How Whistle Blowers Flipped Boehner On Holder
Just days ago, House Speaker John Boehner shocked the conservative
world by at last granting his long-awaited approval for next week’s
contempt of Congress vote against Attorney General Eric Holder. But it
wasn’t the thought of doing what’s right for the family of Brian Terry,
Jaime Zapata, or others killed in the Regime’s Fast and Furious scheme
that prompted the Speaker’s decision. After all, Mr. Boehner is hardly
one to risk a loss of political advantage—or more importantly, anger the
national media—just because a few hundred people have been killed by
his Democrat friends.
No, the very cautious Congressman Boehner and other Republican leaders at last chose to take a stand because of reports
that “…at least one and perhaps two sources within the Justice
Department…have approached the Issa committee seeking whistle blower
status.”
For weeks, it has been suggested that House and Senate committees
investigating Eric Holder’s participation in Operation Fast and Furious
were receiving vital information from a leak in the Department of
Justice. An example of said information is the collection of wiretap
applications produced by the House Judiciary Committee last
week—documents proving that Attorney General Holder and others at the
Department had been lying to Congress in claiming no knowledge of ATF
tactics in its scheme of smuggling guns to Mexico.
In a letter to Holder,
Darrell Issa made it clear, “…the wiretap applications amply
demonstrate the immense detail documenting gun walking tactics that
should have prompted senior officials in the (DOJ) Criminal Division to
shut down the program immediately.” Yet for the past year, Holder and
his DOJ minions had maintained that the Operation was not halted because
the Department knew nothing of the ATF’s reckless and illegal tactics.
That was a lie, and thanks to the DOJ employee or employees now seeking
whistle blower protection, Holder and his colleagues are STUCK with it.
Yesterday, Congressman Issa wrote a second letter
to Holder in response to a desire to meet expressed by the Deputy
Attorney General, Holder’s second-in-command. Issa makes it clear he’ll
stand for no further lies or delays by the DOJ. With the contempt vote
already scheduled next week and the Speaker and other House leaders
apparently on board, finally persuaded by the information provided by
whistle blowers that they hold a winning hand, Issa is at last in
position to dictate rather than cajole. “If the Department of Justice
submits a serious proposal for how it intends to alter its refusal to
produce critical documents subpoenaed by the Committee, I am ready and
willing to meet and discuss your proposal.”
But if the DOJ wishes to continue its game of “delay and obfuscate”,
the contempt vote will take place. Republicans unwilling to take the
Attorney General to task will have to defend their decision to their
constituents.
Eric Holder knows he is in a very tough spot. And it took the few
remaining honest officials in the Justice Department to put him there.
Of course, those very courageous individuals are also responsible for
convincing the weak-kneed Speaker of the House to fulfill his
obligations to the people of the United States. These DOJ employees may
be among the very few heroes of Fast and Furious.
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- tncdel 2012/06/15 01:59:57
+1Maybe Issa will offer Holder immunity in return for his testimony against Obama.reply -
+1Oh, now wouldn't that be a nice walk in the park ? I won't hold my breath, but man I like that thought.reply
- Andy 2012/06/14 20:25:05+1Say goodnight Eric. You have played too fast and furious and now it is time to step down!!!reply
- HarleyCharley 2012/06/14 19:36:01+2Holder needs to go...reply
