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Issa is a politician
It's pretty clear to me he's used F&F as a means to promote his own career. I really don't think he's all that interested in the truth. He'll settle for something far less if he can advance his own ends.
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You're right. If he wanted justice, he could have gone after folks on the ground in the Phoenix field division. Instead, he had to go directly after the US Attorney General, even though he didn't know the extent of Holder's knowledge of the operation.
The result? A marginal media blitz, followed by the President effectively shutting down the investigation via executive privilege. Issa got to play the inquisitor for the cameras, but in the end, nobody's been prosecuted and nobody is likely to be.
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Issa might be something of an attention seeker, if you will, a ham actor, but he "seems" to have pursued the thing. At the risk of doing some members of congress an injustice, how much, or exactly what have the rest of them done.
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+1. Not sure why someone trying to do something incurs our wrath even if not handled in the best possible way.
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As has been suggested, Congressman Issa might well be a self-serving "politician" in the very worst sense of the term.
That being said, and at the risk of repeating myself, perhaps looking dumb too, he at least has tried or seems to have tried, to do something, no matter how poorly he might have done it, even if self-aggrandizement played a role. With this in mind, what have all those other members of congress, House and Senate done, what are they doing now? |
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The US congress is composed of anti-gunners and those who talk of "supporting our Second Amendment rights" at re-election time, get re-elected and forget their promises. IMO: Issa tried to make a difference in the 2012 elections by attacking the US attorney general; he failed. |
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thallub wrote, quoting something I wrote, thanks,
Quote: With this in mind, what have all those other members of congress, House and Senate done, what are they doing now? The correct answer is nothing. The US congress is composed of anti-gunners and those who talk of "supporting our Second Amendment rights" at re-election time, get re-elected and forget their promises. IMO: Issa tried to make a difference in the 2012 elections by attacking the US attorney general; he failed. Yesterday 11:46 PM These "congress critters" also seem to have conveniently short memories. Look at how quickly they forget their oaths of office. |
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Sharryl Attkisson website
Sheryl fought hard for the truth at F+F.(Benghazi,too)
She had enough integrity to resign from CBS. She has a website here http://sharylattkisson.com/fast-and-furious.html Actually,that will take you to her F+F index at the website. I think her soon to be released book will prove interesting. |
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Attorney General Eric Holder on the $1.2 Billion fine imposed on Toyota for the unintended acceleration case:
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gunloony qwrote:
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As what can probably be called a footnote to this whole thing, former U.S. Attorney Dennis Burke has entered into an agreement with the Arizona Bar Association and accepted a reprimand from the state bar association for disclosing redacted versions of a couple of memos. Burke did so because thought the DOJ was making him the scapegoat. The agreement acknowledges that the OPR (Office of Professional Responsibility) had contacted the bar association and filed a copy of its report of its investigation into the matter. The OPR report itself is subject to a protective order. The agreement notes that Burke had already self-reported the matter to the bar association.
One might view the OPR's investigation and report to the bar association in a number of different ways. Perhaps it was sincerely seeking to uphold the ethical duty of confidentiality. Others might view it as an attempt to intimidate other employees with knowledge of matters making the Oval Office uncomfortable. |
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Might one make so bold as to describe the Obama Administration as rotten to its' core?
This characterization applies to/includes, but is not limited to Operation Fast & Furious, the general subject of discussion here. |
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A year and a half ago, the website Judicial Watch made an FOIA request for all the documents the DOJ had withheld. Nothing came of it, so they filed a lawsuit in September of 2012.
Earlier this month, U.S. District Court Judge John D. Bates ruled that the DOJ must provide a Vaughn index of the relevant documents. The Supreme Court established the concept of the Vaughn index in Vaughn v. Rosen. An agency that wishes to withhold information must provide a detailed index and description of the information withheld, state the statutory exemption claimed, and explain how disclosure would damage the interests protected by the claimed exemption. Does this mean we'll get all the answers? No, but it will provide us with some of them.
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You don't actually expect them to obey a court order, do you?
I do not see any deadlines given. DOJ can delay this forever *without* filing an appeal just by pretending it takes a long time to compile the data. Very Worcester v. Georgia
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OK, OK...I'll stop. They may hedge, at which point it can be sent further up the chain.
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Re this court order mentioned somewhere in this discussion, or in a lead in, the following comes to mind.
John Q. and or Jane F. citizen fails to obey one of these court orders, there is one such involved, no? Off to jail with them, correct or at least a possibility. So what happens when people in government, otherwise "the people's employees", at the risk of sounding really dumb fail to follow through on a court order, was there such a thing here? The miscreant, to stay within the bounds of polite conversation, carries on undaunted. I may be dumb as blazes, naive too but it strikes me that there is one hell of a problem here. |
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It's just the system of checks and balances being corroded. It was understood at the beginning that they would degrade unless actively serviced by a freedom loving electorate. Rather than refinish these rusted pillars, we've been demanding pols attack them with axes for a good while, now, so that the machinery above could 'move faster' (downward )
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It's pretty clear to me he's (Issa) used F&F as a means to promote his own career. I really don't think he's all that interested in the truth. He'll settle for something far less if he can advance his own ends.
So noted one poster. Maybe so, but does that excuse others in The Congress (House and Senate) who stand about, mute is seems,not the remotest sign of concern let alone of outrage over the ongoing antics/abuses of the BATFE. Mr. Issa is likely something less than clean of motive, granted. Seems to me that the following question remains, that being said. What gives with the rest of The Congress, those who carry water for that rampant bureaucracy, the BATFE. |
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