Fast and Furious spin won’t help Holder, Obama next to fall
By Coach Collins, on October 9th, 2011
By Doug Book, staff writerOn May 3rd, Congressman Darrell Issa, chairman of the House Oversight Committee asked Attorney General Eric Holder the following question: “When did you first know about the program officially, I believe, called Fast and Furious, to the best of your knowledge, what date?”
Holder’s response: “I’m not sure of the exact date, but I probably heard about Fast and Furious for the first time over the last few weeks.”
Anywhere else in the nation, Issa’s question would be considered clear and unassuming, Holder’s response direct and unmistakable.
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Since Attkisson’s latest Fast and Furious report–the FIRST which CBS actually permitted to appear on the air (her many others had been relegated to the CBS website)–the reporter has been screamed at by a Department of Justice official and cussed out by White House staffer Eric Schultz. “I’m the only one who thinks this [Fast and Furious] is a story and they think I’m unfair and biased by pursuing it,” said Attkisson of her Administration detractors.
At a White House press briefing, Press Secretary Jay Carney literally changed the question Issa had asked, thereby allowing him to claim that Holder did NOT really lie because he had actually responded to an altogether different question!
Said Carney on October 5th, “[Eric Holder] said in both March and May…that he became aware of the QUESTIONABLE TACTICS (my caps) employed in the Fast and Furious operation in early 2011, when ATF agents first raised them publicly.”
And when reporter Jake Tapper reminded Carney that Issa’s question concerned when Holder had first heard of Fast and Furious, not the Operation’s “questionable tactics”, Carney responded that “…the Attorney General’s testimony was consistent and truthful.”
Officials at the Department of Justice have suggested that Holder’s response was simply the result of a misunderstanding, claiming that “…the officials in those [memos] were talking about a different case, started before Eric Holder became Attorney General.”
And later on, the same DOJ officials “…[told] CBS News, Holder misunderstood that question from the committee–he did know about Fast and Furious – just not the details.”
In 9 months, the Gunwalking story has progressed from that of a scheme ostensibly instituted by a few “rogue ATF agents” to one of involvement and approbation of the most powerful people in the Administration. And each document dump, every newly uncovered email, memo or conversation tracks one step closer to the Oval Office.
The idea that Barack Obama was not involved in the Fast and Furious scheme from its inception is laughable. Neither fellow Democrat politicians nor members of the media which placed him in the White House believe the Operation to have begun without Obama’s blessing.
Though the Regime and its enablers continue to lie, spin and cover, their efforts will do no more than delay an inevitable detonation so massive that even the New York Times will be forced to join in writing the final chapter for its favorite Marxist poster boy.
2 comments:
Only the left will buy the idea that Holder knew nothing of this operation until April of this year. The whole operation was created to undermine the 2nd amendment rights of the American people...Obama's "under the radar" approach. Hundreds of people--including two American agents--have died so the Regime could claim the need for tougher gun laws by secretly sending arms across the border.
oI don't even know much about the details of this issue, but what I do know is that we've been getting nothing but witch hunts rather than rational talk from the Republicans. The solar company, the AG, etc, etc. I'm not saying wrongdoing shouldn't be investigated, but let's not make it the focus of the upcoming campaign. We live in a large and complex country. Suggesting that a few examples should stand in for what's going on across the land is silly. I'm sure there are at least as many scandals on the Republican side. I never had much of a stomach for the BS about Bush not showing up to his guard unit or the fabricated stories about WMD in Iraq. digging up dirt is a distraction from the hard choices we face.
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