Fast & Furious Saga

[Michael Mick Webster]

Fast and Furious -- Holder's day of reckoning has finally arrived With the House committee voting Wednesday to hold Attorney General Eric Holder in contempt, the stalemate between the Obama administration and Congress ultimately boils down to about 1,300 documents.  Congress wants to know who prepared a February 4, 2011 letter where the Obama administration claimed that the U.S. did not knowingly help smuggle guns to Mexico (so-called “gun walking”), including the gun used to kill US Border Patrol agent Brian Terry. ...
http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2012/06/20/fast-and-furious-holder-d... -------------------------------------------------
Brian Terry's family releases statement on Obama's executive privilege assertion Terry family attorney Pat McGroder released the follow statement Wednesday from Border Patrol Agent Brian Terry's parents, Josephine Terry and Kent Terry Sr.: "Attorney General Eric Holder's refusal to fully disclose the documents associated with Operation Fast and Furious and President Obama's assertion of executive privilege serves to compound this tragedy. It denies the Terry family and the American people the truth. Our son, Border Patrol Agent Brian Terry, was killed by members of a Mexican drug cartel armed with weapons from this failed Justice Department gun trafficking investigation. For more than 18 months we have been asking our federal government for justice and accountability. The documents sought by the House Oversight Committee and associated with Operation Fast and Furious should be produced and turned over to the committee. Our son lost his life protecting this nation, and it is very disappointing that we are now faced with an administration that seems more concerned with protecting themselves rather than revealing the truth behind Operation Fast and Furious."... -------------------------------------------------- Issa: Holder didn't produce Fast & Furious documents in Capitol Hill meeting GOP Rep. Darrell Issa said his face-to-face meeting Tuesday with Attorney General Eric Holder failed to produce the documents requested for the congressional investigation into the Justice Department’s botched Fast and Furious gun walking operation and suggested he needs them by Wednesday morning to stop a scheduled vote to put Holder in contempt of Congress.  Issa told reporters after the roughly 20-minute meeting that Holder instead briefed them on the documents in lieu of delivering them. And he suggested he might delay the contempt vote, called for because Holder and the department have not responded to two subpoenas requesting additional information....
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2012/06/18/holder-issa-set-for-crit... --------------------------------------------------- Obama Asserts Executive Privilege to Seal Docs in Gun-Running ... politix.topix.com/.../1205-obama-asserts-executive-privilege-to-seal-... Obama just took an unprecedented step to break the stand-off between Eric Holder and House Republicans investigating Holder's role in "Fast and Furious," the ... --------------------------------------------------

1. Obama joins stonewalling

   Arizona Republic‎ - 2 days ago

   Obama joins stonewalling, As an explanation for why, literally overnight, the smoldering congressional investigation into the "Fast and Furious" -------------------------------------------
2. FROM THE M3 REPORT:    Gowdy: Fast & Furious – “Not Interested in Negotiating” http://youtu.be/l_FfDFEzM3o ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Corrupt Holder Defies GOP, Breaks Promises http://tinyurl.com/ce75x53 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ WH forgets name of border patrol agent killed in Fast and Furious? http://tinyurl.com/7q4u88b--------------------------------------------------
3. 2 Dead federal agents confers NO privilege – executive or otherwise http://tinyurl.com/bu4azky ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Holder contempt vote could come next week http://tinyurl.com/cw5esx3

Holder to Comply in Part With Gun Inquiry Request http://tinyurl.com/7nqkwek ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Investigators discover I.C.E. Report of Investigation on seizure of Fast & Furious weapons in Texas in August 2010 signed by Jaime Zapata! http://tinyurl.com/ctqn4hv

------------------------------------------------- Fast and Furious Whistleblower Breaks Silence http://youtu.be/mYECa-DwUkM ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Fast and Furious and OCDETF (Mr. McCarthy explains it perfectly! OCDETF operations are monitored closely by DOJ.) http://tinyurl.com/7mz7d7k ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (Senator) Coburn: There’s ‘Fire, Not Just Smoke’ at Heart of Fast and Furious Cover-Up http://tinyurl.com/75jtux4 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ W.H.: Ex-staffer can’t be questioned on Fast and Furious http://tinyurl.com/75wq2d9 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Court rulings suggest ‘privilege’ claim over ‘Furious’ docs would fizzle, Republicans say http://tinyurl.com/88mgaeg

For more go to: www.usborderfirereport.com

[Edward LeStage]

I suspect that at some point, the administration will throw holder under the bus, to try and save the reelection campaign.

we can only hope that at that point, Holder will opt to bring the rest down with him?? maybe just wishful thinking, based on the premise of "no honor amongst thieves"