in decision that misled the Congress and have covered up the truth, Boehner told reporters last week.
But asked Sunday whether he had any evidence to back up those claims, Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) said No we dont.
... 'and I hope that they don't get involved'
......Justice lied to the American People.
We were told a lie and this contempt is about the cover-up.
'I'm going to continue my investigation...regardless of what the vote for contempt is in the house'...
...They also don't have evidence that the whitehouse was not involved.
Not yet.Ah, but even Darrell Issa isn't willing to go that far:
Issa: no evidence of White House cover-up of 'Fast and Furious' | Nation & World | The Seattle Times
Oh, make no mistake - he thinks Eric Holder is DEFINITELY covering something up, but he isn't going to accuse the White House.
It also means you don't declare Presidential Executive Privilege unless you have something to hide.
How do you all feel about this???
The Washington Post
They were trying to Crusade against Obama with no reason to believe that he was with holding information. Too bad, game over. looks like this was just another political ploy by the GOP leadership to make Obama look terrible.
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