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Issas bad faith is so blatant that even Rep, Eric Cantor (R-VA), the House Majority Leader and Tea Party favorite, reportedly fretted that the committee is going too far. He has refused to summon witnesses or examine evidence regarding identical ATF operations during the Bush administration. He has ignored warnings that the committees attempt to subpoena internal Justice Department documents is not only prohibited by law (and the separation of powers), but might jeopardize ongoing cases.
As Michael Keegan, president of People for The American Way, observed in an interview with the Nation magazine: Over the course of this investigation, the Committee has ordered the (Attorney General) to produce documents whose confidentiality is protected by federal law, has refused to subpoena Bush Administration officials to testify about their knowledge of the operation during their time in office, has refused to allow public testimony from officials whose testimony counters Issas partisan narrative, and has repeatedly rejected the A.G.s efforts to accommodate the committee, making compliance all but impossible.
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No matter what happens next, Issas behavior raises urgent questions about his motives and fitness to chair such a vital committee.
Perhaps it is time to review his shrouded past which includes numerous unhappy encounters with law enforcement, from alleged car thefts to weapons offenses. While almost none of those accusations stuck, although there was more evidence than he has managed to find so far against Holder. Arrested twice on gun charges in Michigan and Ohio, he was ultimately convicted of misdemeanor possession of an unregistered pistol. Is that embarrassing history what drives his bizarre behavior today?
http://www.nationalmemo.com/too-fast-too-furious-darrell-issas-lawless-marauding/
MADem
(135,425 posts)oversight? He is the WRONG person to tell anyone how to uphold the law!
Fox watching the henhouse.
atreides1
(16,079 posts)The man is still a crook!
Maybe he's graduated to being a Cartel stooge?
cynatnite
(31,011 posts)It's against the law for a reason.
Turbineguy
(37,337 posts)What about Issa's re-election? I mean, what's more important here? Some Law enforcement wanker's life (he volunteered didn't he?) or something important like Issa's pontificating?
ellisonz
(27,711 posts)spanone
(135,841 posts)in an interview with greta van susteren the other day he called the President 'Barack'. total lack of respect for the President and Mr. Holder.
cynatnite
(31,011 posts)Response to cynatnite (Original post)
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WingDinger
(3,690 posts)Make impossible demands. Obama promised transparency. So, ask anything, and when an adequate response is impossible, scream coverup. Obama promised bipartisanship. So, be partisan, and scream that it is all Obama's fault. Be racist, and then scream that Obama is dividing the country like never before.
CYNICAL, calculated treachery.
benld74
(9,904 posts)opihimoimoi
(52,426 posts)madrchsod
(58,162 posts)of course that might not be related.....
ProgressiveEconomist
(5,818 posts)See also the earlier GD thread at http://www.democraticunderground.com/1002841074 .
meow2u3
(24,764 posts)If Holder turns over the documents whose confidentiality is required by law, he'd face criminal charges. If he doesn't, he'd be in trouble with the teahadist House. In other words, Issa set an illegal trap on Holder to make him damned if he does and damned if he doesn't. And it's a criminal accusing the Attorney General of being the criminal Issa is.
Major Nikon
(36,827 posts)Are republicans really worried about massive stockpiles of weapons going south of the border? Not in the least. But now they pretend to be when a democrat is in charge of ATF? It's beyond pathetic.
Imsickandtired
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cynatnite
(31,011 posts)malaise
(269,022 posts)and don't forget to tell me your favorite flowers
cynatnite
(31,011 posts)Generic Brad
(14,275 posts)And contractions. They seem to cause a problem for you as well.
ThoughtCriminal
(14,047 posts)Wide Receiver:
The number of weapons not recovered: Over 400 (right wing sources only count weapons from a smaller follow up operation)
Attempts at tracking: Improperly installed RFIDs with limited battery life, low range and easily removed or circumvented
Knowledge of Mexican Government: Yes. Actual cooperation and coordination: No
Number willed by those weapons: unknown
Do it Right
(21 posts)then the AG has the right to arrest Issa for his crimes!!!! DON'T YOU THINK????????????