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Today, in a CBS news item, it was confirmed that one (some?) of the "walked" guns shot down the Mexican helicopter.
... And the hits, just keep-a-comin! In other news, CBS reports that the Issa hearings will be on June 13th. That's a week from today, folks. |
June 6, 2011, 11:15 PM | #227 |
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Today, in a CBS news item, it was confirmed that one (some?) of the "walked" guns shot down the Mexican helicopter. ... And the hits, just keep-a-comin! In other news, CBS reports that the Issa hearings will be on June 13th. That's a week from today, folks. Re those scheduled hearings, 13 June is quite close. I, for one, can hardly wait. Re the NRA alert, and reference to a House letter to Obama, my congreessman "spearheaded" the letter. From the copy I read, it did not strike me as particularly strong, but it is something. One wonders as to how much of a hammer it will swing. |
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A recent story in Politico talked about how some Democrats are quietly talking that they think they will take back the House next year. Do you think ATF and DOJ think they can stonewall until after the 2012 elections and hope for a Democrat majority so Issa is no longer the chairman?
Just a thought. http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0611/56300.html |
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Now, are those at DOJ responsible for Gunrunner stupid enough to believe that? Well, when your benchmark is letting .50 M2 machineguns (that were bought by paid ATF informants with ATF-issued fake-IDs) walk in Mexico, it is a tough call to determine exactly what they might be stupid enough to believe. Not to mention that people in a desperate situation often hold on to any hope they can imagine; but as a realistic strategy, that is unlikely to work well for them. |
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June 7, 2011, 01:54 PM | #230 |
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It appears that Sen. Grassley has now placed a "hold" on all Department of Justice business before the Senate Judiciary Committee until they start cooperating with the investigation.
In the meantime, the first of the Gunrunner hearings is going to deal with the legality of the DOJ ignoring the Congressional subpoena. Dave Workman has covered the detail in this news article on the hearings. I like this quote from the article: "congressional sources have indicated that this could turn out to be “bigger than Watergate.” Though this one made me reconsider how competent the people at DOJ are... "Congressional sources, speaking on condition of anonymity, suggested that Justice Department and ATF officials started stonewalling because “they all thought this would go away.” Yes, tell a Senator and Congressman to pound sand. Not only does that almost always make a problem go away, it works twice as good if you are a government agency that receives their budget and authorization from Congress. |
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Bartholomew Roberts wrote, among other things:
Though this one made me reconsider how competent the people at DOJ are... I suspect not very. As to telling a senator or congressman to "go pound salt", thought that was a Western Pennsylvania expression, and the thing will go away, I suppose it depends on which senator or congressman you are addressing. |
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Is releasing a list of witnesses a good idea? What if they all have unfortunate accidents or are victims of random violence before the hearing?
(that wasn't too subtle, was it?)
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More lovely news.
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One of the few times in media reporting where the word "arsenal" was actually used correctly. Good job ATF! way to go getting the media to finally report the news you have been wanting to hear. Too bad you got caught doing all the illegal stuff to make that happen. However it does bring up the interesting points. Less than 20% of the weapons came from across the border. Where did the other 80% come from? Did the ATF sell them anti-aircraft guns and grenades also?
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Fox News has the hearing schedule for Wednesday's follow-up here:
Justice Officials in Panic Mode It appears Assistant Attorney General Ronald Welch ("the agency did not let guns go south to Mexico") is scheduled to testify Wednesday after the members of Brian Terry's family and 3 ATF agents. Sounds like it will be some very awkward testimony for him. |
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Even by the standards of the ATF (BATFE), this sounds more and more like a criminal foul-up. They really screwed the pooch here, leaving this citizen wondering as to the following. How will this fiacso be covered up, for there will most certainly be a coverup, with all sorts of mud being slung. I also wonder as to how high the mud will reach.
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I have noticed that any story at all takes the headlines away from this, on every news station, even fox .This story should top anything happening , the truth is this could go all the way to the top,and no one wants to report something that might go that far.
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I have noticed that any story at all takes the headlines away from this, on every news station, even fox .This story should top anything happening , the truth is this could go all the way to the top,and no one wants to report something that might go that far. Alex I hadn't noticed that, matter of fact, I hadn't noticed anything at all much about this ongoing BATFE screw-up, and Obama Administration involvement therein on or in "the general circulation media", mainstream television, radio or print "news". Come to think of it, I'm not all that surprised at the great crashing silence. That having been said, I continue to wonder: 1. As to how high the mud spatter will climb, which is to say, how high in The White House? 2. Who, which or how many low level drones, aka bureaucratrs aka public employees will be sacrificed to shield those really responsible, those responsible hanging out at the highest levels of DOJ and The White House? 3. The following might be slightly off-point, however thinking on it might prove worth while. Re the financial debacle the nation suffers from still, and who was largely responsible therefore, how many of the Mavens of Finance, bank executives and Wall Street types have appeared before criminal grand juries? You have one guess, use it wisely. |
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Reminder: The House Oversight Committee will be streaming the Gunrunner hearings live at 1:00pm Eastern today at the following URL:
http://oversight.house.gov/ The subsequent hearings over the next few days should also be streamed live if anybody wants to watch DoJ officials squirm in real time. |
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A big thanks to you, Bart, for the heads up I did forget but been on since the first words of Issa!!!
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Seems like it, could the article point to how deep the rabbit hole goes?
A hearing in the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee is laying the groundwork to compel U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder and the head of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives to turn over documents related to "Operation Fast and Furious," a secret Obama administration program that put thousands of guns into the hands of Mexican drug cartels. Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2011...#ixzz1PBncvrvA |
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Why am I getting the distinct feeling that Rep. Elijah Cummings primary purpose on the Oversight committee is to obstruct the actual oversight of Justice and help DoJ/ATF hide their tracks? Couldn't he have least been bothered to learn the name of Brian Terry? It isn't bad enough that he was running around the border with a beanbag loaded shotgun while ATF armed the people he had a duty to stop; but now they can't even get his name right in the Congressional hearings surrounding his death?
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BR, your distinct feeling is an excellent grasp of the obvious, IMO. IIRC, Cummings has never met a gun control law he didn't love, and anything Democrat must be defended against any slur or implication by whatever means he can conjur, regardless of its stupidity or factual basis. Surprised he isn't holding a fundraiser for little Tony Weiner to help him pay the overdue registration fees on his truck.
Brian Terry was a classic enemy of Cummings' "people". A LEO trying to do his job the right way and getting in the path of a Democrat constituency. How dare he?
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The BATFE, and Obama"s DOJ might not quite be "rotten to the core", but they do come close.
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Does anyone know how to find a transcript of the hearing?
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Elijah Cummings told Issa that he should be happy with the documents the DoJ has already released. Issa complained that the documents provided were already in the public domain, and that they were too heavily redacted to be of any use. Morton Rosenberg told Congress that, "the Department of Justice has the power to string out your investigation, refuse to obey it, and then when it's time for contempt...say all you can do is bring a civil action which will extend and delay your constitutional ability to enforce it."
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DoJ may wish to consider whether it has an alternate source of funding other than what Congress provides.
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