Archive for the ‘Department of Justice’ Category

Via Sipsey Street, from CBS News: (CBS News) Rep. Darrell Issa, the chair of the House oversight committee, is accusing the Department of Justice (DOJ) of failing to fully cooperate in the ongoing investigation of the for the so-called “Fast and Furious” gunwalking operation by likening the situation to the Samuel Beckett play “Waiting for [...]

Via the Daily Caller: During a radio interview Wednesday night, former Obama “green jobs czar” Van Jones broke ranks with current and former administration officials and ripped Attorney General Eric Holder for his handling of Operation Fast and Furious, the failed gun-walking operation that trafficked thousands of firearms across the Mexican border. “I believe that if [...]

Both from David Codrea, one of the original reporters on the story of Operation Gunwalker/Fast and Furious. Issa Sends Contempt Draft To Supportive Democrats: House Oversight Committee on Government Reform Chairman Darrell Issa, R-Calif., sent a letter today to Jason Altmire, D-Pa., and 31 House Democrats who wrote to President Obama in June, 2011 “to [...]

HotAir has it here. About damn time.  Now when are they going to serve it? The CBS clip omits one important fact, and instead fills it in with a lie.  Sharyl Attkisson, while important, didn’t break the story of Fast and Furious.  That was left to David Codrea and Mike Vanderboegh. Mike V. at Sipsey [...]

Townhall journalist Katie Pavlich just recently released a book – “Fast And Furious: Barack Obama’s Bloodiest Scandal and Its Shameless Cover-Up“.  I haven’t gotten a copy yet, but a lot of the material it covers will no doubt be familiar to long-time readers here, but it should concisely wrap up a lot of elements of [...]

Via the Washington Free Beacon: The Department of Justice is using the liberal “watchdog” group Media Matters for America to deflect questions about the Fast and Furious scandal, including those regarding a gun that might have been used in the murder of a U.S. Border Patrol agent. A new book raises questions as to whether [...]

From Breitbart.com: ACORN-cracking Project Veritas creator James O’Keefe goes into a polling place and is given Eric Holder’s ballot.

Over the weekend, Congressman Jason Chaffetz of the House Oversight and Reform Committee was on FOX discussing how White House national security advisor Kevin O’Reilly has been made unavailable.  O’Reilly is Newell’s buddy (a review of the players here), who were exchanging emails back and forth, and is one of the big known connections to [...]

Via FOX: Top leaders at the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms, already under fire from lawmakers in the wake of the “Fast and Furious” debacle, also get harsh marks from the men and women who serve under them, according to an internal survey. An ATF memo obtained by FoxNews.com reveals that rank-and-file workers at [...]

Via HotAir: “But, I think one thing that also has to be understood is that once this was brought to my attention” — Holder said before slamming his hand on the committee room table he was sitting at — “I stopped it. I stopped it.” Daily Caller has a piece on this as well.