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Grassley to ask for resignation of highest-level person who signed off on Fast and Furious
The Daily Caller ^ | October 14, 2011 | Matthew Boyle

Posted on 10/14/2011 11:55:27 AM PDT by matthewreporter

Iowa Republican Sen. Chuck Grassley told The Daily Caller on Thursday that he’ll call for the resignation of the highest-level government official who signed off on Operation Fast and Furious. At this point, though, he’s not sold on whether that person is Attorney General Eric Holder.

“I’m not going to ask for anybody’s resignation until I find out who signed off on this at the highest level of government — and then I’m going to ask for that person’s resignation,” Grassley said in a phone interview.

When TheDC asked Grassley if he thought Holder signed off on Fast and Furious, or at least knew about it, he wasn’t sure. “We’re going to answer that question before we stop this investigation,” Grassley said. “All I can say is, if [Holder] didn’t know about it, he should’ve known about it.”

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Front Page News; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: atf; banglist; castaway; cia; clinton; dea; dhs; doj; fastandfurious; fbi; gunrunner; gunwalker; hillary; hillaryclinton; holder; ice; obama; statedept
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1 posted on 10/14/2011 11:55:33 AM PDT by matthewreporter
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To: matthewreporter

Somehow I doubt it’ll be so easy to get Mr. Obama to resign...


2 posted on 10/14/2011 12:00:59 PM PDT by WayneS (Comments now include 25% more sarcasm at NO additional charge.)
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To: matthewreporter

1993 - Branch Davidians - Waco, TX
2010 - Agent Brian Terry - Baja, AZ

Both events staged to create a need for more gun control

Who is associated with both events?

Eric Holder & Hillary Clinton


3 posted on 10/14/2011 12:03:37 PM PDT by Erik Latranyi (Cain for President - Because I like the content of his character)
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To: WayneS; matthewreporter; Erik Latranyi

Gee. If I an accomplice to murder, all I need to do is resign from my job?


4 posted on 10/14/2011 12:06:28 PM PDT by sam_paine (X .................................)
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To: matthewreporter

Fire that guy, then fire his boss for being the dumbass that would hire such an idiot.

Then charge them both with treason.


5 posted on 10/14/2011 12:11:58 PM PDT by bigbob
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To: matthewreporter

This is a very shrewd move by Grassley because it gives an incentive for people to point upward in the chain of command to save their own butts.

“It wasn’t me, this document clearly shows that it was my boss who was in on it”, all the way up the line until the fingers are all pointing at Holder, who may not go quietly.

Knowing the way that this bunch operates, though, it would not be surprising to find someone lower on the rung to accept a payoff or two for committing ritual seppuku. Hopefully there will be a clear enough paper and digital trail to make that impossible.


6 posted on 10/14/2011 12:18:22 PM PDT by Zeppo ("Happy Pony is on - and I'm NOT missing Happy Pony")
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To: Joe Brower; Travis McGee; LucyT; vette6387; MetaThought; 60Gunner; XHogPilot; FreedomPoster; ...

How high does it fly?


7 posted on 10/14/2011 12:19:44 PM PDT by MestaMachine (obama kills)
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To: matthewreporter

Why isn’t that highest ranking person going to be persecuted for criminal acts?


8 posted on 10/14/2011 12:22:21 PM PDT by Presbyterian Reporter
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To: matthewreporter
Headline?
Investigators Ask Mass Murderer To Resign From His Job
"This will lessen his benefits and show him," said a spokesman.
9 posted on 10/14/2011 12:23:13 PM PDT by WilliamofCarmichael (If modern America's Man on Horseback is out there, Get on the damn horse already!)
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Resignations just aren't enough.

How Did Obama Know About "Fast and Furious" Before Holder?

0bungles knew that Holder didn't know before Holder knew that he didn't know.

And then there is this...

"Grenade-walking" part of "Gunwalker" scandal

And this...

Worse Than Gunwalker? State Dept. Allegedly Sold Guns to Zetas

Phil Jordan, a former CIA operative and one-time leader of U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration’s El Paso Intelligence Center, claims that the Obama administration is running guns to the violent Zetas cartel through the direct commercial sale of military grade weapons:

Jordan, who served as director of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration’s El Paso Intelligence Center in 1995, said the Zetas have shipped large amounts of weapons purchased in the Dallas area through El Paso.

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“They’ve found anti-aircraft weapons and hand grenades from the Vietnam War era,” Plumlee said. Other weapons found include grenade launchers, assault rifles, handguns and military gear including night-vision goggles and body armor.


10 posted on 10/14/2011 12:48:52 PM PDT by TigersEye (Life is about choices. Your choices. Make good ones.)
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To: matthewreporter

Title: Grassley asks Obama to Step Down, Turn Himself In


11 posted on 10/14/2011 1:37:53 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (I'd like to tell you, but then I'd have to kill you.)
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To: TigersEye

-——Resignations just aren’t enough.-——

it would be pre prosecutorial resignation


12 posted on 10/14/2011 1:46:55 PM PDT by bert (K.E. N.P. +12 ..posted from the great river road)
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To: bert

OK. I didn’t read that part.


13 posted on 10/14/2011 2:13:55 PM PDT by TigersEye (Life is about choices. Your choices. Make good ones.)
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To: sam_paine
Gee. If I an accomplice to murder, all I need to do is resign from my job?

That comes first. The DOJ isn't going to prosecute DOJ. That's a job for the next administration.

14 posted on 10/14/2011 3:16:09 PM PDT by neverdem (Xin loi minh oi)
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To: matthewreporter
Iowa Republican Sen. Chuck Grassley told The Daily Caller on Thursday that he’ll call for the resignation of the highest-level government official who signed off on Operation Fast and Furious. At this point, though, he’s not sold on whether that person is Attorney General Eric Holder.

Or possibly, His 0-ness.

15 posted on 10/14/2011 6:13:50 PM PDT by Lee N. Field ("They wouldn't know a Christological heresy if it beat them up and stole their wallet.")
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To: matthewreporter
and then I’m going to ask for that person’s resignation

Resignation is not enough. I want prosecution for Accessory to Premeditated Murder and then the death penalty.

16 posted on 10/14/2011 6:24:29 PM PDT by Drill Thrawl (0 - 537 They ALL must go.)
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To: TigersEye

Yes indeed you are more than on top of these things!


17 posted on 10/14/2011 6:25:15 PM PDT by little jeremiah (We will have to go through hell to get out of hell.)
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To: matthewreporter

Resignation? Just walk away from 200 counts of Accessory to murder in the first degree? You have got to be kidding me!!!

Our politicians need to go by the same laws as we do, you don’t resign from crap like this. There is huge load of blood on someones hands and it has just started! A lot of people need to go to prison for this, and a few of them need to stand trial in Mexico.


18 posted on 10/14/2011 6:28:35 PM PDT by American in Israel (A wise man's heart directs him to the right, but the foolish mans heart directs him toward the left.)
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Click the Gadsden flag for pro-gun resources!
19 posted on 10/14/2011 6:28:50 PM PDT by Joe Brower (Sheep have three speeds: "graze", "stampede" and "cower".)
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To: Erik Latranyi

BINGO ~ we have a winner here folks ~


20 posted on 10/14/2011 6:40:20 PM PDT by simplesimon (Never kick a cow turd on a hot day ~ Hank Williams Jr on the Glenn Beck radio show 10-12-2011)
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