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Holder’s Fast and Furious lies exposed by DOJ document leak

By Coach Collins, on June 8th, 2012%

by Doug Book, staff writer

Wiretap applications obtained by the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform prove Attorney General Eric Holder and Assistant AG Lanny Breuer lied to Committee members when they claimed DOJ personnel knew nothing of the tactics used by the ATF during Operation Fast And Furious.

Wiretap applications are forms which must be filled out and submitted to a judge, asking permission to perform a wiretap. As these requests may only be made if all other information gathering techniques have been tried and found wanting, the applications are completed in extraordinary detail, listing all prior methods employed by law enforcement to gather existing evidence. In short, the entire history of the efforts put forth by law enforcement during a particular case or investigation are presented in writing to the court.

According to Committee chair Darrell Issa, six wiretap applications are now in Committee possession, all presented to the court between March … Continue Reading:Holder’s Fast and Furious lies exposed by DOJ document leak

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Obama Justice Department sought cover up of Operation Wide Receiver to protect reputation of ATF

By Coach Collins, on November 10th, 2011%

by Doug Book, staff writer

Documents released last week by the Department of Justice provide evidence that, in April of 2010, key Department officials discussed COVERING UP details of the 2007 Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms Operation Wide Receiver in order to prevent further erosion of confidence in the ATF.

Emails exchanged between Deputy Assistant Attorney General Jason Weinstein and Assistant Attorney General Lanny Breuer make it clear that, at the time, both DOJ officials were more concerned with preserving the reputation of the ATF than smearing that of the Bush Administration.

This finding puts in obvious question Breuer’s November 1st testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee in which he stated he wished he had “…alerted the deputy or the attorney general at the time…” about Wide Receiver’s loss of some 350 weapons across the Mexican border.

Over the past month, the Obama Administration has used the embarrassment of Wide Receiver to link the very … Continue Reading:Obama Justice Department sought cover up of Operation Wide Receiver to protect reputation of ATF

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