Obama Grants Holder Request On 'Furious' Documents As Contempt Vote Looms -- FOX News
President Obama has granted an 11th-hour request by Attorney General Eric Holder to exert executive privilege over Fast and Furious documents, a last-minute maneuver that appears unlikely to head off a contempt vote against Holder by Republicans in the House.
The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee is expected to forge ahead with its meeting on the contempt resolution anyway.
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Update: Obama asserts executive privilege on Fast and Furious documents -- CNN
My Comment: This blog has been covering this story for a long time .... and yes .... it is a big news story. This program resulted in thousands of weapons being shipped to Mexico's drug cartels by US officials (and in secret from the Mexican government) .... that resulted in scores of people being killed .... including a U.S. federal agent.
The U.S. Justice Department was the department responsible for this program .... and someone has to be held accountable. The fact that President Obama has decided to grant Executive Privilege tells me that these documents must carry incredibly sensitive information that ties senior officials to the Fast and Furious program and scandal. More to the point .... unlike past Washington scandals like Watergate .... in this case people have been killed and murdered because of this program .... including a Federal agent .... and the people ultimately responsible for this crime may be senior officials in the US government .... a thought that (I must confess) is incredibly uncomfortable for me .... and should be to anyone who respects the rule of law.
This is a breaking news story. I will have more details later.
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