Obama admin panicking, "screams and swears" at CBS reporter covering Fast & Furious

[Little-Acorn]

http://www.politicalbyline.com/2011...e-the-ugly-scandal-for-the-obama-white-house/

CBS reporter Sharyl Attkisson has been covering the "Fast and Furious" scandal, where Federal agents let illegal buyers purchase guns from U.S. gun stores and bring them into Mexico against Mexican law. She has been pressing Justice Department officials for details, but finds that they refuse to put anything in writing. Later they complain that she has not reported things correctly, whereupon she points out that that was why she wanted the details in writing, so that no "misunderstandings" like that occur.

She described how Justice Dept. spokesman Tracy Schmaler started yelling at her at that point, telling her how "unreasonable" she was, and that White House spokesman Eric Schultz lost it, and started screaming and swearing at her as she probed for details of the scandal.

It's piling higher and deeper at the White House, and more and more officials are being backed into corners they can't find ways out of.

 

[Openmind]

Re: Obama admin panicking, "screams and swears" at CBS reporter covering Fast & Furio

http://www.politicalbyline.com/2011...e-the-ugly-scandal-for-the-obama-white-house/

CBS reporter Sharyl Attkisson has been covering the "Fast and Furious" scandal, where Federal agents let illegal buyers purchase guns from U.S. gun stores and bring them into Mexico against Mexican law. She has been pressing Justice Department officials for details, but finds that they refuse to put anything in writing. Later they complain that she has not reported things correctly, whereupon she points out that that was why she wanted the details in writing, so that no "misunderstandings" like that occur.

She described how Justice Dept. spokesman Tracy Schmaler started yelling at her at that point, telling her how "unreasonable" she was, and that White House spokesman Eric Schultz lost it, and started screaming and swearing at her as she probed for details of the scandal.

It's piling higher and deeper at the White House, and more and more officials are being backed into corners they can't find ways out of.

Sounds almost as bad as Reagan's contra affair!

 

[Little-Acorn]

Re: Obama admin panicking, "screams and swears" at CBS reporter covering Fast & Furio

More interesting stuff is starting to come out, from the Laura Ingraham interview:


Laura: Do we know the exact number [of guns] that went over to Mexico?

Attkisson: We know more than 2,000 in Fast and Furious.

And I will soon be reporting on the fact that that is not the only case.

2,000 for that operation according to the agents involved.


So Fast and Furious might not be the only gunrunning operation set up by the BATF?

What on Earth is going on over there???

 

[BigRob]

Re: Obama admin panicking, "screams and swears" at CBS reporter covering Fast & Furio

Sounds almost as bad as Reagan's contra affair!

Let us remember that there was serious concern over whether Reagan was going to be impeached or not over that issue.

That said, neither of these scandals is/was a good thing.

 

[Little-Acorn]

Re: Obama admin panicking, "screams and swears" at CBS reporter covering Fast & Furio

http://dailycaller.com/2011/07/13/d...furious-have-a-tampa-twin-operation-castaway/

Did Operation Fast and Furious have a Tampa twin, Operation Castaway?

Published: 4:39 PM 07/13/2011 | Updated: 9:56 AM 07/14/2011
by Matthew Boyle - The Daily Caller

Republican lawmakers are alleging that Operation Fast and Furious may have had a twin in Tampa: Operation Castaway.

The new revelations have come to light as Florida Republican Rep. Gus Bilirakis fired off a letter to Attorney General Eric Holder and acting ATF Director Ken Melson asking them for answers about the newly discovered program.

"In recent days, it has come to light that the ATF and DOJ have participated in the act of ‘gun walking' beyond the acts conducted within the scope of ‘Operation Fast and Furious,'" Bilirakis wrote to Holder and Melson.

"Recent reports have suggested that Project Gunrunner may not have been limited to weapons trafficking to Mexico and that similar programs included the possible trafficking of arms to criminal gangs in Honduras with the knowledge of the ATF's Tampa Field Division and the Department of Justice's Middle District of

Specifically, Bilirakis asked them to confirm whether or not these new allegations are true, what monitoring and tracking processes the DOJ and ATF used to follow the guns after they were sold and whether or not Operation Castaway has been terminated.

Bilirakis sent a separate letter to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Director John Morton asking similar questions about ICE's possible involvement in Operation Castaway.

A spokeswoman for the DOJ didn't respond to TheDC's request for comment.

 

[Pandora]

Re: Obama admin panicking, "screams and swears" at CBS reporter covering Fast & Furio

Glad to see a thread on this

Holder has to go!

 

[Openmind]

Re: Obama admin panicking, "screams and swears" at CBS reporter covering Fast & Furio

Glad to see a thread on this

Holder has to go!

YES! Let's bring back Oliver North!

 

[pocketfullofshells]

Re: Obama admin panicking, "screams and swears" at CBS reporter covering Fast & Furio

Let us remember that there was serious concern over whether Reagan was going to be impeached or not over that issue.

That said, neither of these scandals is/was a good thing.

and lets not forget that he was not, because he was said to because republicans fell on the sword for him....and some of them are republican heros...LIke North...kinda like how the White Water guys got to be heros as well ...

Also one scandal was actually about the President, the other is pretty much about a bad choice by the ATF...Obama did not say hey, I got a great idea...

 

[Pandora]

Re: Obama admin panicking, "screams and swears" at CBS reporter covering Fast & Furio

YES! Let's bring back Oliver North!

We should look at this at least half as much as we looked at that. The problem is, we cannot get his mindless supporters or the useless media to even consider it.

 

[Gipper]

Re: Obama admin panicking, "screams and swears" at CBS reporter covering Fast & Furio

If BO were an R, the lib media would be all over this story and the Ds would be screaming for an independent prosecutor along with the big mouths like Reid and Schummer screaming impeachment. And, our lib friends here at the HOP would be doing the same.

But since BO is a D (really a Commie), nothing to see here.

 

[dogtowner]

Re: Obama admin panicking, "screams and swears" at CBS reporter covering Fast & Furio

YES! Let's bring back Oliver North!

at least he was competent.

 

[Little-Acorn]

Re: Obama admin panicking, "screams and swears" at CBS reporter covering Fast & Furio

And Obama knew nothing about any of this?

How quickly they forget.

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http://nation.foxnews.com/guns/2011/05/25/obama-were-working-gun-control-under-radar

Obama: We're Working on Gun Control 'Under the Radar'

May 25, 2011

On March 30, the 30th anniversary of the assassination attempt on President Ronald Reagan, Jim Brady, who sustained a debilitating head wound in the attack, and his wife, Sarah, came to Capitol Hill to push for a ban on the controversial "large magazines." Brady, for whom the law requiring background checks on handgun purchasers is named, then met with White House press secretary Jay Carney. During the meeting, President Obama dropped in and, according to Sarah Brady, brought up the issue of gun control, "to fill us in that it was very much on his agenda," she said.

"I just want you to know that we are working on it," Brady recalled the president telling them. "We have to go through a few processes, but under the radar."

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Now I wonder what "processes" they were "working on" last March? Something "under the radar"?

Well, it's not under the radar any longer.

 

[Little-Acorn]

Re: Obama admin panicking, "screams and swears" at CBS reporter covering Fast & Furio

BTW, have you seen this memo, from one Justice Dept official to another in October 2010? Apparently CBS news got hold of it. The chief (James Trusty) of the Organized Crime and Gang Section of the DOJ, talks to the Deputy Assistant Atty General (Jason Weinstein), about guns being allowed across the border as part of these ATF operations. They are trying to evaluate whether it will simply be seen as "normal", that guns from U.S. sources are being used in crimes in Mexico, or whether any of the blame will come back to them.

http://www.cbsnews.com/htdocs/pdf/pdf_64.pdf?tag=contentMain;contentBody

"It's not going to be any big surprise that a bunch of US guns are being used in MX, so I'm not sure how much grief we get for "guns walking".

The guns that the ATF let walk across the border, aren't the only ones that are smoking.

 

[Dr.Who]

Re: Obama admin panicking, "screams and swears" at CBS reporter covering Fast & Furio

Apparently not a soul thinks it is worth defending the admin on this one.

 

[BigRob]

Re: Obama admin panicking, "screams and swears" at CBS reporter covering Fast & Furio

and lets not forget that he was not, because he was said to because republicans fell on the sword for him....and some of them are republican heros...LIke North...kinda like how the White Water guys got to be heros as well ...

What? Regan's National Security Advisor resigned over this, North was convicted of multiple felonies (which were later vacated) and Reagan gave a prime time speech accepting full responsibilty for what happened, even though his NSA said he said nothing about it to Reagan.

Also one scandal was actually about the President, the other is pretty much about a bad choice by the ATF...Obama did not say hey, I got a great idea...

Reagan didnt order the Iran-Contra Affair, and the record reflects that as such...yet he accepted responsiblity because the "buck stops here"..which is something all President's say, (including Obama) but rarely live up to.