Is fast and furious comparable to watergate
madsam
2012/06/22 01:30:41
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I was watching the news about Eric Holder being held in contempt of
congress by the The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee. The
one of the news presenters supported Obama invoking "executive privilege" to hide
documents in the justice department, which should only cover the
executive branch not the Justice department. Then there was a statement
from someone about it being like Watergate. He said "You can't
compare this to Watergate." And they all laughed.
through on behalf of Mexican drug cartels.
Firearms "walked" by the ATF
have been found at violent crime
scenes on both sides of the Mexico–United States border,
including
scenes involving the deaths of many
Mexicans and at least one U.S.
federal agent, Border Patrol Agent Brian Terry.
Obama issuing "executive privilege" is almost as good as a
confession.
Is he right?
congress by the The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee. The
one of the news presenters supported Obama invoking "executive privilege" to hide
documents in the justice department, which should only cover the
executive branch not the Justice department. Then there was a statement
from someone about it being like Watergate. He said "You can't
compare this to Watergate." And they all laughed.
Lets compare:
Watergate &nbs...
Politically motivated break in
where &n...
no one died and cost the government nothing.
5 men broke into the Democratic National
Committee
To tap phones and get political information
&...
President Nixon tried to cover it up.
&...
Fast and furious
Illegal Sale of thousands of
dangerous weapons to murders
which has cost many US and Mexican
lives .
Between 2006 and 2011 ATF
knowingly allowed thousands of guns
to be bought by suspected arms traffickers ("gunrunners") working
through on behalf of Mexican drug cartels.
Firearms "walked" by the ATF
have been found at violent crime
scenes on both sides of the Mexico–United States border,
including
scenes involving the deaths of many
Mexicans and at least one U.S.
federal agent, Border Patrol Agent Brian Terry.
Obama issuing "executive privilege" is almost as good as a
confession.
Is he right?
Read More: http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/OTUS/committee-vote...
btw .... didn't Congress force Nixon to turn over those taped they wanted?