“This investigation involves some of the most serious breaches of national security in recent memory and any investigation must be done in a manner free and clear of political considerations,” Graham and McCain said. “The recent decision of the Attorney General falls far short of what is needed and is not an adequate substitute for an outside special counsel.”
Other Republican lawmakers close to the scandal had guarded reactions to Holder’s move, though McCain and Graham stood apart in outright panning the appointments.
“I hope the Justice Department will bring the full force of the law against these criminals,” House Judiciary Chairman Lamar Smith (R-Texas) said. “We need to send a clear message to anyone who considers leaking sensitive information and putting Americans at risk: if you leak classified information, you will face jail time.”
“The investigation must be complete, fair and balanced,” House Intelligence Committee Chairman Mike Rogers (R-Mich.) said. “These US attorneys will need to have the ability to follow the investigation wherever it may lead. I look forward to hearing how they will be independent from the chain of command.”
You are far too cynical. Knowing that this is the most transparent administration in history I see nothing at all wrong with the foxes investigating the mysterious breakins at the chicken house.
Eric Holder will get to the bottom of this? Are we talking about the same Eric Holder that can’t even figure out who under his supervision authorized operation Fast and Furious?
what, no confidence in people who answer to holder? they should just emulate holder in all things. we should see some ‘honest’ results by the time issa gets those answers from holder about fast & furious, say like never.
remindes me of a childhood song: there was a crooked man and he walked a crooked mile, he had a crooked boss and a crooked little smile … and they all lived together in a little crooked house.
i like to add some of my own verses sometimes.
Well, at least two US Attornies are going to look into it. Nobody, let alone an Independent Prosecutor, is looking into “Fast and Furious.” And THAT is shameful. A Special Prosecutor should have been created for Fast and Furious and his or her investigation should have been completed by now. Instead we have nothing but Holder stonewalling and lying to Congress every chance he gets. Pathetic.
Two us attorneys appointed by holder is as good as..well..nothing, nothing at all
of course this whole thing of investigation by holder appointees is a farce. bet they’re all snickering in their mornin coffee.. needs to have one republican, one independent and no democrats..now that is fair…:)
Paying a Spec’l Investigator to dance before the cameras ain’t good enough? Too bad. The process to follow for quashing disloyalty is laid out in black and white rat there our rulebook, the Law of the Land, the U.S. Constitution.
Our national security has been injured. It was done by our leader, the Prez of questionable origin and background, so he ain’t gonna have Eric the Red do anything real. If Congress ain’t happy with what happened and were truly serious about punishing the perpetrators, the Constitution has left them only one path to fix the problem: impeachment. But that would be too harsh, unreasonable, ungentlemanly, radical, extreme. And anyway “they don’t have the votes” to do that. Well, if that’s true then the citizens are the ones who don’t care about selling out our nat’l security to the increasingly tiresome pimps and liars in Poliwood.
Oh, and racist too.
All comments indicate we don’t have any blind folks in this crowd. All I can add is a gut feel that this charade may boomerang on the gang of tricksters. Our Alarmed Pig Farmer suggested a right fix – impeachment – that I’ve been screaming for since two years ago.
But we can’t cuz impeaching is unthinkable. Just look at the bad feelings left over from the one on Bill for a similarly grave crime, when he got caught getting some tail in the Oval Office.
There is a Political Politisse in force that is very dangerous. In the fictive reality that dominates what we can and can’t do, what’s ok, we’re left watching half-ass shows from Hannity and studiously avoid pointing out law breaking of the gravest degree. I won’t even mention the Enumerated Powers and the Tenth Amendment here. Whoops, just did. But suffice it to say that we’re not really a nation of laws any more.
I just saw over at Maggie’s Farm that honorably discharged special operations veterans have formed Special Operations Speaks with a prime issue of the intelligence leaks coming from the office of the Commander in Chief. They are a pro-Romney Super PAC.
“though McCain and Graham stood apart in outright panning the appointments.”
Correctly, too. Anything coming out of Holder’s office can safely be assumed to be 100% in the tank for Obama. A fact. Fox/henhouse, etc…
A larger question would be this: Is there a way to appoint a permanent Special Investigator to investigate the DOJ’s constitutionally challenged actions as they occur? Or perhaps one to investigate past indiscretions and another one to jump on current problems as they occur. The latter investigator could start with the attempt to stop Florida from purging its voter rolls of those who are not legally eligible to vote, and perhaps to pursue felony endictments against those who knowingly provided false information.
Gee, TWO DOJ Lawyers whose paychecks and evaluation reports bear the same signature as the folks they are to investigate. What is wrong with this picture?
If by chance the two lawyers do find the fault at WH level and say so, they will probably be looked at as ‘whistle blowers’ and be treated in the same way other fast and furious whistle blowers were treated
I bet that good doctor in Pakistan is wishing he never even heard of the good ol USA about now.
Is my memory faulty or did a little operation called WATERGATE get some media and partisan political attention back in the day? How many Hispanics or US agents lost their lives as a result of that criminal behavior? It must have been some really bad juju considering how it dominated the news cycles….Does anyone know where I can look up the death toll?
This is a bigger joke than having Janet Reno investigating Waco.
If they do get a special prosecutor assigned, he’ll need bodyguards. The attacks on Ken Starr will look like loving support by comparison.
Holder is so full of shit his eyes are brown.
If McCain had shown this initiative 4 years ago.