In what Attorney General Eric Holder called the possibility of a "constitutional crisis", the House or Representatives Government Oversight Committee ruled that the Attorney General was in Contempt of Congress. They claim he failed to provide documents they issued a subpoena to obtain. After 7 months of back and forth over this, President Obama claimed Executive Privilege over those documents.
Mostly, the media has either failed to mention this at all, or if they have mentioned it, it's been to mention it's an entirely partisan issue. Some talking heads, like Al Sharpton, believe it's proof of racism against Eric Holder.
This is what I know, from what little reporting has been done. (And that by the alternative media.)
Operation Fast and Furious was designed to allow guns to be bought by Mexican Drug Cartels. Border Patrol Agent Brian Terry is dead. 300 Mexican citizens are dead. And, unless I'm missing some vital piece of information, I'm not entirely sure what the purpose was of this operation. There were no tracking devices put in these guns. They were actually sold to straw purchasers, and allowed to be then sold off to the Drug Lords. After that, I'm not sure what the intention was, but it wasn't just a botched law enforcement operation. It's design and execution were flawed from the start. It bears no resemblance to Operation Wide Receiver, which was designed not only to apprehend those buying guns illegally, but also selling them. The weapons were designed to be tracked, and the operation was performed with the full consent and aid of the Mexican Government.
So, I'm still trying to figure out what the purpose of this all was, as was, I believe, Congress, when our Attorney General lied to Congress. First he claimed he was unaware of the operation until a few weeks prior to the start of the Congressional Investigation. That turned out to be a lie, and the letter stating that the DOJ wasn't involved was retracted by...the DOJ. Then they claimed it was an extension of the operation under the Bush administration, a claim they once again had to walk back.
Congress couldn't even figure out what the Operation was really for, or who authorized it, because the Attorney General couldn't be bothered to tell the truth.
Now, after seven full months of stonewalling on a set of documents, suddenly, those documents fall under Executive Privilege. If someone wants to complain about wasted money, they could start there. If those documents really fall under Executive Privilege, didn't they know that seven months ago? Why now? The other interesting question raised, is that, if the President was unaware of any of this, as he claimed, how exactly do those documents fit Executive Privilege? That's not something that can be granted to the Attorney General, it has to be about the President, his immediate staff or the Vice President.
Back during the Watergate Scandal the saying of the day was "It's the Coverup, not the Crime." Of course, the crime was a paltry breaking and entering. And the Coverup was far worse. In this case, the crime is atrocious. The Coverup of the crime, just makes it that much worse.
We should all be asking, what did the White House know, and when did they know it? More importantly, was the President aware of this all along, and if so, why was it allowed to continue when it was obvious that it was killing innocent people?
It's the Coverup and the Crime.
Mostly, the media has either failed to mention this at all, or if they have mentioned it, it's been to mention it's an entirely partisan issue. Some talking heads, like Al Sharpton, believe it's proof of racism against Eric Holder.
This is what I know, from what little reporting has been done. (And that by the alternative media.)
Operation Fast and Furious was designed to allow guns to be bought by Mexican Drug Cartels. Border Patrol Agent Brian Terry is dead. 300 Mexican citizens are dead. And, unless I'm missing some vital piece of information, I'm not entirely sure what the purpose was of this operation. There were no tracking devices put in these guns. They were actually sold to straw purchasers, and allowed to be then sold off to the Drug Lords. After that, I'm not sure what the intention was, but it wasn't just a botched law enforcement operation. It's design and execution were flawed from the start. It bears no resemblance to Operation Wide Receiver, which was designed not only to apprehend those buying guns illegally, but also selling them. The weapons were designed to be tracked, and the operation was performed with the full consent and aid of the Mexican Government.
So, I'm still trying to figure out what the purpose of this all was, as was, I believe, Congress, when our Attorney General lied to Congress. First he claimed he was unaware of the operation until a few weeks prior to the start of the Congressional Investigation. That turned out to be a lie, and the letter stating that the DOJ wasn't involved was retracted by...the DOJ. Then they claimed it was an extension of the operation under the Bush administration, a claim they once again had to walk back.
Congress couldn't even figure out what the Operation was really for, or who authorized it, because the Attorney General couldn't be bothered to tell the truth.
Now, after seven full months of stonewalling on a set of documents, suddenly, those documents fall under Executive Privilege. If someone wants to complain about wasted money, they could start there. If those documents really fall under Executive Privilege, didn't they know that seven months ago? Why now? The other interesting question raised, is that, if the President was unaware of any of this, as he claimed, how exactly do those documents fit Executive Privilege? That's not something that can be granted to the Attorney General, it has to be about the President, his immediate staff or the Vice President.
Back during the Watergate Scandal the saying of the day was "It's the Coverup, not the Crime." Of course, the crime was a paltry breaking and entering. And the Coverup was far worse. In this case, the crime is atrocious. The Coverup of the crime, just makes it that much worse.
We should all be asking, what did the White House know, and when did they know it? More importantly, was the President aware of this all along, and if so, why was it allowed to continue when it was obvious that it was killing innocent people?
It's the Coverup and the Crime.
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