While Rep. Darryl Issa (R-CA) is eager to hold Attorney General Eric
Holder in contempt of congress for failing to provide all records and
information regarding the controversial Operation Fast and Furious
gun-smuggling fiasco, a number of GOP members of his committee appear to
be getting "cold feet at the thought of going up against Holder," a law
enforcement source in Washington, D.C. said on Sunday.
As a result Rep. Issa, chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, may not have the full support of his fellow Republicans in taking action against Holder and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, and therefore he'll lack the votes to proceed with the contempt resolution and his investigation, according to the Law Enforcement Examiner source.
Operation Fast and Furious is blamed for, among other things, the death of U.S. Border Patrol Agent Brian Terry and possibly the death of Immigration & Customs Enforcement Agent Jaime Zapata.
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If passed by a House vote, the contempt citation would order the controversial Attorney General to deliver to the House Oversight Committee and to the Judiciary Committee thousands documents related to the probe of the gun-smuggling operation.
According to the Law Enforcement Examiner source, too many Republican members on Issa's committee are fearful of pursuing the proposed action so close to the November elections.
"Apparently some feckless GOP lawmakers are willing to allow Holder and his minions to escape any scrutiny or punishment for an operation that cost lives on both sides of the U.S.-Mexican border," said former NYPD detective and military intelligence officer Mike Snopes, who has been following the aftermath of what he called a "blown covert operation."
Read more: http://www.libertynewsonline.com/article_301_31918.php
As a result Rep. Issa, chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, may not have the full support of his fellow Republicans in taking action against Holder and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, and therefore he'll lack the votes to proceed with the contempt resolution and his investigation, according to the Law Enforcement Examiner source.
Operation Fast and Furious is blamed for, among other things, the death of U.S. Border Patrol Agent Brian Terry and possibly the death of Immigration & Customs Enforcement Agent Jaime Zapata.
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If passed by a House vote, the contempt citation would order the controversial Attorney General to deliver to the House Oversight Committee and to the Judiciary Committee thousands documents related to the probe of the gun-smuggling operation.
According to the Law Enforcement Examiner source, too many Republican members on Issa's committee are fearful of pursuing the proposed action so close to the November elections.
"Apparently some feckless GOP lawmakers are willing to allow Holder and his minions to escape any scrutiny or punishment for an operation that cost lives on both sides of the U.S.-Mexican border," said former NYPD detective and military intelligence officer Mike Snopes, who has been following the aftermath of what he called a "blown covert operation."
Read more: http://www.libertynewsonline.com/article_301_31918.php
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