Hans von Spakovsky wrote a piece on PJMedia yesterday detailing politically motivated perjury, three times no less, during an Inspector General's investigation of leaked confidential voting documents concerning the 2003 Texas Congressional Redistricting Plan, by an employee of the Voting Section of Justice's Civil Rights Division.
See here: The-justice-department-condones-perjury
When the DOJ, supposedly the protector and arbiter of the Laws of the United States, acts in a partisan manner to support one party over another, or a progressive agenda over a conservative one, or vice-versa, then all citizens should feel very scared that the rule of law is breaking down.
More here: More-on-perjury-confessions-inside-doj
By the way, did the above employee get fired, disciplined or disbarred? No.
Thursday, December 22, 2011
Fast & Furious: Holder Pulls Out the Race Card
Attorney General Eric Holder said this, quoted from DailyCaller:
"In a front page New York Times story on Sunday, Holder alleged that some of his critics — a group he referred to as the “more extreme segment” — are motivated by racism. “This is a way to get at the president because of the way I can be identified with him,” Holder said of criticism he has received for the Fast and Furious scandal, among other things. “Both due to the nature of our relationship and, you know, the fact that we’re both African-American.”
The comment drew instant and heated responses. Rep. Allen West, Republican of Florida, called Holder’s playing of the race card “reprehensible” and the “most insidious thing I ever heard.” Republican Rep. Joe Walsh of Illinois also denounced Holder’s comments, saying he believes President Obama “orchestrated” them."
"In a front page New York Times story on Sunday, Holder alleged that some of his critics — a group he referred to as the “more extreme segment” — are motivated by racism. “This is a way to get at the president because of the way I can be identified with him,” Holder said of criticism he has received for the Fast and Furious scandal, among other things. “Both due to the nature of our relationship and, you know, the fact that we’re both African-American.”
The comment drew instant and heated responses. Rep. Allen West, Republican of Florida, called Holder’s playing of the race card “reprehensible” and the “most insidious thing I ever heard.” Republican Rep. Joe Walsh of Illinois also denounced Holder’s comments, saying he believes President Obama “orchestrated” them."
Sunday, December 11, 2011
Fast & Furious: If you Read the New York Times...
Do you have any idea about the breadth or depoth of the seriousness of F&F? Do you even know about F&F.
The answers are most likely No and No. Because, the NYT doesn't cover things that might embarrass the Administration. On Thursday, Eric Holder twisted furiously trying to avoid answering questions from the House Judicial Committee about F&F. About 5 hours worth of tough questions. And the NYT mentioned nary a word about it.
The answers are most likely No and No. Because, the NYT doesn't cover things that might embarrass the Administration. On Thursday, Eric Holder twisted furiously trying to avoid answering questions from the House Judicial Committee about F&F. About 5 hours worth of tough questions. And the NYT mentioned nary a word about it.
Wednesday, December 7, 2011
Fast & Furious: Senator Grassley Demands Lanny Brueur Resignation
Today, Senator Charles Grassley demanded in the Senate that DOJ Head of Criminal Division Lanny Brueur resign. Grassley has resisted expressing a strong condemnation of Holder and Brueur until now. This means that Grassley is finally convinced that the evidence has has is now of sufficient importance to call for the resignation.
This call comes one week before the first anniversary of the Dec. 14 2010 murder of Border Patrol Agent Brian Terry by Mexican drug smugglers. Two F&F guns were found at that scene.
Tomorrow at 9:00 Am ET the House Committee will again interview Eric Holder about F&F. I expect to see more prevarication and outright lying about what he knew and when. The count of people asking for Holder's resignation is now over 50 Congressmen, a handful of senators, three governors and many others.
This call comes one week before the first anniversary of the Dec. 14 2010 murder of Border Patrol Agent Brian Terry by Mexican drug smugglers. Two F&F guns were found at that scene.
Tomorrow at 9:00 Am ET the House Committee will again interview Eric Holder about F&F. I expect to see more prevarication and outright lying about what he knew and when. The count of people asking for Holder's resignation is now over 50 Congressmen, a handful of senators, three governors and many others.
Fast & Furious: Real Intent to Destroy 2nd Amendment Rights?
I have not really discussed this much, awaiting evidence. Now is the time.
For a long time, many people have speculated that a key reason for the creation of F&F was to provide evidence that the gun laws of the USA are inadequate and thus give cover for imposing more onerous gun control and to undermine the 2nd Amendment. Until now there has been no hard evidence of this intent. Now, Sharyl Attkisson at CBS News has found email evidence that this intent has at least been discussed within ATF and DOJ. This evidence is contained in the Friday Night document dump form last weekend. Attkisson is very good at finding smoking guns within these document dumps.
The real impact so far of this sort of discussion was "Demand Letter 3" which was designed "to be much more sweeping, affecting 8,500 firearms dealers in four southwest border states: Arizona, California, New Mexico and Texas." This new regulatory requirements imposed by ATF only on border state dealers meant that dealers had to report multiple sales of semi-auto center-fire rifles. This reporting requirement is not legal because Congress specifically told ATF years ago that it cannot collect information that effectively register long gun sales.
See here: Documents-atf-used-fast-and-furious-to-make-the-case-for-gun-regulations
CBS also offers this picture timeline to F&F: CBS Fast & Furious Timeline
For a long time, many people have speculated that a key reason for the creation of F&F was to provide evidence that the gun laws of the USA are inadequate and thus give cover for imposing more onerous gun control and to undermine the 2nd Amendment. Until now there has been no hard evidence of this intent. Now, Sharyl Attkisson at CBS News has found email evidence that this intent has at least been discussed within ATF and DOJ. This evidence is contained in the Friday Night document dump form last weekend. Attkisson is very good at finding smoking guns within these document dumps.
The real impact so far of this sort of discussion was "Demand Letter 3" which was designed "to be much more sweeping, affecting 8,500 firearms dealers in four southwest border states: Arizona, California, New Mexico and Texas." This new regulatory requirements imposed by ATF only on border state dealers meant that dealers had to report multiple sales of semi-auto center-fire rifles. This reporting requirement is not legal because Congress specifically told ATF years ago that it cannot collect information that effectively register long gun sales.
See here: Documents-atf-used-fast-and-furious-to-make-the-case-for-gun-regulations
CBS also offers this picture timeline to F&F: CBS Fast & Furious Timeline
Tuesday, December 6, 2011
Fast & Furious: Real Violations of Law...
James K. Stinebower, writing at PJ Media, today has an article discussing the King Pin Act that he was instrumental in writing. The Act clearly lays out the need to have certain operations approved by DOJ and other Departments. An Operation like F&F is clearly included in this. So, either Eric Holder's DOJ is incompetent and did not get approval for letting guns walk to Mexico, or a law has been broken on purpose. The implications are very serious for Holder and ATF personnel who designed and supposedly approved F&F.
See here: Gunwalker-justice-dept-violated-us-laws
Stinebower writes: "I refer to the apparent violation of at least one (probably two) major U.S. laws by the Holder Justice Department. A few years ago, the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701, the follow-on to the Trading with the Enemy Act) was expanded in order to criminalize any transactions between U.S. entities — to include departments and agencies of the U.S. government — and all foreign drug cartels.
I am familiar with these prohibitive statues because several years ago, while serving as the senior drug analyst for the Senate Intelligence Committee, I was tasked to initiate and became the principal drafter of legislation which became known as the Kingpin Act (21 U.S.C. §§ 1901-08). The Kingpin Act is an extension of the highly successful IEEPA sanctioning program specifically targeting Colombian drug cartels...
A violation of any of the IEEPA sanctioning programs or the Kingpin Act carries stiff penalties, both criminal and civil, and potentially totaling decades in prison and tens of millions of dollars in fines. It is not necessary that an individual or governmental entity be shown to have “knowingly” violated any of these programs: it is illegal for any U.S. entity or individual to aid, abet, or materially assist — or in the case of Operation Fast and Furious, to facilitate others to aid, abet, or materially assist — designated drug traffickers. There are no exceptions within IEEPA programs for unlicensed U.S. law enforcement or intelligence agency operations."
See here: Gunwalker-justice-dept-violated-us-laws
Stinebower writes: "I refer to the apparent violation of at least one (probably two) major U.S. laws by the Holder Justice Department. A few years ago, the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701, the follow-on to the Trading with the Enemy Act) was expanded in order to criminalize any transactions between U.S. entities — to include departments and agencies of the U.S. government — and all foreign drug cartels.
I am familiar with these prohibitive statues because several years ago, while serving as the senior drug analyst for the Senate Intelligence Committee, I was tasked to initiate and became the principal drafter of legislation which became known as the Kingpin Act (21 U.S.C. §§ 1901-08). The Kingpin Act is an extension of the highly successful IEEPA sanctioning program specifically targeting Colombian drug cartels...
A violation of any of the IEEPA sanctioning programs or the Kingpin Act carries stiff penalties, both criminal and civil, and potentially totaling decades in prison and tens of millions of dollars in fines. It is not necessary that an individual or governmental entity be shown to have “knowingly” violated any of these programs: it is illegal for any U.S. entity or individual to aid, abet, or materially assist — or in the case of Operation Fast and Furious, to facilitate others to aid, abet, or materially assist — designated drug traffickers. There are no exceptions within IEEPA programs for unlicensed U.S. law enforcement or intelligence agency operations."
Saturday, December 3, 2011
Fast & Furious: Dennis Burke Thrown Under the Bus
In classic Obama Administration practice, Dennis Burke, the former US Attorney in Phoenix who was responsible for directing F&F, and who was allowed to resign with accolades from DOJ, seems to have been thrown beneath the wheels of the DOJ bus. Another iteration of the "Friday Night Document Dump" occurred last night. In it, DOJ seems to be setting Burke up as a fall guy for F&F, with accusations that he mislead his superiors about F&F.
Meanwhile, Eric Holder has sent a letter to the House Committee protesting that he only mis-spoke when he gave testimony last month. He is asking to retract what he said because, while it wasn't correct, it really wasn't lying.
Meanwhile, Eric Holder has sent a letter to the House Committee protesting that he only mis-spoke when he gave testimony last month. He is asking to retract what he said because, while it wasn't correct, it really wasn't lying.
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