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| WH does Friday Night Fast-N-Furious Doc Dump |
| 2011-10-01 |
| of course they withheld much more. These do show extensive back-and-forth. Holder must be fired and charged Late Friday, the White House turned over new documents in the Congressional investigation into the ATF "Fast and Furious" gunwalking scandal. The documents show extensive communications between then-ATF Special Agent in Charge of the Phoenix office Bill Newell - who led Fast and Furious - and then-White House National Security Staffer Kevin O'Reilly. Emails indicate the two also spoke on the phone. Such detailed, direct communications between a local ATF manager in Phoenix and a White House national security staffer has raised interest among Congressional investigators looking into Fast and Furious. Newell has said he and O'Reilly are long time friends. Issa and Grassley are not gonna let this go CBS makes it sound as if Newell and O'Reilly, being 'long time friends', were just catching up on family. In point of fact they were discussing F&F rather extensively. But you wouldn't know that from the CBS report. |
| Posted by:Frank G |
| #1 Sharyl Attkisson has been on this story from the beginning; she has done a good job of dogging this operation and its effects. None of the emails really spoke to the nature of F & F and some emails were not included: The emails to and from O'Reilly indicate more than just a passing interest in the Phoenix office's gun trafficking cases. They do not mention specific tactics such as "letting guns walk.": I wonder where Issa and Grassley go from here. |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2011-10-01 17:09 |