Shocking new revelations about a Darrell Issa Conspiracy

[FourScore]

Thu Jun 28, 2012 at 05:43 PM PDT
Shocking new revelations about a Darrell Issa Conspiracy
by Jimmy Zuma

Newly reported facts reveal Issa misstatements about Fast and Furious

June 28, Washington DC – Bombshell reporting in Fortune Magazine and the Washington Post sheds new light on the festering, wormy mess that is Darrell Issa’s Fast and Furious investigation. Fortune reports that the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives operation was nothing like Issa has claimed. In fact, Fast and Furious was so different that it is virtually impossible for Chairman Issa to be so utterly misinformed. He appears to be lying.

Let’s catch up…

ATF never bought, held or had “2,000 guns”

Fortune reports that the “2000 guns” often named by Issa as having been a part of the program were actually guns that were purchased ordinarily by suspected straw purchasers who were under investigation. They were not guns purchased by ATF, with ATF funds, or for ATF investigations.

As it turns out, only five guns appear to have been purchased with ATF funds. They were all part of an operation conducted by ATF Agent John Dodson, congressman Issa’s ostensible “whistle-blower.” So it appears that John Dodson described his own operation, but made it sound like everyone was doing it. In reality, his investigation was the only example among seven ATF gunrunning units.

Given where he worked, Dodson too, could not have been honestly mistaken. Though not proven, he appears to have made inaccurate claims about the other 1,995 guns under investigation, which would be perjury if he had made them under oath instead of under federal protections for whistleblowers...

MUCH MORE AT: http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/06/28/1104214/-Shocking-new-revelations-about-a-Darrell-Issa-Conspiracy

[freshwest]

1. Is there a way to hold his witch hunt committee in contempt legally? I'm serious. n/t

[nanabugg]

5. Yes, spread the facts and work hard to unseat them. nt

[freshwest]

11. +1

[madamesilverspurs]

2. Imagine that.

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[SoutherDem]

3. Facts, facts, facts, those pesky little facts.

Issa isn't after facts. He hasn't even tried to get facts. He is on a mission to get Obama. Just like the other Republicans.

[flamingdem]

4. What can we expect from a car thief?

Why didn't this come out sooner.

[progressivebydesign]

6. Sounds like Arizona should be held in contempt, instead. Completely lawless. n/t

[Iwillnevergiveup]

7. Issa has simply got to be turned out of office

He's been a jerk for 11 years, but this is the best shot ever to defeat him.

Here's the website for his challenger in November: His name is Jerry Tetalman.

http://www.jerryforcongress2012.com

[Rex]

8. Crooks like Issa follow in the footsteps of other

past famous charlatans like Tom Delay. The GOP is full of criminals somehow staying out of jail. I am at a loss how Issa is not in prison right now.

[myrna minx]

9. K&R n/t

[joshcryer]

10. It served its purpose.

Truth be damned.

[hay rick]

12. ATF failed to stop legal sales- from the Fortune article:

"Irony abounds when it comes to the Fast and Furious scandal. But the ultimate irony is this: Republicans who support the National Rifle Association and its attempts to weaken gun laws are lambasting ATF agents for not seizing enough weapons—ones that, in this case, prosecutors deemed to be legal."

Article here: http://features.blogs.fortune.cnn.com/2012/06/27/fast-and-furious-truth/?iid=SF_F_River

[jpak]

13. Please x-post this in the Gungeon

[Rhiannon12866]

14. +1