Obama/Holder busted, Wiretaps in Fast and Furious show high involvement in by the Obama Administration and DOJ.
A House investigative committee said Tuesday it has obtained new
information from wiretaps related to the Obama administration’s
Operation Fast and Furious that suggests high-ranking officials know
more than they are telling Congress about the flawed weapons sting.
The announcement appears to be the latest attempt by GOP Rep. Darrell
Issa, chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee,
to press U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder into providing Congress with
more information about the operation and an account of which officials
knew about any problems -- and when.
“The wiretap applications show that immense detail about questionable
investigative tactics was available to the senior officials who
reviewed and authorized them,” Issa said in a June 5 letter to
Holder. “The close involvement of these officials -- much greater than
previously known -- is shocking.”
Wake up voters and show what you are made of in November 2012 election.The Union scams and behind closed door legislation is over.The 20,30 and 40 year Congressmen go home for good.Your time is up.The good old boy clubs are broken and you surely know it.
Mon May 7, 2012 12:37am EDT
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States has been secretly releasing detainees from a military prison in Afghanistan as part of negotiations with insurgent groups, the Washington Post reported in its Monday editions.
The "strategic release" program has allowed American officials over the past several years to use prisoners as bargaining chips to reduce violence in restive provinces, it said, citing U.S. officials who it said spoke on condition of anonymity.
The freed detainees are often fighters who would not be released under the legal system for military prisoners in Afghanistan. They must promise to give up violence, the report said.
Officials would not say whether those who have been released have later returned to attack U.S. and Afghan troops, the Post said.
Releases have come amid efforts to end the war through negotiation, which is central to the Obama administration's strategy for exiting Afghanistan, the report said.
Those efforts have yielded little to no progress in recent years. In part, they have been stymied by the unwillingness of the United States to release five prisoners from Guantanamo Bay — a gesture insurgent leaders have said they see as a precondition for peace talks, the report said.
Unlike at Guantanamo, rel...
Mon May 7, 2012 12:37am EDT
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States has been secretly releasing detainees from a military prison in Afghanistan as part of negotiations with insurgent groups, the Washington Post reported in its Monday editions.
The "strategic release" program has allowed American officials over the past several years to use prisoners as bargaining chips to reduce violence in restive provinces, it said, citing U.S. officials who it said spoke on condition of anonymity.
The freed detainees are often fighters who would not be released under the legal system for military prisoners in Afghanistan. They must promise to give up violence, the report said.
Officials would not say whether those who have been released have later returned to attack U.S. and Afghan troops, the Post said.
Releases have come amid efforts to end the war through negotiation, which is central to the Obama administration's strategy for exiting Afghanistan, the report said.
Those efforts have yielded little to no progress in recent years. In part, they have been stymied by the unwillingness of the United States to release five prisoners from Guantanamo Bay — a gesture insurgent leaders have said they see as a precondition for peace talks, the report said.
Unlike at Guantanamo, releasing prisoners from the Parwan detention center does not require congressional approval and can be done secretly, the Post said.
The program's goal is to quell violence in areas where NATO is unable to ensure security. Releases are intended to produce tactical gains, the Post said.
It quoted one official as saying the procedure was "outside of our normal protocol," the paper said.
(Reporting By John Crawley; Editing by Eric Walsh)
It couldn't have happened without senior approval.
I'd bet my eye teeth Obama okayed it.
Bye Bye Progressives!