Darrell Issa Won't Halt 'Fast and Furious' Probe
Source: Roll Call
At 471 pages - based on 100,000 documents and more than 130 interviews - the highly critical Justice Department Office of the Inspector General report on the "Fast and Furious" scandal is thorough.
But that doesn't mean the issue is finished on Capitol Hill.
House Oversight and Government Reform Chairman Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) is vowing to continue pursuing Attorney General Eric Holder's contempt of Congress citation in court and said the report is all the more reason to continue his own probe with new zeal.
Issa will "absolutely" continue pursuing the civil lawsuit attempting to compel Holder to hand over more documents about the gun-running investigation, spokesman Frederick Hill said.
Read more: http://www.rollcall.com/issues/58_23/Darrell-Issa-Will-Not-Halt-Fast-and-Furious-Probe-217713-1.html?pos=hftxt
HereSince1628
(36,063 posts)and so he wouldn't let something like an IG report deter his pursuit of the truth. We've seen the same thing repeatedly in the past 25 years.
This is more of the "hell no we ain't forgett'n" payback for shaming the R's by investigating Iran-Contra.
Vincardog
(20,234 posts)azurnoir
(45,850 posts)so how much is this 'investigation' by the small government party costing us taxpayers?
valerief
(53,235 posts)big corporations or the wealthy.
louis-t
(23,297 posts)Spending is ok with them if you are going after Dems.
Ikonoklast
(23,973 posts)Republicans have no problem spending taxpayer money when it comes to political witch hunts.
One good thing is that in doing this Issa has just made himself irrelevant by ignoring the facts in this matter, and no one except the crazies will believe a thing he says.
And a few in the Gungeon who parrot the same line that Issa does.
azurnoir
(45,850 posts)and really in the gungeon, I never go there so I didn't know that
Did Issa give a shit this much when the bush administration started this program? I DON'T THINK SO
F&F started in 2009, you are thinking of another program called Wide Receiver.
progressivebydesign
(19,458 posts)heaven05
(18,124 posts)when it started. the attorney general was not found culpable for the failings of this program. who, what, when or where doesn't matter to me as much as the racism behind issa's continuing search. He and the rethug party are stinking racist pigs!
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Kingofalldems
(38,470 posts)Did you forget?
Missycim
(950 posts)when a cop shoots someone (especially a minority) rarely do I feel good when they do their own investigating.
I know I am going to get creamed but he was the boss when it happened, if he didn't know about it he should be fired for incompetence, but hey he is on our side so he gets a pass.
All I was doing was correcting a mistake. I made no mention of the "clearing"
DonViejo
(60,536 posts)the two men involved most egregiously, according to the report by the DOJ's Inspector General, resigned within hours of the report's release
Missycim
(950 posts)don't be shocked if holder quits. Let me spell it out, the man is the boss and who is responsible for what goes on in your dept?
Paladin
(28,272 posts)Don't take it so hard---right-wing thugs like Issa will continue to do the gun militancy movement's dirty work......
Missycim
(950 posts)that resulted from the guns going over to Mexico don't matter to you? Its good to see that you care more for banning guns then finding justice for all those people who died over the botched operation.
DanTex
(20,709 posts)The F&F guns were a drop in the bucket. The real crime here is the NRA and the policies it stands for, which are directly responsible for arming the Mexican drug cartels, and thus causing thousands of the needless deaths along the Mexican border. All of the outrage about F&F by right-wingers is politically motivated -- if anyone in the NRA crowd actually cared about the loss of lives, they wouldn't be so vehemently opposed to the changed in gun policy that pretty much every expert has agreed are necessary to stem the flow of illegal guns to Mexico.
Missycim
(950 posts)but the gun dealers did what the law told them to do and they were told to allow the guns to walk. So I fail to see where more laws would have stopped them.
I know the AG is from a Dem administration but that doesn't give him a pass for not knowing what was going on under his watch.
Lightbulb_on
(315 posts)Especially for a cluster that resulted in arms to Mexico and the death of one of our own Federal agents.
Missycim
(950 posts)200+ dead mexicans as well.
Kingofalldems
(38,470 posts)Reminds me of DUer spoonman, he was an expert.
Paladin
(28,272 posts)...of the victims of gun-related violence, gun militants rush to accuse us of being a bunch of over-emotional basket cases. Funny how when a Democratic office holder is involved, all of a sudden the victims matter to you.
Missycim
(950 posts)but I think anti-choice backers prop up the corpses before they are cold to use them in a mad rush to push their agenda.
Paladin
(28,272 posts)And I'm certainly not going to apologize for being on the side that wants fewer victims of violence involving guns.
As to my earlier point: Check out the DU threads involving the last dozen mass shooting incidents in the U.S. (unfortunately, you won't have to go that far back in time). How many sympathetic comments do you see from our resident Gun Enthusiasts? Very few, because it doesn't fit your agenda. Once you folks find out the make, model and caliber of the weapons used (and pull your usual shit-fit about the evil, anti-gun media not getting those details in hyper-correct fashion), that seems to be the extent of your interest---except when there's a Democrat to be trashed. Nobody is fooled by any of this......
Missycim
(950 posts)too use a tragedy to take away my rights. Don't try to fool anyone, pro choice 2nd backers don't jump right in to use a tragedy to get new laws passed. You guys really don't care about the carnage, its all about CONTROL.
Paladin
(28,272 posts)You should get that gun phobia checked out, your fear of guns will make your life miserable.
Paladin
(28,272 posts)Here I've had that closet full of guns for decades now, and all that time I was supposed to be afraid of them? They were supposed to make me miserable? Imagine my surprise.
Helpful guideline: Guns don't kill people, people do. (I just came up with that one.) A 9mm semi-auto pistol isn't frightening, but the gun politics of droolers like Dick Cheney, Ann Coulter, Wayne LaPierre and the latest version of Mitt Romney are scary as hell. A .223 rifle isn't frightening, but the mindset which sees such a rifle as incomplete without a 30-round magazine and a bayonet lug is something to be concerned about. Got all that? You're welcome......
DanTex
(20,709 posts)The name changed, but the tactics were the same. I find it curious that you are trying to ignore or downplay the fact that these policies started under the Bush administration, in order to support Darrell Issa's continued politically motivated witch hunt against the Democratic AG.
Missycim
(950 posts)or the same result would have happened. Just because something started under bush doesnt allow a free pass by a Dem AG.
Again, I am not a follower and I don't give free passes to AG's of any political party. I just don't think the man should be the AG.
Just because I don't like the job he does means I am with Issa so stop shilling for the anti's. (cool I am allowed under the rules to use the word shill just can't put the word "paid" before it )
SoapBox
(18,791 posts)Dirty...crook...criminal...scumbag...liar...pig....it goes on and on.
This SCUM should be impeached.
byeya
(2,842 posts)harm Obama and only make himself(Issa) look even more foolish.
Issa would probably be happy in a dark room if he had a supply of 4th of July sparklers.
abelenkpe
(9,933 posts)Where do I send my money?
DonViejo
(60,536 posts)is a 2012 Democratic candidate seeking election to the U.S. House representing the 49th Congressional District of California.
http://ballotpedia.org/wiki/index.php/Jerry_Tetalman
msanthrope
(37,549 posts)(If you don't catch the reference, you are either too young, or weren't paying attention during the 90's.)
progressivebydesign
(19,458 posts)His sole purposed, stated early on, was to get the President out of office.
heaven05
(18,124 posts)what can be expected. holder is black and these are racists disguised as legislators. what a joke these hateful clowns are. unbridled american bred racial hate is at the bottom of this.
uwep
(108 posts)Why don't the Democrats start digging into Issa's criminal past. He has
some real ghosts that need to be resurrected. It would seem that more
than one party could play this dirtball game.
efhmc
(14,731 posts)"I knew that Darrell Issa was once convicted of auto theft, but I didnt know his police record went any further than that. It does. Its a big un. It includes auto theft, carrying a concealed weapon, and insurance fraud (or whatever the charge was; he faked the theft of his Mercedes Benz).
Sometime after that, Darrell Issa had an extremely suspicious fire in a building he owned. The fire broke out right after he had tripled the value of the insurance he was carrying on the building. Insurance investigators were suspicious but they couldnt prove anything." from who hijacked our country.
efhmc
(14,731 posts)heard him speak.
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beac
(9,992 posts)thousand car alarms went off endlessly and forever.
mikki35
(111 posts)What California district elected this asswipe? Somebody PLEASE tell me he's got a Democrat ready to take his seat....
shanti
(21,675 posts)san diego vicinity. pretty red area, unfortunately
brush
(53,841 posts)He's gotta do something to make himself feel important.
tanyev
(42,606 posts)I like that, tanyev.
Cha
(297,586 posts)is proving he's full of shit and only wants to waste tax payers time.
47of74
(18,470 posts)DCBob
(24,689 posts)nanabugg
(2,198 posts)It sure would be nice if Issa would lose his next election.
davidpdx
(22,000 posts)If the Republicans retain control I have no doubt they'll try the same thing they did on Clinton.