October 19, 2011

Too Slow, Too Calm

With Scandal Growing, Obama Still Hasnt Held Anyone Accountable For Fast And Furious
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PRESIDENT OBAMA MAINTAINS THAT THOSE LIABLE FOR FAST AND FURIOUS WILL BE HELD RESPONSIBLE
Yesterday, President Obama Said Those Responsible For Fast And Furious Will Be Held Accountable. As the Justice Department investigates how U.S. guns were allowed to flow illicitly into Mexico under the watchful eyes of federal agents, President Obama said today in an exclusive interview with ABC News that people who have screwed up will be held accountable. (Devin Dwyer, Obama On Fast And Furious: People
Who Have Screwed Up Will Be Held Accountable, ABC News, 10/18/11)

BUT SEVEN MONTHS AFTER OBAMA SAID AN INVESTIGATION WAS UNDERWAY, NO ONE HAS BEEN HELD ACCOUNTABLE
March 2011: President Obama Exclaimed That Attorney General Holder Had Commissioned An Inspector General To Review Fast And Furious. Obama: He [Attorney General Holder] has been very clear, our policy is to catch gunrunners and put them into jail. So what hes done is hes assigned an I.G., an Inspector General to investigate what exactly happened here. (Obama On Gunwalking Serious Mistakes May Have Been
Made, CBS News Hot Sheet Live, 3/23/11)

October 2011: President Obama Continues To Say That Attorney General Holder Has Initiated An Investigation Into Fast And Furious. Obama: Obviously Eric Holder has launched a full investigation of this, it is not acceptable for us to allow guns to go into Mexico. (Interview With President Obama, ABC News, 10/18/11)

ATFS OPERATION SUPPLIED WEAPONS TO DRUG CARTELS AND RESULTED IN THE MURDER OF A U.S. BORDER AGENT
The Fast And Furious Operation Was An ATF Program That Tracked Weapons Sold To Illegal Buyers In Hopes Of Arresting Mexican Drug Cartel Members. (Richard A. Serrano, Emails Show Top Justice Department Officials Knew Of
ATF Gun Program, Los Angeles Times, 10/3/11)

The Failed Operation Lost Track Of More Than 2,000 Weapons And Resulted In The Death Of A U.S. Border Patrol Agent, Which ATF Considered Collateral Damage. (Richard A. Serrano, Emails Show Top Justice
Department Officials Knew Of ATF Gun Program, Los Angeles Times, 10/3/11; Sharyl Attkisson & Chris Scholl, ATF Fast And Furious Secret Audio: Murder Of Border Patrol Agent Collateral Damage, CBS News, 9/21/11)

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ATTORNEY GENERAL ERIC HOLDER TOLD CONGRESSIONAL INVESTIGATORS THAT HE JUST RECENTLY FOUND OUT ABOUT FAST AND FURIOUS
On May 3, 2011, Attorney General Eric Holder Testified To Congress That He Only Became Aware Of Fast And Furious Over The Last Few Weeks In Spring 2011. (Sharyl Attkisson, ATF Fast And Furious: New Documents Show
Attorney General Eric Holder Was Briefed In July 2010, CBS News, 10/3/11)

Attorney General Eric Holder: I'm Not Sure Of The Exact Date, But I Probably Heard About Fast And Furious For The First Time Over The Last Few Weeks. (Sharyl Attkisson, ATF Fast And Furious: New
Documents Show Attorney General Eric Holder Was Briefed In July 2010, CBS News, 10/3/11)

HOWEVER, EMAILS SHOW HOLDER RECEIVED BRIEFINGS ON FAST AND FURIOUS IN 2010
Documents Showed Attorney General Holder Received Briefings About Fast And Furious Since 2010. Internal Justice Department memos released last week show that Holder was notified about the existence of the operation as early as last year. Holder testified in May before the House Judiciary Committee that he did not know about the operation until recently. The White House and the DOJ said that Holder was referring to when he was made aware of the controversial and taboo tactics used in the operation. (Jordy Yager,
Issa: Holders Defense On Fast And Furious Has Reached A New Low, The Hill, 10/10/11)

Michael Walther, Director Of The National Drug Intelligence Center Advised Attorney General Holder Of Fast And Furious In July 2010. And in a July 2010 memo from Michael Walther, the director of the National Drug Intelligence Center (NDIC), Holder was notified that NDIC and a Phoenix drug enforcement task force would assist the ATF with an investigation of a suspected gun trafficker, Manuel Celis-Acosta, being run under Operation Fast and Furious. (Jordy Yager, Docs Show Holder
Was Informed Of Fast And Furious In 2010, The Hill, 10/4/11)

Attorney General Holder Was Briefed By A Memo In November 2010. But in a memo from November 2010 Assistant Attorney General Lanny Breuer notified Holder about a sealed indictment against alleged gun traffickers in Arizona by the DOJs organized crime and gang section. (Jordy Yager,
Docs Show Holder Was Informed Of Fast And Furious In 2010, The Hill, 10/4/11)

Assistant Attorney General Lanny Breuer Noted Fast And Furious In The Memo Received By Attorney General Holder. Breuer wrote that the indictment would remain sealed until another investigation, Phoenix-based Operation Fast and Furious, is ready for takedown. (Jordy Yager, Docs Show
Holder Was Informed Of Fast And Furious In 2010, The Hill, 10/4/11)

AND PRESIDENT OBAMA ADMITTED THAT ATTORNEY GENERAL HOLDER KNEW ABOUT FAST AND FURIOUS MONTHS BEFORE HE TESTIFIED TO CONGRESS
President Obama Said He Asked Attorney General Eric Holder About Fast And Furious In March, 2011. There have been problems, you know. I heard on the news about this story that -- Fast and Furious, where allegedly guns were being run into Mexico, and ATF knew about it, but didn't apprehend those who had sent it. Eric Holder has -- the attorney general has been very clear that he knew nothing about this. We had assigned an I.G., inspector general, to investigate it. (Interview With President Obama, CNN Espanol, 3/22/11)

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