Fast and Furious - Page 12

Lamplighter · 09-20-2012, 10:23 AM

LegalTimes.com
9/19/12

DOJ Review Knocks Senior Officials—But Not Holder—Over Fast and Furious

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An internal Justice Department review released today criticizes senior DOJ officials
for their roles in the failed Operation Fast and Furious gun-smuggling program,
but clears Attorney General Eric Holder Jr. of personal knowledge about
the two major accusations from congressional Republicans.

The 471-page report from the DOJ inspector general's office, released this afternoon,
presents a comprehensive review of Operation Fast and Furious and will be the subject
of a hearing Thursday before the House Oversight and Government Relations Committee,
chaired by Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.).<snip>

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"In the course of our review we identified individuals ranging from line agents and prosecutors
in Phoenix and Tucson to senior ATF officials in Washington, D.C., who bore a share of responsibility
for ATF's knowing failure in both these operations to interdict firearms illegally destined for Mexico,
and for doing so without adequately taking into account the danger to public safety
that flowed from this risky strategy,"

the report states.

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"We also found failures by Department officials related to these matters,
including failing to respond accurately to a Congressional inquiry about them."

<snip>
The report also found that Holder "had no involvement in drafting or reviewing"
the February 4 letter to Congress that denied that ATF "sanctioned" or otherwise knowingly
allowed the sale of assault weapons to a straw purchaser who then transported them into Mexico.
Holder decided to withdraw that letter in December 2011, after concluding that it contained inaccuracies.
<snip>

The attorney general's statement criticized—but not by name
—people who assailed Holder's handling of the Fast and Furious probe.

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"It is unfortunate that some were so quick to make baseless accusations
before they possessed the facts about these operations — accusations that turned out to be without foundation and that have caused
a great deal of unnecessary harm and confusion,"

Holder said.

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"I hope today's report acts as a reminder of the dangers of adopting as fact
unsubstantiated conclusions before an investigation of the circumstances is completed."

classicman · 09-23-2012, 08:44 PM

Yeh ... everyone under Holder was guilty yet he knew nothing of it. suuuuuuuuuuure.

Lamplighter · 09-25-2012, 09:33 AM

Yeh, you can take your pick ...

In government: Plausible deniability
In real life: Parenthood

Griff · 07-06-2013, 06:13 PM

Police chief killed with rifle lost in ATF gun-tracking program

Our government has issues.

xoxoxoBruce · 07-07-2013, 12:58 PM

Mexican Police Chief. If we're going to worry about everyone killed by American supplied weapons, we're going to have to establish a Bureau of Weapon Killing Worry. It would be bigger than Homeland Security.

The guns that got away from ATF, while not right, are a piss-hole in a snowbank. I wonder how many will die from the $1.5 BILLION we gave the Egyptian military this year.

sexobon · 07-07-2013, 01:49 PM

It probably became a story just on principle, our guns getting into the hands of Mexicans, REMEMBER THE ALAMO!

09-23-2012, 08:44 PM	#167
classicman barely disguised asshole, keeper of all that is holy. Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 23,401	Yeh ... everyone under Holder was guilty yet he knew nothing of it. suuuuuuuuuuure. __________________ "like strapping a pillow on a bull in a china shop" Bullitt

07-06-2013, 06:13 PM	#169
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	Police chief killed with rifle lost in ATF gun-tracking program Our government has issues. __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

07-07-2013, 12:58 PM	#170
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Mexican Police Chief. If we're going to worry about everyone killed by American supplied weapons, we're going to have to establish a Bureau of Weapon Killing Worry. It would be bigger than Homeland Security. The guns that got away from ATF, while not right, are a piss-hole in a snowbank. I wonder how many will die from the $1.5 BILLION we gave the Egyptian military this year. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

09-25-2012, 09:33 AM	#168
Lamplighter Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Bottom lands of the Missoula floods Posts: 6,402	Yeh, you can take your pick ... In government: Plausible deniability In real life: Parenthood

07-07-2013, 01:49 PM	#171
sexobon I love it when a plan comes together. Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 9,793	It probably became a story just on principle, our guns getting into the hands of Mexicans, REMEMBER THE ALAMO!

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