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| Fast and Furious Really Means Wide Receiver |
| 2012-06-07 |
| CNSNews.com) – Attorney General Eric Holder claimed during congressional testimony today that internal Justice Department emails that use the phrase “Fast and Furious” do not refer to the controversial gun-walking operation Fast and Furious. They refer to, umm, something else entirely. Under questioning from Rep. Jason Chaffetz (R-Utah), who read excerpts of the emails at a House Judiciary Committee hearing on Justice Department oversight, Holder claimed that the phrase “Fast and Furious” did not refer to Fast and Furious but instead referred to another gun-walking operation known as “Wide Receiver.” Which really refers to Lying Weasels. However, the emails refer to both programs -- "Fast and Furious" and the "Tucson case," from where Wide Receiver was launched -- and reveal Justice Department officials discussing how to handle media scrutiny when both operations become public. Who ya gonna believe? Eric Holder or those Lying Weasel emails? Among three of the emails the second, dated “October 17, 2010 11:07 PM,” was sent by Deputy Assistant Attorney General Jason Weinstein to James Trusty and it states: “Do you think we should have Lanny participate in press when Fast and Furious and Laura’s Tucson case [Wide Receiver] are unsealed? It’s a tricky case, given the number of guns that have walked, but it is a significant set of prosecutions.” In other words, we gotta cover our asses and blame Bush. |
| Posted by:Deacon Blues |
| #3 Seems to me this goes to the Monty Python school of Congressional testimony. Holder's responses today were so incredibly ridiculous, I doubt anyone will be running cover for him. I bet even that idiot over at DailyKos is looking for a place to hide instead of writing some cover story for him. Pinch Sulzberg at the NYT probably gagged on his caviar and champaigne listening to the testimony and the guys at WaPo aren't answering the phone. Holder's conduct during this Charlie Foxtrot is a campaign issue for Romney. |
| Posted by: Bill Clinton 2012-06-07 19:27 |
| #2 What's the meaning of "Is" kind of guy. He also seems to be the kind of guy who one would have to count their fingers after shaking hands with him. |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2012-06-07 18:35 |
| #1 "I didn't get a harumph!" : Holder. |
| Posted by: Bright Pebbles 2012-06-07 17:52 |