Posted on 10/06/2011 6:52:23 AM PDT by maggief
The new acting director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives announced a major shake-up of his agency Wednesday and urged Washington insiders to “calm down” about the latest revelations surrounding a controversial ATF gun operation.
B. Todd Jones said calm is needed as he begins rebuilding the beleaguered agency, including shuffling top personnel. He made his comments as his boss, Attorney General Eric J. Holder Jr., came under fire this week from Republican lawmakers, with one calling for a special counsel to investigate Holder’s role in the Fast and Furious gun-trafficking operation.
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1-We ARE calm, but we want answers, not lies.
2-It wasn’t a “sting” because you clowns weren’t tracking the weapons.
No worries. Obama has pardons for everyone involved.
Now there will be MSM coverage. They have a way to "report" that Bush did this and Obama has worked without rest for almost three years to undo this horrible thing.
and Obama/Holder get a two-fer with this Jones guy. They can all scream "Racism! Racism! Racism! Racism! Racism! Racism!"
When Obama appointed him I posted his bio.He is at the very least a terrorist sympathizer.
GENERAL RIPPER
You’re correct it looks like this is they’re new spin and cover up and EVERYBODY is helping.Wikipedia added this entry I belive in OCT of 2011 RECENTLY this month!UNBELIEVABLE they are trying to blame Bush!A brief search just showed all the lefty bloggers are posting this all over the net.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Wide_Receiver
I do believe that nebulous figure in the background in none other than the infamous Holder.
It would appear that when Omyass gets into trouble he doesn’t just “lawyer up” he also “layers up”. Probably something that the Rev Wright taught him about trusting members of the community.
Looks like the time to bring in a fast talking Algonquin J. Calhoun, Holder isn’t holding up very well.
I hope I’m wrong and B. Todd Jones is more Corps than Obamite.
Who was that Attorney General who would not participate in Nixon’s cover up attempt and resigned.....it happens.
But never with DemoRats.
Stop complaining, stop grumbling, stop crying!
Eric Holder needs to put on his marching shoes and go directly to jail, do not pass Go.
he worked as an intern in the office of Minnesota Senator Hubert Humphrey
In 1998, Senator Paul Wellstone (D-Minnesota) recommended Jones as the next U.S. Attorney for the District of Minnesota, and President Bill Clinton nominated him. He served from 1998 to 2001, resigning upon the election of Republican George W. Bush.
Jones returned briefly to Greene Espel, but soon left that firm and became a partner at the much larger firm of Robins, Kaplan, Miller & Ciresi from 2001 to 2009, where his practice focused on complex business litigation and corporate criminal defense.
In 2009, Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-Minnesota) recommended Jones for his old job as U.S. Attorney for the District of Minnesota. The previous Attorney, Rachel Paulose, had resigned in 2007 following allegations of mishandling of classified reports and a dictatorial management style. President Obama nominated Jones, and he has served in that role from 2009 to the present. Ironically, six years earlier, in 2003, Jones and Klobuchar clashed in a high profile criminal trial in Minneapolis, with Klobuchar’s office prosecuting former Minnesota Twins baseball Hall-of-Famer Kirby Puckett for rape and Jones defending him. The trial ended in an acquittal on all charges.
Shortly after beginning his second stint as Minnesota’s U.S. Attorney, Jones was asked by Attorney General Eric Holder to chair the Attorney General’s Advisory Committee (AGAC) of U.S. Attorneys, which provides advice and counsel to the Attorney General on policy, management and operational issues affecting U.S. Attorneys Offices throughout the country, and also represents U.S. Attorneys in the decision-making process at the Department.
As U.S. Attorney, moreover, Jones has advocated a community-based approach in dealing with Arab-American communities, many of which feel stereotyped in the current Islamophobic environment.
Jones has been married since 1980 to Margaret Samanant, whom he met in college, and the couple has three sons and two daughters. According to the website OpenSecrets, Jones has contributed $12,947 to Democratic candidates and causes since 2002.
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Macalester College - Reunion 2009 - Alumni of Color
Margaret Samanant Jones ‘80 (wife)
It is high time to clean out the viper’s nest, and the enabling accomplices, the media.
Actually, he needs to meet ol’ Sparky for the hundreds of Mexicans he has help to murder trying to get a gun ban passed in America.
After that, the phrase ... THE MOST CORRUPT ADMINISTRATION EVER ... will be voiced from now until November, 2012. If the highest "cop" in your morally bankrupt administration is a contemptible liar, the rest of it is equally tainted.
I heard a caller or two yesterday express this on talk radio. Though no mention of Bush was made.. just "prior administrations" have done this many times. I guess mentioning Bush would make the caller sound like a typical Bush-basher.
But the ruling class members on the left can mention Bush.
Boy those aged 1960s Marxist-Alinsky campus spoiled brats and their ideological issue may be punks but they ain't stupid. They are everywhere and are arguably "the Establishment."
If Plan B fails Obama/Holder now have a surefire Plan C -- their reliable nuclear option -- screaming "Racism! Racism! Racism! Racism! Racism! Racism!"
Some people have principles ... from historyplace. com ... On 20th October, 1973, Nixon ordered his Attorney-General, Elliot Richardson, to fire Cox. Richardson refused and resigned in protest. Most media has none (principles) instead only lies.
I will NOT calm down!
Disband this agency!
“Don’t be uncool”
It’s “Don’t be unreasonable” now.
Lets ask him how he would feel if his son took one between the eyes? Or he took one? What would his family say? And would it be appropriate for someone to tell his wife to “calm down”?
Thank god for the “acting” part of the directorship, hopefully the real one will have more sense.
What’s next? Are they going to hire Chief Charles Moose of DC Sniper fame? He advised the press to “check themself” during the coverage.
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