Posted on 07/06/2011 3:29:47 PM PDT by macquire
This morning, there was a stunning development in Congress’s investigation of the Justice Department’s “Fast and Furious” gun-running program: it was revealed that on July 4, Kenneth Melson, the acting director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms and the Obama administration’s intended fall guy in the scandal, broke ranks with his superiors. Without their knowledge, he gave an interview to Darrell Issa’s House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, accompanied only by his personal attorney. While a transcript of that interview is not yet public, it is clear that he blew the whistle on senior officials in the Justice Department.
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Holder will resign.
This WILL be a thorn in obama’s election side....(does that make sense?)
Notice how different this is from Nixon? They’ve all learned a lot about investigations and Issa’s a genius and getting solid cover from Senator Grassley, but I still suspect there’ll be a Deep Throat out there helping guide this investigation. Obama’s made a lot of enemies. Saudi Arabia doesn’t have more friends in DC than money can buy.
Well, who knows. Maybe this time will be different and we will be proven wrong, to the country’s benefit.
Hey, people win the lottery, right? Ha. I knew a guy that won $4.5 million (about 20 years ago in FL). Went from $17k a year to $17k a month. Poor dumb ass, he made a pretty bad mess of it. Should have given the money to me and saved himself the grief.
A lot of people seem to be involved in the Gunwalker / Gun Control scandal. Any evidence of people on the Mexican side coordinating with this?
Yes, I’ve noticed that Issa and Grassley have learned a thing or two. Most conspicuous is their lack of trying to pander to the press. They’re just slowly working their way forward, building a case, flipping witnesses into whistleblowers, forcing the DOJ to disgorge documents, etc.
When the MSM finally covers this, it will be because they’re *forced* to... it will be too big to ignore. It won’t be because there are salacious details that make people get their naughty bits in a dither. If Issa and Grassley stick to their current plan, this will develop a spreading case that takes in much of the DOJ and Holder.
The difference between prior scandals and this one is that there is a solid paper trail. The gun dealers in question are co-operating. The field agents in question are coming forward. The people closest to the facts are coming forward, and they’re all on one side of the issue. This isn’t like Whitewater, where the people closest to the facts either died, or went to prison for non-cooperation with the DOJ. There is full documentation and evidence that gun X was bought by a criminal, in a criminal transaction,that the ATF field agents raised an alarm, the gun dealer in question raised an alarm, that higher ups said “let it go” and then gun X was later used in the commission of a murder.
That’s inescapable now. No one is going to be able to use the Hillary “I can’t recall” defense.
The numbers of crimes and murders are only getting worse as the investigation spreads.
The stakes on this one are high enough that no one is going to fall on their sword for Holder and Obama.
Grassley interview starts at about the 24:00 mark:
Yes, easily.
He has been disappointing on coverage of the forged birth certificate also.
“However, he said that Justice Department officials directed them not to respond and took full control of replying to briefing and document requests from Congress. The result is that Congress only got the parts of the story that the Department wanted us to hear. “
Normal people go to jail for this.
I’ve read that upwards of 150 Mexican citizens have been killed by walked guns.
This is an act of war. As you said, it’s far beyond “gate.”
That’s why I say Gunwalker equals Watergate times Irancontra.
What gives? I don’t get it. I can even partially understand (well, not understand, but, you know, sort of accept) on the BC thing (doesn’t want to be called “fringe”, blah, blah, blah).
But THIS! This is NOT FRINGE! This is a WHISTLE BLOWER for crying out loud.
Matt Drudge, please, clear the sh*t-for-brains, wake up, smell the coffee and COVER THE D*MN STORY!
OTOH, he’s smart enough to realize he hasn’t a SAG card and doesn’t want to be the “fall guy” in the President Obama/Holder soaper either. I’m sure his lawyer advised his “overhead cover” was due to expire in September. Melson is also “smart enough” to get his licks in first. Getting his testimony/evidence on record during a holiday weekend, when the OA’s bureaucratic stooges were partying was the master stroke of an experienced career bureaucrat.
I agree the DOJ, FBI and DHS, (among others) are in the deep end. Were this a GOP administration there’d be a real s**t storm in the lame-stream media. Instead we’re seeing almost nothing from the henhouse. (nobody here but us chickens)
BTW, Mssrs Dave Codrea and Mike Vanderbreogh have broken yet another story line on OFF. They report a proven source alleges a lot of arms were moved through FL to a Central American nation destined for the drug cartel.
http://sipseystreetirregulars.blogspot.com/ >PS
Only way to hold them accountable is make this a campaign issue. It will have to be mentioned every day during the campaign because the media and this administration think they can do and get away with everything.
it won’t matter if no media makes a stink...
the tree falling with no one to hear does not make a noise.
there will be no consequences.
unfortunately.
ugh.
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Depends on what you mean by "significant." While I was in the Air Force, there were times I spent Army or Navy money, and vice versa. However, in all cases it was within the law, and was done by agreement between the respective Commands. So long as it complied with the reason for the appropriation, it didn't need to go higher than the Commands involved.
In the case in question, it doesn't appear that money was transferred between agencies. Instead, FBI money was given to Mexicans to buy guns, and the ATF tried to track the guns (at least that's their story) without knowing the money came from the FBI.
The MSM asks the harder questions?
Since when? ...................................... Errrr, that only applies to Conservative Republicans.
Nothing is too outlandish to get away with in the minds of the progressive liberals in power.
We fail to realize the extent of their intent. Which is bring America down. Broke and without adequate defense and under tyranny.
Truth!
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