Tuesday, June 5, 2012

Half-hearted half-measures. Trying to prove they're still doing something, the Issa Committee writes another letter. Where's the contempt citation?

Fast and Furious wiretap information obtained by Congress
David's take.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Issa, the chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, called on DOJ to hold several high-ranking agency officials accountable in light of the new evidence.

The committee's ranking Democrat, Rep. Elijah Cummings (Md.), however, said Issa was mischaracterizing the nature of the wiretap authorizations, and DOJ responded by questioning how Issa obtained materials that were under seal by a federal court.

Issa said he recently reviewed six wiretap applications approved by top DOJ officials indicating that they knew about, and should be held responsible for, not stopping the most controversial aspect of the botched gun-tracking operation.

In a letter to Attorney General Eric Holder on Tuesday, Issa stated that a “remarkable” and “immense” amount of detail was contained within the applications about the tactics of “gun-walking” — letting guns go into the hands of known or suspected criminals — that were used in Fast and Furious.

http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/230977-issa-wiretap-approvals-show-top-doj-officials-knew-of-gun-walking-tactics

Anonymous said...

ever seen committee's ranking Democrat, Rep. Elijah Cummings (Md.) speak - doesn't look like he has much intellect - just another dem hack.