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JBHFrom NYPost:
The deadly-but-forgotten government gun-running scandal known as “Fast and Furious” has lain dormant for years, thanks to White House stonewalling and media compliance. But newly uncovered e-mails have reopened the case, exposing the anatomy of a coverup by an administration that promised to be the most transparent in history.
Not forgotten at all. Just depends where you live and depends if you have to deal with the armed cartels. Also, those “newly uncovered emails” basically tell us things we already know.
A federal judge has forced the release of more than 20,000 pages of emails and memos previously locked up under President Obama’s phony executive-privilege claim. A preliminary review shows top Obama officials deliberately obstructing congressional probes into the border gun-running operation.
…internal documents later revealed the real goal was to gin up a crisis requiring a crackdown on guns in America. Fast and Furious was merely a pretext for imposing stricter gun laws.
Yup.
Only, the scheme backfired when Justice agents lost track of the nearly 2,000 guns sold through the program and they started turning up at murder scenes on both sides of the border — including one that claimed the life of US Border Patrol Agent Brian Terry.
The scheme didn’t backfire. The operation failed, but the scheme still worked. Southern border states now have mandatory reporting to the ATF on any purchases of more than one firearm. Democrats got more gun control, and they got it even though Fast and Furious came to light. They even got it by citing Fast and Furious as something that meant ATF needed more funding, more resources, and more gun laws – Democrats were saying these things during the hearings with whistleblowers.
Then Team Obama conspired to derail investigations into who was responsible by first withholding documents under subpoena — for which Holder earned a contempt-of-Congress citation — and later claiming executive privilege to keep evidence sealed.
Fascinating how that works. Start a criminal conspiracy using government force against citizens of the US and citizens of Mexico, get caught, then claim that you’re doing an investigation and the investigation is ongoing so you can’t reveal anything about it, then claim executive privilege and you can magically never be held accountable for a conspiracy that has so far resulted in hundreds of murders.
Somewhere Warren G. Harding is upset he couldn’t think of this scam during Teapot Dome (which killed no one).
The degree of obstruction was “more than previously understood,” House Oversight and Government Reform Chairman Jason Chaffetz said in a recent memo to other members of his panel.
“The documents reveal how senior Justice Department officials — including Attorney General Holder — intensely followed and managed an effort to carefully limit and obstruct the information produced to Congress,” he asserted.
They also indict Holder deputy Lanny Breuer, an old Clinton hand, who had to step down in 2013 after falsely denying authorizing Fast and Furious.
Their efforts to impede investigations included:
-Devising strategies to redact or otherwise withhold relevant information;
-Manipulating media coverage to control fallout;
-Scapegoating the Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco and Firearms (ATF) for the scandal.
The last one is a bit interesting. The ATF definitely deserves plenty of blame as they conducted the operation, but ultimately the story from the White House was that it was “a rogue operation conducted by a handful of agents at a field office”.
We know that’s BS based off the level the White House went to protect itself, we also know it’s BS based on the resources used – namely the FBI passing felons on background checks (there are later stories about that as well – I may go back and add more links).
Talking points drafted for Holder and other brass for congressional hearings made clear that Justice intended to make ousted ATF officials the fall guys for the scandal.
“These (personnel) changes will help us move past the controversy that has surrounded Fast and Furious,” Assistant Attorney General Ron Weich wrote in August 2011.
In an October 2011 e-mail to his chief of staff, moreover, Holder stated that he agreed with a strategy to first release documents to friendly media “with an explanation that takes the air out” of them, instead “of just handing them over” to Congress.
Thomas Sowell refers to this as “telling the truth slowly“.
Obama insists Fast and Furious is just another “phony” scandal whipped up by Republicans to dog his presidency.
The Patriot Perspective 
Reblogged this on Rifleman III Journal and commented:
Discovery, is one thing. Prosecution, is another. As it involves the former USAG, and the President, it may need to be placed on hold until after January 2017, for any action(s), and that would require the 45th President, to not give clemency to anyone, as federal prosecution would the the route. Time will tell.
This a another example of how the Obama Administration and DOS Hillary Clinton, A.G. Eric Holder were complicit in other crimes involving the Terrorists acts at Benghazi and the weapons which were stolen at the U.S. Embassy without any real U.S. Security forces to guarantee it would stay out of the hands of Terrorists.
This whole “scenario” was a pretext to look like an invasion and it was a direct Violation of the Boland Amendment.
The President, Hillary Clinton and others knew they were involved in a Terrorist act and High Treason.They WANTED the weapons to fall into the hands of Terrorist. That was the deal!!!
American’s are being “played” for being so damn STUPID!
This is NOT the first time “Decoy” activity has occurred to benefit the Administration.
They will LIE and tell you THEY “Fixed it”! (After creating a major problem, they suddenly have an excuse to act like they rendered the problem shut down to take the Credit for solving the problem.(Hypocrites and Liars!!)