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Thread #142888   Message #3296903
Posted By: Songwronger
26-Jan-12 - 07:31 PM
Thread Name: BS: Operation Fast and Furious
Subject: RE: BS: Operation Fast and Furious
You can do a Yahoo search of "Holder perjury" and turn up lots of stories, most probably reprints, but the below is from one:

WASHINGTON - New documents obtained by CBS News show Attorney General Eric Holder was sent briefings on the controversial Fast and Furious operation as far back as July 2010. That directly contradicts his statement to Congress.

On May 3, 2011, Holder told a Judiciary Committee hearing, "I'm not sure of the exact date, but I probably heard about Fast and Furious for the first time over the last few weeks."

So, Holder lied. Why? He could be afraid of the Mexican drug cartels, but that's not likely. More likely, if he admits knowledge, then his boss (Obama) SHOULD have been informed. The situation puts me in mind of Condi Rice producing daily briefings she sent to George W. Bush about the possibility of planes flying into the WTC buildings. Bush had been saying he never imagined such a scenario, and then Rice covered her ass by showing the memos from weeks before the event. If Holder knew, then he passed the information on up the line, but he didn't do what Rice did. Instead, he chose to lie and then tell people to shut up because he's a black man. Texas Representative Lamar Smith is not an S.O.B. you want on your back, though, so we'll see what happens there.

A detailed timeline is here, but it begins in September 2009, half a year after Holder bragged in Cuernevaca that he was going to throw other people's money at the drug situation.

In fairness, the other side (for those of you who think the Republicans are the opposite of the Democrats) also had dealings with the drug cartels. Bush and Obama both should be subpoenaed to testify in front of Issa's committee. I'll dig around for the Bush stuff later.

I dibs the BAR.