Issa, Grassley make good on promise to expand “Fast & Furious” investigation

Hot Air ^ | 9/1/11 | Tina Korbe

[Nachum]

Almost immediately after the Justice Department announced a shake-up of the officials who oversaw ATF’s ill-begotten “Operation Fast and Furious,” Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) and Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) signaled they wouldn’t let the reassignment of acting ATF director Kenneth Melson slow down their investigation of the questionable program.

Two days later, they’ve already made good on that promise. Today, they sent a letter to Ann Scheel, the acting attorney general in Phoenix, basically putting the Arizona district office on notice and demanding e-mails, memos, notes and other documents from six top officials, including Scheel and ousted former U.S. Attorney Dennis Burke.

“The level of involvement of the United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Arizona in the genesis and implementation of this case is striking,” the letter states. It continues:

Operation Fast and Furious was a prosecutor-led Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force (OCDETF) Strike Force case. The congressional investigation has revealed that your office, and specifically Assistant United States Attorney (AUSA) Emory Hurley, played an integral role in the day-to-day, tactical management of the case. In fact, Mr. Hurley served as a prosecutor on this case until very recently.

[willibeaux]

CYA at it’s finest.

[PGalt]

I'd like to hope Grassley will have the courage to stick to his guns on this. But, I am doubtful. He promised the same thing on the Able Danger investigation then hid under his desk.

Thanks very much for that reminder, Baynative.

[Nachum]

Stay on this!

We are on this Like white on rice, VikingMom. :)

[PGalt]

Personally, I would love to see Holder extradited to Mexico and spend the rest of his life in a Mexican prison.

I hope Holder and Napolitano fry.

BUMP! BUMP!

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

Thanks for the ping!