Holding Holder Accountable

Kenneth Melson, Acting Director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) testified behind closed doors to the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee. This committee is chaired by Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif). While we don't know everything that was said, we do know that Mr. Melson stated that he was told to keep his mouth shut regarding Operation Fast and Furious. If you've been living under a rock, or have been out of the country for a long time, this was the operation that begun in September 2009 and escalated after Obama was sworn in as president. The idea of this operation was to allow smugglers to buy guns (usually varients of AK 47s) and then allow them to "walk" over the Mexican border where the guns would be tracked, and the upper echelon of the gun smuggling operations would be identified and eventually brought to justice. A similar operation "Operation Castaway," took place in Tampa, Florida, where the same screwed up tactics were used--smugglers could buy guns without being stopped--and these guns would be smuggled to Honduras.


Back in May, Holder was asked when he knew about Operation Fast and Furious, and while his answer sounded reminiscent of Jackie Gleason on the Honeymooners when he stammered "Ahominahominahomina," Holder finally got out the words he was searching for, stating the he "probably" learned about Fast and Furious in "the last few weeks." That's odd, because, unless Mr. Holder stepped through a time-hole, he bragged about his knowledge of the program back in 2009. 


Project Gunrunner, as it was called then, was discussed on the DOJ website, which was discovered by Big Government in their quest for truth. Holder boasted in a speech posted on the site:


"Last week, our administration launched a major new effort to break the backs of the cartels. My department is committing 100 new ATF personnel to the Southwest border in the next 100 days to supplement our ongoing Project Gunrunner, DEA is adding 16 new positions on the border, as well as mobile enforcement teams, and the FBI is creating a new intelligence group focusing on kidnapping and extortion. DHS is making similar commitments, as Secretary Napolitano will detail."

So, is Holder holding out? Probably. But if he isn't, then he's incompetent and needs to start chasing ambulances. 

This is certainly not the only questionable issue in Holder's career. Let us not forget the Center on American Islamic Relations where he refused to prosecute the case made public by the Holy Land Foundation trial where CAIR was named as an undicted co-conspirator. There is absolutely no good reason not to pursue this case, unless it has to do with Holder's religious beliefs, or under-the-table benefits of his position. Maybe our Islamic-loving president, Hussein Obama asked that he keep it out of the courts. But then there's that other case where Holder failed to file a case against a federal prosecutor who had pornography on his work computer, one of which was of a child, which is a felony. For what good reason would Holder not go forward with this case?

The real irony of Fast and Furious goes beyond Holder and his ties to the case. The real irony is how we have Obama, an anti-gun president, who slackens the laws on illegal firearms, where George W. Bush tightened them. This is the most hypocritical administration this country has ever seen, and the scariest part, I've just learned, is that the young voters are still in love with this imperialist.

Solution: Fire Holder. Make Obama a one-term wonder--you wonder why people voted for him in the first place. 

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