At this stage of development, the interesting question is why now? In the age of email, Congress continuously engages in a discovery process against the Executive branch, “for all documents”. The response is a truck load, copies of all government lunch menus for the last two years, with the best desserts redacted, and various old phone directories. Over a year later, we just learn that the personal assistant to the AG got a hot email about a murdered BP agent, and would brief the boss ASAP. That is his job. We know that last week, the highest DoJ prosecutor in the state of Arizona plead the fifth and left his government career.
It is obvious that crimes have been committed: thousands of weapons were knowingly facilitated to drug lords by US federal employees, and the weapons have been used in hundreds of murders. There are a finite number of people who obviously committed serious crimes. Most are skilled attorneys. What did they hope to achieve by releasing documents which put the lie to some previous testimonies?
From prior job shuffles, it appears to be a game of musical chairs, and the music stops when some preselected Judas goat is offered up. There doesn’t appear to be volunteers. If and when one knowledgeable player cracks, and sings to save his own hide, the truth will tumble out. It is inevitable that this will be swept into the Presidential campaign. Since the population of voters who ever heard of Fast & Furious is almost zero, it will be considered as just one more partisan smear job, particularly by the MSM. The prize is the White House.
It may work.
