Re: Impeach obama - Holder has to go---

On Dec 3, 10:12 am, WaIIy <WaIIy@(nft).invalid> wrote:
Justice Dept. details how it got statements wrong
APBy PETE YOST | AP – 14 hrs ago

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department on Friday provided Congress
with documents detailing how department officials gave inaccurate
information to a U.S. senator in the controversy surrounding Operation
Fast and Furious, the flawed law enforcement initiative aimed at
dismantling major arms trafficking networks on the Southwest border.

In a letter last February to Charles Grassley, the ranking Republican on
the Senate Judiciary Committee, the Justice Department said that the
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms had not sanctioned the sale of
assault weapons to a straw purchaser and that the agency makes every
effort to intercept weapons that have been purchased illegally. In
Operation Fast and Furious, both statements turned out to be incorrect.

The Justice Department letter was responding to Grassley's statements
that the Senate Judiciary Committee had received allegations the ATF had
sanctioned the sale of hundreds of assault weapons to suspected straw
purchasers. Grassley also said there were allegations that two of the
assault weapons had been used in a shootout that killed customs agent
Brian Terry.

In an email four days later to Justice Department colleagues, then-U.S.
Attorney Dennis Burke in Phoenix said that "Grassley's assertions
regarding the Arizona investigation and the weapons recovered" at the
"murder scene are based on categorical falsehoods. I worry that ATF will
take 8 months to answer this when they should be refuting its underlying
accusations right now." That email marked the start of an internal
debate in the Justice Department over what and how much to say in
response to Grassley's allegations. The fact that there was an ongoing
criminal investigation into Terry's murder prompted some at the Justice
Department to argue for less disclosure.

Some of what turned out to be incorrect information was emailed to Lanny
Breuer, the assistant attorney general in charge of the Justice
Department's criminal division. Breuer sent an email saying "let's help
as much as we can" in responding to Grassley.

The emails sent to Capitol Hill on Friday showed that Burke supplied
additional incorrect information to the Justice Department's criminal
division that ended up being forwarded to Breuer. For example, Burke
said that the guns found at the Terry murder scene were purchased at a
Phoenix gun shop before Operation Fast and Furious began. In fact, the
operation was under way at the time and the guns found at the Terry
murder scene were part of the probe. Breuer was one of the recipients of
that information. In written comments this week to Grassley, Breuer said
that he was on a three-day official trip to Mexico at the time of the
Justice Department response and that he was aware of, but not involved
in, drafting the Justice Department statements to Grassley. Breuer says
he cannot say for sure whether he saw a draft of the letter before it
was sent to Grassley.

http://news.yahoo.com/justice-dept-details-got-statements-wrong-21532...

I agree,He should be impeached and not just for the fast and furious
scandal
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