So the IG’s report on Fast and Furious is out today. So far former acting ATF Director Ken Melson and Deputy Assistant Attorney for the Criminal Division Jason Weinstein have resigned. Since there are a total of 14 high officials implicated for various and sundry levels of culpability in the idiot operation which cost Border Control Agent Brian Terry and hundreds of Mexican nationals their lives — including Lanny Breuer — I’d expect several more resignations in the next few days. Particularly as they attempt to protect the Bungler General.
You see the IG has found that Attorney General Eric Holder was basically incompetent — I’d say criminally negligent, only because stupid isn’t illegal — because he failed to supervise his employees properly. From the report:
“We concluded that the Attorney General’s Deputy Chief of Staff, the Acting Deputy Attorney General, and the leadership of the Criminal Division failed to alert the Attorney General to significant information about or flaws in those investigations.”
Now, one suspects they were trying to protect their boss from an operation that was all but destined to go sideways on them. And I have a particularly difficult time believing that he didn’t know about this at least unofficially. But if it’s true that three of his top lieutenants were involved in a blatantly illegal and dangerous operation and he didn’t know about it?
Then he should resign or be fired. Because stupid is too mild a word for the man who is currently the chief law enforcement officer of the United States of America.
“Then he should resign or be fired.”
Yeah, that’ll happen, but thanks for the laugh anyway.
Oh I didn’t say I actually expected it to HAPPEN mind…
Holder should be arrested and tried in Mexico.
And sentenced to life in the Tijuana donkey show.
Holder didn’t know what his agency was doing right? This reminds me of the MF Global case. Per Sarbox CEO’s and CFO’s are not excused by saying “I didn’t know” when their corporations are involved in fraud. So when MF Global’s outrageous fraud was exposed what happened? The CEO (former Gov. and Sen. D NJ) Corzine says; “I didn’t know” He still has his liberty and his untold millions. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H9RagOMOfYU&feature=related
Holder may be cleared “on paper”, but his behavior in Congress showed the world that he is guilty as sin. Stonewalling a congressional investigation alone should get him thrown in the pokey.
Unfortunately, Mitt wants this episode “to just go away” according to assistants communicating with Old Yellowstain Boehner. Do not look for an aggressive prosecution from the Romney administration. The republicans don’t want to start throwing stones in their glass house. Pitiful.
Holder will leave office in 2013, regardless of the outcome of the election.
He will not be prosecuted in any fashion.
He will hit the lecture curcuit, and be called on by a fawning press to provide his expert opinion on how to run a Justice department. He may even get his own show on one of the cable new channels.
But one wonders how he will be able to look at himself in the mirror every morning.
Repubs wrong again!Beside the fact that they started the Program,what damn hypocrites,liars and fools!