Posted on 08/24/2012 9:35:49 AM PDT by upchuck
Sen. Chuck Grassley, Iowa Republican and the ranking GOP member on the Senate Judiciary Committee, wants answers about whether Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. and other senior Justice Department officials misused FBI aircraft, hindering the agency's investigations and ignoring a White House order to cut travel costs.
Like a few senior administration officials with high-profile roles, Mr. Holder is required for security reasons to use government aircraft when he travels. But Mr. Grassley said he has received complaints that Mr. Holder has abused the privilege, using FBI planes for travel when aircraft were needed for FBI missions, and, in at least one instance, reserving an FBI plane and leaving it idling on the tarmac when he upgraded to a larger aircraft without telling the agency.
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Mr. Grassley... on Thursday wrote a letter to FBI Director Robert S. Mueller III asking for specific information about the use of the agency's aircraft by Mr. Holder and other administration officials.
"We are aware that the attorney general is required to travel by government aircraft for security purposes," they wrote. "We believe it is important to determine whether use of the FBI's aircraft by the attorney general and other senior Department of Justice officials adheres to relevant statutes and policies, is cost-effective, and does not hinder the operational readiness of the FBI."
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During a Judiciary Committee hearing in May, Mr. Grassley asked Mr. Mueller about Mr. Holder's travel on FBI aircraft. At the time, Mr. Mueller said any "travel of the principals is secondary to use of the plane for the investigative work of the FBI" and Mr. Holder understands this priority. Mr. Mueller postponed responses to specific questions about the extent of Mr. Holder's travel to a later date.
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nobama and his czars and his goons have broken enough laws to keep the next DOJ very busy for awhile. Let's hope Romney nominates a real ball buster for AG.
Let’s hope Romney gets that opportunity and takes it to good advantage.
Is this a Al Capone tactic? Get Holder on an entirely different charge?
Is this a Al Capone tactic? Get Holder on an entirely different charge?
Who owns the FBI ?
Who owns the FBI ?
We do...?
Don’t hold your breath on that one. Romney has chosen as a running mate, a person who voted against impeachment of Bush for misleading the American people into an illegal war in Iraq, meantime, world opinion says he should be punished. You can find it on the internet by just doing a search on the subject.
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