Posted on 01/19/2013 9:03:14 AM PST by John Semmens
Attorney General Eric Holder is asking a federal court to absolve the Department of Justice (DOJ) from complying with the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) because “not to do so would inflict irreparable harm.” The DOJ action came in response to a suit filed by Judicial Watch. The suit is aimed at obtaining public information on DOJ’s “fast and furious” scheme to supply guns to Mexican gangsters.
“There is no need for the people at Judicial Watch or, for that matter, anyone to know the details of this now defunct federal undertaking,” Holder insisted. “My Department has taken the necessary corrective actions. This belated attempt to poke around into government business is both unnecessary and destructive.”
While acknowledging that the FOIA mandates the requested information be released, the Attorney General asserted that “a higher law argues against blind obedience to a statute originally aimed at the misdeeds of a prior Administration. All we are asking is that the nation’s broader interests take precedence over a mere observance of formalistic rules.”
Holder further suggested that “something along the lines of the 75-year sealing of the records on the JFK assassination imposed by the Warren Commission might be the appropriate model for how we should handle this. The American people’s faith in their government must not be allowed to be undermined by what, at this point, can only be viewed as an effort to satisfy ‘academic curiosity.’”
Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton described Holder’s stance as “beyond ironic. At the same time that the Obama Administration is demanding unprecedented access to all sorts of information about private citizens who are not charged with any crimes, we see the Attorney General contending that information relevant to actual crimes committed during its ill-conceived gun-running ‘sting’ operation be swept under the rug. His position is stunning in its ethical, moral, and legal incoherence.”
if you missed any of this week's other semi-news/semi-satire posts you can find them at...
http://azconservative.org/2013/01/19/attorney-general-says-requiring-doj-to-comply-with-law-too-risky/
Just reading the header was enough for me...Bwahahahaha!
FMCDH(BITS)
In other news, when asked what he thought about those speaking out against infringement of the People’s Freedom via the illegal gun grab that is under foot, Holder grinned and said, “Ready, aim.....”.
I can see where he is coming from, he’s jealous. He wants the same above the law status as Obama! Laws, I don’t need no stinkin laws, their for the little people I walk on!
Sheesh, you had me going, John. I was ready to unload on traitorous hotgun Holder.
GREAT work.
That’s just it, it would come as no surprise to anyone if this were a completely true and accurate story. It sounds like something holder would say without batting an eye.
BTT
Semmens is the best when it comes to pushing the right buttons with his satire. He gets you with a hook, and reels you in. Because it is all believable from this bunch of cretins.
...would inflict irreparable harm.”
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Gee, would it harm Holder’s image?
....oops....got me. Satire...
LOL!!!
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