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[Mtn.man]

DESPITE HIS ZERO HOUR REQUEST OF THE WHITE HOUSE, OBAMA’S CLAIMING OF EXECUTIVE PRIVILEGE AND AFTER HAVING OBSTRUCTED THE HOUSE OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE FOR MORE THAN A FULL YEAR, ERIC HOLDER HAS BEEN FOUND IN CONTEMPT OF CONGRESS BY THAT COMMITTEE!!!

http://www.thenationalpatriot.com/2012/06/20/holder-held-in-contempt-obama-claims-exec-privilege/

[asmo]

I wont start caring until the full house votes that he is in contempt.

[Uberjager]

This is bigger than water gate now....

[DD977GM2]

I hope holy hell come raining down on that SOB. I sure hope that something legitimate
comes from this and that he is actually held accountable for his actions. [Rant1][Rant1][Rant1][Rant1][Rant1][Rant1][Rant1][Rant1][Rant1]

[hollohas]

The liberal spin is already in full force...

This is what's being said by many..."Instead of creating jobs and fixing the economy the Republicans are wasting time on this DOJ witch hunt"

And Rep. Elijah Cummings, D-Md. said
"I don't think Holder is hiding a damn thing." Uh, really!?!?!?! He also said the committee has been holding the AG to an impossible standard.

Are these people flat out bat shit stupid?

Here's the AG response. I highlighted a few of the parts that are BS. Basically, it's the previous administration's fault and AG Holder knew about it long before congress did and he tried to stop it. Which of course explains why he told congress he never heard of it...

This is the biggest pile of flaming BS I have ever seen. I am shaking I'm so pissed.


“In recent months, the Justice Department has made unprecedented accommodations to respond to information requests by Chairman Issa about misguided law enforcement tactics that began in the previous administration and allowed illegal guns to be taken into Mexico. Department professionals have spent countless hours compiling and providing thousands of documents -- nearly 8,000 -- to Chairman Issa and his committee. My staff has had numerous meetings with congressional staff to try and accommodate these requests and yesterday, I met with Chairman Issa to offer additional internal Department documents and information that would satisfy what he identified as the Committee’s single outstanding question.

Unfortunately, Chairman Issa has rejected all of these efforts to reach a reasonable accommodation. Instead, he has chosen to use his authority to take an extraordinary, unprecedented and entirely unnecessary action, intended to provoke an avoidable conflict between Congress and the Executive Branch. This divisive action does not help us fix the problems that led to this operation or previous ones and it does nothing to make any of our law enforcement agents safer. It's an election-year tactic intended to distract attention -- and, as a result -- has deflected critical resources from fulfilling what remains my top priority at the Department of Justice: Protecting the American people. (That must be why he allowed the guns to go to criminals and kill a federal agent...because getting agents killed fulfills his goal of making us safer)

Simply put, any claims that the Justice Department has been unresponsive to requests for information are untrue. From the beginning, Chairman Issa and certain members of the Committee have made unsubstantiated allegations first, then scrambled for facts to try to justify them later. That might make for good political theater, but it does little to uncover the truth or address the problems associated with this operation and prior ones dating back to the previous Administration.

I have spent most of my career in law enforcement and worked closely with brave agents who put their lives on the line every day. I know the sacrifices they make, so as soon as allegations of gunwalking came to my attention – and well before Chairman Issa expressed any interest in this issue -- I ordered the practice stopped. (hum, really? Then why did he tell congress he never heard of the operation) I made necessary personnel changes in the Department's leadership and instituted policy changes to ensure better oversight of significant investigations. And, I directed the Department's Inspector General to open a comprehensive investigation. That investigation is ongoing, and the American people and Congress can count on it to produce a tough, independent review of the facts.

When Chairman Issa later began his own investigation, I made it clear that the Department would cooperate with all appropriate oversight requests, while still adhering to our legal obligations to protect information involving ongoing law enforcement investigations, legally-protected grand jury material and other sensitive information whose disclosure would endanger the American people or our agents investigating open cases. (Yeah, because simply telling us that you gave guns to drug cartels is sure to put us in danger)

The American people deserve better. That is why, I will remain focused on, and committed to, the Justice Department’s mission to protect the rights, safety, and best interests of my fellow citizens and to stand by my brave colleagues in law enforcement."

[Lex_Luthor]

He's using the classic Oblowme technique, "I ordered them stopped."

Uh yeah sure Mr. Holder, I'm pretty sure you denied involvement or knowledge of the program and then an agent was killed. [AR15][AR15]

[Rucker61]

This is bigger than water gate now....

Uh, no.

[Ranger]

Yawn.

[WETWRKS]

He's using the classic Oblowme technique, "I ordered them stopped."

Uh yeah sure Mr. Holder, I'm pretty sure you denied involvement or knowledge of the program and then an agent was killed. [AR15][AR15]

If he ordered them stopped, why didn't he say so to begin with? I agree with you. Smoke and mirrors. Maby they will get the same forger that made Os birth certificate to whip up some proof for this too.

[clublights]

Does Holder not get that he was videotape.. with date stamps.. and witnesses saying he didn't know anything about it till well after Brain Terry's murder?


Does he think we are going to forget ? and not replay the tape?


And I get called uneducated.

[stevelkinevil]

I said it when this whole thing first came to light (to me anyway) and I stand by it, Holder nor anyone else in the upper echelon of this administration will be made to face any real repercussions from this criminal enterprise ran by the folks supposed to be the keepers of justice. That is unless you consider a transfer and a raise a repercussion, ala Kenneth Melson.