June 14, 2012
— Ace I'm sure all the answers will be included in the emails Holder hand-selects for disclosure.
Attorney General Eric Holder on Thursday agreed to make what he called "an extraordinary accommodation" to Republicans investigating the botched "Operation Fast and Furious" by turning over department emails he has long insisted deal with internal deliberations and should be protected....
Issa's office said in an early response that Holder's letter "only seems to indicate a willingness to offer a selective telling" of key events and that the chairman is still asking the Justice Department to explain "how it is prepared to alter its opposition to producing subpoenaed documents."
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In recent days, Issa narrowed his demands to focus on correspondence between department officials after they sent a now-retracted letter to Congress on Feb. 4, 2011. In that letter, the department inaccurately insisted: "ATF makes every effort to interdict weapons that have been purchased illegally and prevent their transportation to Mexico."
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Posted by: cajun carrot at June 14, 2012 04:08 PM (NcUIi)
Wondering if Issa already knows what's in that correspondence (from the rumored high-level whistleblowers). Hmmmmmm.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at June 14, 2012 04:10 PM (xDqit)
Posted by: Ombusman at June 14, 2012 04:12 PM (AxHOT)
Posted by: steevy at June 14, 2012 04:12 PM (Xb3hu)
Posted by: Sally Quinn at June 14, 2012 04:12 PM (IoNBC)
Posted by: Barky Jug Ears O'Fuckup at June 14, 2012 04:14 PM (LYbW9)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at June 14, 2012 04:14 PM (MCDCp)
I'm pretty sure the Lacy Wigs people can set you up with a program to send -millions- of pointless, crap-filled, non-applicable emails. For cheap.
Of course, only Democrats believe anything you say.
Posted by: Al at June 14, 2012 04:14 PM (5a/pJ)
Posted by: Sally Quinn at June 14, 2012 04:17 PM (IoNBC)
Posted by: Anna Wintour : Editor of Vogue at June 14, 2012 04:17 PM (c3mby)
Posted by: Ronster at June 14, 2012 04:17 PM (mHC3R)
Without the press behind the story, doing the kind of relentless flogging as happened with Watergate, there will never be enough public awareness to urge Republican reps and senators to action leading to a true contempt charge and successful vote.
Holder is just marking time. He can read the tea leaves, and will just keep playing rope a dope all the way to the election, and after that it won't matter.
I watched him taking Cornyn's fire the other day, and really, it looked as if Holder has already checked out, and is dreaming of how he will decorate his new office back at the law firm he left and to which he will return, where his annual comp package will be ten times what he scratches now as AJ.
Posted by: TheLittlShiningMan at June 14, 2012 04:17 PM (PH+2B)
Posted by: BurtTC at June 14, 2012 04:18 PM (2pG7H)
Posted by: Sally Quinn at June 14, 2012 04:19 PM (IoNBC)
Posted by: TEH WON at June 14, 2012 04:20 PM (EG3T2)
/fantasy land
Posted by: Tonic Dog at June 14, 2012 04:20 PM (X/+QT)
I just came back from a Flag Day ceremony at my little town square.
They unfolded the flag/refolded it and read what each fold/unfold meant. I had never heard that before.
The tear jerker moment was when they presented it to a Vietnam Vet that clearly was in poor health and he held on to that flag with every ounce of love he had.
Still brings tears to my eyes.
For all of those that have defended or are defended this beautiful Nation and our Awesome flag (and to those who love you) THANK YOU.
Posted by: momma at June 14, 2012 04:21 PM (sYijI)
Posted by: Social Studies Graduate Student at June 14, 2012 04:21 PM (EmK13)
Posted by: BurtTC at June 14, 2012 04:23 PM (2pG7H)
Posted by: steevy at June 14, 2012 04:23 PM (Xb3hu)
I would love to see NewsBusters make a video of state run media's coverage of the Valerie Plame non-incident and the F&F incident.
Posted by: momma at June 14, 2012 04:23 PM (sYijI)
Ah yes.....
The old..."toss them a tiny bit of what was asked for -- and declare you've complied"....tactic.
That's what the Clintons did.
Posted by: wheatie at June 14, 2012 04:24 PM (M2JTb)
Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD 2012 at June 14, 2012 04:25 PM (Gk3SS)
Posted by: Commander-In-Choom! at June 14, 2012 04:26 PM (AzwZn)
He has stood his ground. He's given up a lot in this fight and I don't think he will be denied.
Remember, there are two high level secret tellers beating down his door.
Plus, one of the main guys in all this just left his job.
Posted by: momma at June 14, 2012 04:26 PM (sYijI)
Posted by: IdowhatIwant at June 14, 2012 04:26 PM (a4CUi)
Why hasn't Holder been charged with contempt yet?
Posted by: Boulder Toilet Hobo at June 14, 2012 04:29 PM (QTHTd)
Posted by: Ronster at June 14, 2012 04:30 PM (mHC3R)
Posted by: Margarita DeVille at June 14, 2012 04:32 PM (C8mVl)
Let's see...
Subscription renewal confirmation to Jet magazine, lace wigs, lace wigs, machines for sale....
Yep. I guess that's everything, Congressman Issa.
Posted by: Empire of Jeff at June 14, 2012 04:34 PM (JDIKC)
Posted by: momma at June 14, 2012 08:26 PM (sYijI)
I hope you're right. I really, really do.
Being a conservative is like being in an abusive relationship.
Posted by: ErikW at June 14, 2012 04:35 PM (kMZNm)
Posted by: Eric Holder at June 14, 2012 04:36 PM (2OPaj)
Posted by: Margarita DeVille at June 14, 2012 04:36 PM (C8mVl)
Posted by: Arms Merchant at June 14, 2012 04:37 PM (+XVQe)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at June 14, 2012 04:37 PM (A5DYE)
31 I wouldn't give up on Issa just yet.
I wouldn't either, momma.
Issa started out, casting a 'broad net', in the material he asked for.
It's normal to do that, in an investigation.
Then, Holder repeatedly says...."That's burdensome. We can't just drop everything and dig up all that!"
So....Issa narrows his request to the areas where he knows the damaging stuff is.
And Holder doesn't even comply with that!
The result is....Holder's delays and stonewalling, pushes this into the Fall....in the heat of the election cycle, after they get back from recess.
Posted by: wheatie at June 14, 2012 04:38 PM (M2JTb)
Posted by: Margarita DeVille at June 14, 2012 04:38 PM (C8mVl)
Posted by: Truck Monkey at June 14, 2012 04:39 PM (jucos)
Could it be that Bitch has sympathy for the heartbreak of No Chin Syndrome?
Posted by: ontherocks at June 14, 2012 04:39 PM (aZ6ew)
Posted by: Eric huge vocabulary Holder at June 14, 2012 04:41 PM (Qr9Rc)
Posted by: Ombusman at June 14, 2012 04:42 PM (AxHOT)
Dead Mexicans tell no tales, mis hijos, amante sexy y niñas.
Posted by: Fritz at June 14, 2012 04:45 PM (ZN5qR)
Posted by: Wilkins at June 14, 2012 04:46 PM (fVgpT)
Posted by: Arms Merchant at June 14, 2012 08:37 PM (+XVQe)
No, as a typical Fish post, it's disgusting, humorous, and profound in equal parts. He's an AOS Treasure.
Posted by: Ombusman at June 14, 2012 04:46 PM (AxHOT)
Posted by: Jay at June 14, 2012 04:47 PM (TzrpT)
Posted by: Ronster at June 14, 2012 04:47 PM (mHC3R)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at June 14, 2012 04:47 PM (MCDCp)
Yeah, he's sorry about the gun walking SNAFU.
Sure he is......
Posted by: ontherocks at June 14, 2012 04:50 PM (aZ6ew)
Posted by: Jay at June 14, 2012 08:47 PM (TzrpT)
....except that we found out about it
Posted by: Ombusman at June 14, 2012 04:53 PM (AxHOT)
Posted by: teej at June 14, 2012 04:54 PM (ETWo2)
Posted by: steevy at June 14, 2012 04:54 PM (Xb3hu)
Posted by: SamIam at June 14, 2012 04:56 PM (VDpzM)
Posted by: Call me Ishmael at June 14, 2012 04:56 PM (Uh+y6)
Posted by: steevy at June 14, 2012 08:54 PM (Xb3hu)
I read. Way to stay relevant, boys
Posted by: Ombusman at June 14, 2012 04:56 PM (AxHOT)
Posted by: MiloX at June 14, 2012 04:56 PM (79xtz)
Posted by: Boulder Toilet Hobo at June 14, 2012 04:58 PM (QTHTd)
Posted by: teej at June 14, 2012 04:59 PM (ETWo2)
Posted by: MiloX at June 14, 2012 05:00 PM (79xtz)
Posted by: sonnyspats at June 14, 2012 05:00 PM (Qr9Rc)
If Mitt says this the media has to cover it! Run PAC adds sayin this! Its on Obama, his Appointee, his Dept, his responsibility to clear up!
Posted by: ConcealedKerry or SubMitt at June 14, 2012 05:01 PM (nonzP)
Posted by: Wilkins at June 14, 2012 05:02 PM (fVgpT)
Right. A goofy botched burglary is on par with sending guns to Mexico to push gun control and leaking classified intel for Obama's reelection is childs play.
Woodward and Bernstein, rich, greedy, selfish and evil.
Posted by: Occumpy Steven Spielbergs Assets at June 14, 2012 05:02 PM (xk0Xg)
Posted by: RoyalOil at June 14, 2012 05:03 PM (kSaUf)
Jefferey Dahmer: Wait right here in the living room, I'll get it for you.
[opens refrigerator door and reaches past a human head and grabs jar of olives]
Dahmer: All I have is this jar of olives.
Police: OK sorry to bother you sir.
Posted by: Lemmiwinks at June 14, 2012 05:04 PM (61yvg)
Posted by: thunderb at June 14, 2012 05:04 PM (Dnbau)
Spanish is maddening.
I know a fair amount but I have to constantly remind myself to put the subject before the verb.
I'm an imbecile, by the way. ;D
Posted by: ErikW at June 14, 2012 05:04 PM (kMZNm)
Posted by: eman at June 14, 2012 05:05 PM (6KkLK)
Posted by: CoolCzech at June 14, 2012 05:06 PM (niZvt)
Posted by: CoolCzech at June 14, 2012 05:07 PM (niZvt)
Posted by: MiloX at June 14, 2012 05:08 PM (79xtz)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at June 14, 2012 05:09 PM (MCDCp)
Posted by: CoolCzech at June 14, 2012 05:10 PM (niZvt)
Posted by: ConcealedKerry or SubMitt at June 14, 2012 05:10 PM (nonzP)
Posted by: Bill Ruger at June 14, 2012 05:11 PM (hXJOG)
72 I've been around long enough to know exactly what that phrase means.
Teej,
That phrase is meant as a 'trap that gets worse, the more you try to punch your way out of'....just like it was for Br'er Rabbit.
Maybe it should be re-named to a "industrial-strength-glue-baby"....instead of a "tar-baby"....but I don't think it was meant as an insult, or slur.
Tar is still one of the stickiest things to get stuck in.
Posted by: wheatie at June 14, 2012 05:13 PM (M2JTb)
Posted by: teej at June 14, 2012 05:14 PM (vzfrq)
Posted by: sonnyspats at June 14, 2012 05:14 PM (Qr9Rc)
Obama needs to come clean American agents died, foreign nationals died at the direction of US BATF and Justice Dept!
The seriousness of this demands Obama as the Nations leader instruct his Dept heads to cooperate!
Posted by: ConcealedKerry or SubMitt at June 14, 2012 05:15 PM (nonzP)
http://preview.tinyurl.com/7jc7mwb
If it all pans out, Holder is going down.
Posted by: GnuBreed at June 14, 2012 05:16 PM (ccXZP)
Posted by: wheatie at June 14, 2012 09:13 PM (M2JTb)
Tru dat.
Posted by: Some Dinosaur roundabout La Brea at June 14, 2012 05:16 PM (ND9u8)
Posted by: Al at June 14, 2012 05:17 PM (5a/pJ)
Posted by: thunderb at June 14, 2012 05:19 PM (Dnbau)
Friend --
This is a make-or-break moment for middle-class Americans -- and anyone who cares needs to watch the speech President Obama made in Cleveland today.
In this election, we face a choice between two fundamentally different visions of how to grow the economy. The path Mitt Romney and his Republican allies want to take us down is exactly the one that led us to the 2008 crisis. We have to reject those policies and embrace the President's vision of growing the economy, not from the top down, but from the middle class out.
Hear from President Obama in his own words, and sign on to the principles he laid out.
The choice couldn't be clearer on the issues most important to ordinary Americans:
- Better Education: We need to invest in good teachers and help more students go to college and get job training -- not pack kids into classrooms and slash scholarships.
- More, Cleaner Energy: We need to invest in promising new sources of energy to create a market for innovation and good jobs of the future -- not go back to relying on foreign oil.
- Leading Through Innovation: We need to invest in our best scientists, researchers, and entrepreneurs so they innovate here -- not cede new ideas to countries like China and India.
- Job-Creating Infrastructure: We need roads, bridges, ports, and broadband technology that attract businesses that will create jobs here -- not more pet projects and bridges to nowhere.
- Fair, Simple Tax Reform: We need to reward businesses that create jobs here instead of rewarding outsourcing, and must ask the wealthiest to pay their fair share again -- not sacrifice investments critical to the middle class.
This economic crisis didn't start in 2008. For more than a decade before, we knew things weren't working the way they should. We saw costs for everything from health care to education rising faster than wages. Good-paying, middle-class jobs were becoming harder to find, as more and more companies moved production overseas.
The other side's solution was the same then as it is now -- massive tax cuts benefiting mainly the wealthy, rolling back regulations on risky behavior for Wall Street and banks, and slashes to services that the middle class depends on, like Medicare, education, and job training. A decade ago, Bill Clinton left a record surplus. But the last administration put two wars, two huge tax cuts, and the Medicare prescription program on a credit card, and handed President Obama a trillion dollar deficit and a raging economic crisis.
Incredibly, Romney and his allies want to go back to those same, disastrous policies: budget-busting tax cuts for the wealthy and free rein for Wall Street to write its own rules. We tried Mitt Romney's failed formula for most of the last decade. It benefitted a few, but exploded the deficit, crashed our economy, and devastated the middle class. It didn't grow our economy, create good jobs, or pay down our debt -- it did the opposite. And it won't work this time around either: Independent economists confirm that Romney's plan wouldn't cut the deficit, or even create a single job now -- in fact, it could slow growth and push us back into recession.
Today the President laid out a very different vision, one where everyone -- no matter who you are, where you're from, or how big your bank account is -- pitches in together to rebuild the foundations of our country and economy. Instead of another $250,000 tax cut for millionaires, Obama believes we should pay down our debt and invest in the things we know we need to grow the economy and strengthen the middle class. That means restoring and upgrading our crumbling infrastructure, investing in education, paying down our debt responsibly, and yes, asking the wealthiest Americans to pay a little more. This approach requires tough choices and shared sacrifice -- exactly how we built the American economy in the first place.
As supporters, it's on us to get this message out there.
Watch the President's speech, and share it with your friends, family -- heck, share it with everyone you know. There's even a helpful printout you can download and pass around:
Thanks,
David
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at June 14, 2012 05:19 PM (piMMO)
Posted by: teej at June 14, 2012 05:19 PM (cDwCa)
Posted by: thunderb at June 14, 2012 05:21 PM (Dnbau)
Posted by: Ducatisi at June 14, 2012 05:22 PM (YlmX/)
Posted by: Hrothgar at June 14, 2012 05:23 PM (i3+c5)
Michelle will kill me if that recipe gets out.
Posted by: Barack Obama at June 14, 2012 05:25 PM (AJ8Yo)
Posted by: teej at June 14, 2012 05:26 PM (xhupI)
Posted by: bernverdnardo at June 14, 2012 05:26 PM (xXhWA)
I guess I missed that lesson. Well, now I know. Again, sorry everyone!
Posted by: Wilkins at June 14, 2012 05:28 PM (fVgpT)
Remember "Where the Red Fern Grows"?
I wish I didn't. My teachers were self flagellatting old biddys.
Also had to suffer through "Watership Down" and "The Secret of NIMH."
Posted by: ErikW at June 14, 2012 05:31 PM (kMZNm)
Posted by: teej at June 14, 2012 05:31 PM (ZFXqT)
Oops! Maybe I should have saved that for the book thread, sorry.
Posted by: ErikW at June 14, 2012 05:33 PM (kMZNm)
Through their cover up the Presstitutes have handed Team Romney the sword with which to lop off the Lyin kINGS head!
Mr. President instruct your AG to comply with the investigation of the murder of hundreds of foreign nationals and two US border patrol agents. The Mexican and American people demand answers and you have the power to provide them!
Posted by: ConcealedKerry or SubMitt at June 14, 2012 05:34 PM (nonzP)
Posted by: Thunderb at June 14, 2012 05:34 PM (Dnbau)
Posted by: Ronster at June 14, 2012 05:40 PM (mHC3R)
Posted by: Thorvald at June 14, 2012 05:40 PM (OhenJ)
Got lucky and skated on those Erik.
Posted by: teej at June 14, 2012 09:35 PM (vzfrq)
You didn't miss anything.
At. All.
Posted by: ErikW at June 14, 2012 05:41 PM (kMZNm)
Posted by: Ronster at June 14, 2012 05:45 PM (mHC3R)
http://preview.tinyurl.com/7svbec7
Posted by: GnuBreed at June 14, 2012 05:46 PM (ccXZP)
Posted by: Pathetic at June 14, 2012 05:46 PM (LYbW9)
Posted by: Thunderb at June 14, 2012 05:52 PM (Dnbau)
What Ben Franklin said.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at June 14, 2012 09:09 PM (MCDCp)
"Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy"?
Posted by: blue star at June 14, 2012 05:52 PM (PE7OR)
Posted by: teej at June 14, 2012 05:53 PM (Vdd8W)
Whats this in my Pocket????
A letter??? "What the bearer had done, he has done for the State, and thus, is Pardoned; President Obama"
Posted by: Eric Holder at June 14, 2012 05:54 PM (lZBBB)
Posted by: Boehner the Useless at June 14, 2012 06:02 PM (zsgo8)
Posted by: ConcealedKerry or SubMitt at June 14, 2012 06:05 PM (nonzP)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at June 14, 2012 06:05 PM (bxiXv)
Posted by: Thunderb at June 14, 2012 06:13 PM (Dnbau)
Posted by: Jean at June 14, 2012 06:16 PM (liPvR)
Posted by: IdowhatIwant at June 14, 2012 07:02 PM (a4CUi)
Posted by: Kalneva at June 14, 2012 07:06 PM (cQmXn)
Posted by: noses when to hold'er um COWARDS!! at June 14, 2012 09:10 PM (VmEIG)
Maybe some illegal will shoot him with one the guns he let walk. One can always hope.
Posted by: Judge Roy Bean at June 14, 2012 11:10 PM (7LyQp)
Oh BTW, As for holder..I say bring back the guillotine. Chop his head off in Full view of Congress and the WH, just to give em a taste of things to come while they tell us to eat fricking cake~
Posted by: Judge Roy Bean at June 14, 2012 11:19 PM (6n9Uo)
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