Sipsey Street Irregulars: Issa: Key Fast and Furious report coming by next week.

Wednesday, September 5, 2012

Issa: Key Fast and Furious report coming by next week.

From Politico: "A long-awaited report by the Justice Department's internal watchdog about Operation Fast and Furious is expected to be released shortly, in time for a House hearing next week, House Government Reform and Oversight Committee Chairman Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) announced Tuesday."

The official announcement from the Issa committee:

***Hearing Announcement***

DOJ Inspector General to Testify Next Week Following Release of Investigative Report on Operation Fast and Furious

WASHINGTON – House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Darrell Issa today announced that Department of Justice Inspector General Michael Horowitz, following the release of his report of the investigation into reckless conduct in Operation Fast and Furious, will testify before the Full Oversight Committee on Tuesday, September 11, 2012. In Operation Fast and Furious, agents failed to interdict firearms destined for Mexican drug cartels while hoping the guns, once recovered at crime scenes in Mexico, would lead them to higher ranking cartel officials. Guns from the reckless Justice Department program, however, contributed to the deaths of U.S. Border Patrol Agent Brian Terry and an unknown number of Mexican citizens. It also created an ongoing public safety hazard on both sides of the border.

“For a year and a half, Attorney General Eric Holder has cited the ongoing Inspector General investigation as his reason for declining to hold those responsible for reckless conduct in Operation Fast and Furious to account. Next week, this excuse for delaying action ends,” said Chairman Darrell Issa. “Although I am concerned that the Justice Department has not given the Inspector General full and unfettered access to all relevant information, Inspector General Horowitz’s report and testimony should add to the understanding of the operation and numerous related management failures at the Department.”

Hearing Details

“IG Report: The Department of Justice’s Office of the Inspector General Examines the Failures of Operation Fast and Furious”

9:30 a.m. on Tuesday, September 11th in 2154 Rayburn House Office Building and streaming online at http://oversight.house.gov.

Witness

* Inspector General Michael Horowitz, U.S. Department of Justice

4 comments:

Anonymous said...: Don't hold your breath. None of these scumbags will ever be held accountable to the same "rule of law" as you and me. The Two Tiered In-Justice system is alive and well within the Federal Cartel. If anything, since the murder of two agents are the object of this circus, those Agents will ultimately just become collateral damage, as these Political elite will lie, conspire, destroy evidence, and even kill again to hide the truth, as history shows every President has done malevolent and unlawful actions to further their agenda. Obama is no different, if not worse, and Holder is just his lapdog. Behold our "Amercian Exceptualism" in all it's nauseating grandeur. China's got nothing up on our corrupt Political Oligarchy, except they do punish those who are stupid enough to believe their superiors will shield them should they impose their corruption with such impunity the world finds out.; September 5, 2012 at 9:15 AM
Anonymous said...: Look at the terrible things that happened to William Jefferson Clinton. He lost his law license. Big Whoop.; September 5, 2012 at 3:05 PM
Anonymous said...: The DNC and the RNC told the person who wrote this report what to say in the report.

Two Party Evil Money Cult.; September 6, 2012 at 10:12 AM
Anonymous said...: What can Issa do? Obama protected Holder and Holders AG will not arrest him.; September 9, 2012 at 3:59 PM

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