In the early days of the Obama administration (March, 2009), Secretary of State Hillary Clinton began saying that 90% of the guns used in the Mexican drug trade come from the U.S. The figure was made up, by U.S. Senators Diane Feinstein and Dick Durbin.

Durbin said: "According to ATF [the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives], more than 90 percent of the guns seized after raids or shootings in Mexico have been traced right here to the United States of America." Feinstein added: "It is unacceptable to have 90 percent of the guns that are picked up in Mexico used to shoot judges, police officers, mayors, kidnap innocent people and do terrible things come from the United States, and I think we must put a stop to that."

The problem, however, is that when both NPR and Fox News–one liberal, one conservative–put that 90% figure to a fact-check, it came up sorely lacking. The actual number was closer to 17% at the most, according to Fox. And even NPR, after a contentious interview with an Obama Administration official, totally debunked the 90% claim, although they could not determine the exact number....

Obama then began using the 90% figure in his speeches. Obama and Clinton went on a campaign against private gun ownership and gun shows and the like.

Then, the next month (April, 2009), U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder made a speech in Cuernevaca, Mexico, and he said:

"Last week, our administration launched a major new effort to break the backs of the cartels. My department is committing 100 new ATF personnel to the Southwest border in the next 100 days to supplement our ongoing Project Gunrunner, DEA is adding 16 new positions on the border, as well as mobile enforcement teams, and the FBI is creating a new intelligence group focusing on kidnapping and extortion."

A couple of years later, in May of 2011, when Holder appeared before a committee investigating alleged gunrunning into Mexico by the U.S. government, Holder said he had only learned about Project Gunrunner "over the last few weeks."

The problem with the above statement is that Holder's supposed to be the big brain in the U.S. justice system (our Attorney General), yet he got caught in a bald-faced lie. So why did he lie? Why was he so freakin' terrified that he would lie like that?

And then, when the press began to turn up the heat, he fell back on the "you're picking on me because I'm a black man" cliche. Same ol same ol. Scream racism and the press will crap its pants.

Look at the cast of characters mentioned in the above: Feinstein, Durbin, Clinton, Holder, Obama. As nasty a crew of gangsters as you could assemble. Professional liars. And they're lying not just to protect themselves (Democrats), but Republicans under George W. Bush. Bush's crew cut deals with the leaders of drug cartels to provide protection and freedom from prosecution.

At any rate, that sets the table. I guess now I'll look into Representative Issa's timeline. His investigation has turned up a lot of smelly stuff, but I just haven't been charting it. And now we have people refusing to testify under the Fifth Amendment, so things are heating up.