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Inside President Obama's War On The Fast & Furious Whistleblowers
Forbes ^ | 12/07/2011 | Frank Miniter

Posted on 12/12/2011 7:17:46 PM PST by Rabin

Senator Grassley then pointed out that the first whistleblower to come forward about Fast and Furious (ATF Agent John Dodson) had recently been attacked by the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ). According to Senator Grassley, “Someone in the Justice Department leaked a document to the press along with talking points in an attempt to smear [Dodson.]” The letter insinuated that Dodson went rogue and started a gun-walking operation on his own... Dodson would have been left dangling in these political winds,

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TOPICS: Heated Discussion
KEYWORDS: acceptabletreason; alqaeda4holder; atf; banglist; dea; dhs; dnctreason; dodson; doinjustice; doj; fastandfurious; fastfurious; fbi; grassley; gunrunner; gunwalker; hezbollah4holder; holder; holdervsamerica; obama; terrorists4holder; whistleblowers
Justice Department heading for a RICO moment?

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1 posted on 12/12/2011 7:17:57 PM PST by Rabin
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To: All
More from the article.

Senator Grassley pointed out that the documents DOJ released to smear Dodson were actually supposed to be so sensitive that the DOJ wouldn’t provide them to congressional investigators. But then, to harm a whistleblower, someone from the DOJ provided these specifically selected documents to the press. In fact, the name of the criminal suspect in the documents was redacted, but Agent Dodson’s name was left for all to see. “This looks like a clear and intentional violation of the Privacy Act as well as an attempt at whistleblower retaliation,” said Grassley.

2 posted on 12/12/2011 7:29:24 PM PST by Track9
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To: MestaMachine
ping

Obama's War On The Fast & Furious Whistleblowers

left whistleblowers in legal limbo

transferred them backwater districts

mined records to publicly damage their reputations

deemed a few to be “traitors”

had them shunned by colleagues

Grassley: "Whistleblowing ruins people professionally. I’d say there’s more retaliation out there than you and I know about."

3 posted on 12/12/2011 7:31:15 PM PST by thouworm (.)
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To: Rabin

Undocumented Tyrant's Gun-Walking Attorney General:
"Whistleblowers, unlike terrorists, have no rights.
On the morrow, after the audits remove their property,
the units will be removed if they are crackers.
Your King and I KNOW how to do this."


"Army Major (Hasan) Played Role in Presidential (Obama) Transition"


Media Cover Up: U.S. Government Invokes
National Security to Conceal Deal Cut with
Mexican Drug Cartel"


"DOJ says Mexican cartels operating in over 1,000 U.S. cities
… spanning all nine Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force (OCDETF) regions,"
according to the U.S. Justice Department's National Drug Threat Assessment of 2011."


"Report: Woman survives live grenade in face"


"Sources: Five grenades thrown in Rio Bravo[Mexico]"


"California Iraqi-Mexican crime ring busted
"Police in southern California have arrested 60 people and broken up
an Iraqi criminal ring accused of selling drugs, machine guns and improvised bombs
out of an immigrant social club"


"Child Finds (Live) Grenade Near Local Creek]"


"News Troops kill 3 gunmen in northern Mexico, seize weapons, vehicles
"Three suspected organized crime gummen were killed and another three
were wounded in a clash near the northeastern Mexican city of Matamoros with army troops,
who seized more than 100 weapons and nearly a score of vehicles after the gun battle, military sources said.
The Defense Secretariat's 4th Military Region said in a statement that 83 automatic rifles,
18 handguns, five grenade launchers, a rocket launcher,
11 fragmentation grenades, 28 40 mm grenades, 315 ammunition clips,
more than 18,000 rounds of ammunition, 17 vehicles and eight kilos of marijuana
were confiscated in Wednesday's operation. "'


Mexican federal police discover arsenal of heavy weapons in Ciudad Juarez home
"Mexican federal police said Saturday they discovered a basement arsenal
hidden behind the mirrors of a home gym that included three anti-aircraft guns,
dozens of grenades, a grenade launcher, AK-47s and other high-powered weapons. "


[Mexico:]Grenade attacks throughout Tamaulipas; shootouts reported'


"[South Texas]Border Patrol finds rocket launcher, grenade launcher,
explosives near Rio Grande "


Fast & Furious: Congress expanding probe to include grenades



"Despite Denials, Map Proves Deliberate Illegal Gun Trafficking by ATF to Mexico"



"U.S. Admits Mexican (Drug) Cartels Control Parts Of Border"


On terrorists, Justice recused"
AG Eric Holder's clients (the REAL reason for the transfer - to free them):
o Saad Al Qahtani
o Mohammed Zahrani
o Achraf Salim ("Sultan") Abdessalam
o Abdul Rahman Abdul Abu Ghityh Sulayman
o Musaab Omar Al Madhwani
o Jawad Jabbar Sadkhan (Al Sahlani)
o Majid Khan


"Attorney General Holder's Advisers Have Conflicts on Detainee Cases"


"Eric Holder's Law Firm Has a history of representing Terrorists"


"Corruptocrat AG Eric Holder's conflicted DOJ"


The Al-Qaeda Bar (Big Law Firms Line Up to Represent Terrorists)
"Some of the nation's wealthiest and most powerful law firms have donated hundreds of
millions of dollars in free legal services to terror suspects at the Guantanamo Bay prison.
Their work, bolstered by left-wing activists groups, has helped to free, or force the
transfer, of hundreds of al Qaeda suspects to third countries. Some have gone back to
terrorism and the job of trying to kill Americans.

The work of big American law firms on behalf of al Qaeda is drawing new attention since
Attorney General Eric Holder decided this month that Khalid Sheik Mohammed, who
orchestrated the murder of over 3,000 9-11, is coming to New York City for trial. Holder
was a partner at Covington & Burling, which in 2005 gave one its attorneys an award for
aiding 17 Yemeni suspects at Guantanamo."

A list of 10 of the largest American legal firms representing Guantanamo terror detainees:
Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw
Blank Rome
Manatt, Phelps & Phillips
Shearman & Sterling
Allen & Overy
Convington & Burling
Dorsey & Whitney
Holland & Hart
Hunton & Williams
Paul, Weiss"

4 posted on 12/12/2011 7:31:28 PM PST by Diogenesis ("Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. " Pres. Ronald Reagan)
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To: Rabin

The most audacious acts tend to flabbergast the rational man, the normal man. That’s why they, the socialist left, bank on it... the more craven and audacious their act, the the more likely it is to instill fear, unease and a hesitancy to respond. Ad to that the dimension of race, and they have, what they think is thier trifecta. But respond we must... the charge of racism be damned, these socialists must be stopped. Do something damn-it... don’t just tweedle dee and tweedle dum after you have the goods... DO SOMETHING!!!


5 posted on 12/12/2011 7:31:49 PM PST by dps.inspect (the system is rigged...)
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To: Joe Brower; Travis McGee; LucyT; vette6387; MetaThought; 60Gunner; XHogPilot; FreedomPoster; ...

I don’t even know how to catagorize this. Ping.


6 posted on 12/12/2011 9:47:46 PM PST by MestaMachine (obama kills)
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To: MestaMachine

It’s the way it is.


7 posted on 12/12/2011 11:58:29 PM PST by MurrietaMadman
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To: Rabin

bfl


8 posted on 12/13/2011 12:02:01 AM PST by Smokin' Joe (How often God must weep at humans' folly. Stand fast. God knows what He is doing)
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To: Rabin
Justice Department heading for a RICO moment?

Let's hope so.

If you think about the huge number of people who had to be involved with the planning and coordination of F&F, then you start to get an idea about the brutality that exists in the Obama regime.

If you think about how depraved a mind must be to be eager and willing to trade the the lives of hundreds of innocent people for the possibility that you might be able to create future gun control laws, then the willingness to destroy whistle-blowers is par for the course. And without the Tea Party impact on the 2010 elections the Obummer regime would have gotten away with it.

These people need to be locked up for a very long time.

9 posted on 12/13/2011 2:32:11 AM PST by Upstate NY Guy
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To: Rabin
Obama is an expert at operating ‘under the radar’ with the exception of guns and drones.
10 posted on 12/13/2011 5:11:33 AM PST by JPG (Growing old is mandatory; growing up is optional.)
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To: MestaMachine
OMG

Obama Must Go!

11 posted on 12/13/2011 6:19:22 AM PST by TheOldLady (FReepmail me to get ON or OFF the ZOT LIGHTNING ping list)
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To: Upstate NY Guy; Diogenesis; MestaMachine; Berlin_Freeper; Hotlanta Mike; Silentgypsy; repubmom; ...
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Justice Department heading for a RIC0 moment?

Let's hope so.

If you think about the huge number of people who had to be involved with the planning and coordination of F&F, then you start to get an idea about the brutality that exists in the 0bummer regime.

If you think about how depraved a mind must be to be eager and willing to trade the the lives of hundreds of innocent people for the possibility that you might be able to create future gun control laws, then the willingness to destroy whistle-blowers is par for the course. - And without the Tea Party impact on the 2010 elections the 0bummer regime would have gotten away with it.

These people need to be locked up for a very long time.

See article, then check out # 4 for graphic, and excellent, extensive research, by Diogenesis.

12 posted on 12/13/2011 11:19:42 PM PST by LucyT
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To: Diogenesis
Yo which I might add:

Making the news

13 posted on 12/14/2011 2:42:08 AM PST by null and void (Day 1057 of America's ObamaVacation from reality [Heroes aren't made, Frank, they're cornered...])
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To: Upstate NY Guy
These people need to be locked up for a very long time.

Hanging is a more traditional punishment for high treason.

14 posted on 12/14/2011 2:43:49 AM PST by null and void (Day 1057 of America's ObamaVacation from reality [Heroes aren't made, Frank, they're cornered...])
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To: LucyT
Bears repeating:

If you think about how depraved a mind must be to be eager and willing to trade the the lives of hundreds of innocent people for the possibility that you might be able to create future gun control laws, then the willingness to destroy whistle-blowers is par for the course.

Pray for America. We are at war against a domestic enemy.

15 posted on 12/14/2011 7:07:49 AM PST by Art in Idaho (Conservatism is the only hope for Western Civilization.)
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To: MestaMachine
I don’t even know how to catagorize this. Ping.

Easy. It's an act of state-supported terrorism.

The unlawful use of force or violence against persons or property to intimidate or coerce a Government, the civilian population, or any segment thereof, in furtherance of political or social objectives.

-- FBI definition of terrorism

16 posted on 12/14/2011 10:44:36 AM PST by archy (I'd give my right arm to be ambidextrous!)
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To: MestaMachine
I don’t even know how to catagorize this. Ping.

Easy. It's an act of state-supported terrorism.

The unlawful use of force or violence against persons or property to intimidate or coerce a Government, the civilian population, or any segment thereof, in furtherance of political or social objectives.

-- FBI definition of terrorism

17 posted on 12/14/2011 10:44:54 AM PST by archy (I'd give my right arm to be ambidextrous!)
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