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Not So Fast: Obama Administration Waits Until Election Eve To Dump Over 64,000 Pages In Fast and Furious Operation

holdereric260px-capitol_building_full_viewThe Justice Department has previously been held in contempt by Congress and hit with increasingly tough court orders from a federal judge over its obstruction of efforts to secure evidence in the notorious Fast and Furious operation. Many have accused Attorney General Eric Holder of acting blatantly political in withholding documents to protect Democrats from backlash before the elections. As if to prove that view, the Justice Department waited until late on election eve to finally dump more than 64,000 pages of documents congressional lawmakers have been seeking for years. The timing was almost taunting in its impact. Guaranteeing that the content could not be viewed before people voted, the Obama Administration’s long obstruction resulted in this troubling image of a politically timed release. The Administration previously admitted that it would not discuss its plans for unilateral immigration action until after voters had gone home from the polls.

The election eve dump to the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee involved 64,280 pages withheld for years by the Obama Administration.

The Justice Department has made a series of statements about the operation that proved false and Holder has been personally accused of false statements.

The document dump contains heavily redacted copies which will likely continue the fight over the right of the oversight committee to review the evidence in the operation.

Source: CNN

484 thoughts on “Not So Fast: Obama Administration Waits Until Election Eve To Dump Over 64,000 Pages In Fast and Furious Operation”

  1. @NickS

    Well, I will try. But my morning coffee has worn off and I am in the doldrums now.

    Boobie Sox???
    An Irish Poem by Squeeky Fromm

    There once was a puppet of sock
    Whose typical post was a crock!
    Whether he, she, or it,
    There was little of wit
    And a whole bunch of what you call schlock.

    Squeeky Fromm
    Girl Reporter

  2. Nick,
    Thanks for the usual response. You, like Paul earlier, are trying to rewrite what you have done on RIL to female commenters, especially those that express liberal or progressive ideas or leanings. I am not paternalistic and it is an insult to suggest that. I am for civility and frank discussions. However, you have made that goal less and less possible. By the way, I am still here too.

  4. Squeeky, I have noticed that. I love reading that site. It is edifying. Those are the folks that attacked you unmercifully.

  5. Squeeky, Myself and a few others here have counted 28 aliases used by the same woman.

  7. Squeeky, we need a poem from our superb poet laureate to end this titty/tatty. They won’t take a walk, so they need a distraction.

  9. Walking is just what the doc ordered. I can tell when people are inactive. Lot’s of couch potatoes here.

  12. Some go out of their way to create disharmony, for no reason except to draw attention to themselves. That some are so hungry for attention is kind of pathetic.

  13. Let’s end the titty/tatty. I know it’s depressing for the sore losers. I walked through the east side of Madison yesterday. It was like being @ a funeral. Exercise is great for depression. I think Dems all need to get away from their computers and take long walks.

  14. Annie,

    It’s funny when a certain male someone speaks out to support/defend/commend one of his ladies it’s not considered to be paternalistic. Go figure!

  16. And to suggest that women who defend themselves have “daddy issues” is insulting and ridiculous. No woman here expects a man to come and defend them, but when DECENT men do it’s wonderful. Just as a decent woman will defend a man she sees being wronged. That is what DECENT humans do. The men here who have been singling out women for abuse need to be told clearly by JT that it will no longer be tolerated.

    1. Annie – if it makes you any less better, I am an equal opportunity abuser. And the fact that you saw my advice to be careful as some sort of threat show that you may have something to hide.

  20. I’m going to need to get a blood transfusion from blood loss biting my tongue, as are a few others here. Cocaine is a great vasoconstrictor. Anyone got any? “The truth shall make you free.”

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