Video Shock: Darrell Issa on CNN about Special Counsel for Eric Holder

You know Fast and Furious is getting legs when it makes Anderson Cooper's program. You know those legs are picking up momentum when he interviews Rep. Darrell Issa, who actually walks away with having sufficiently gotten his message across. The issue here is whether Attorney General Eric Holder perjured himself on May 3, 2011 when he said the first time he learned about Fast and Furious was a 'few weeks' earlier. This week, documents were released that showed Holder had been briefed on the operation multiple times as early as July, 2010. Cooper hits Issa with a couple of questions that if the latter wasn't prepared, could have flubbed. Fortunately, Issa was more than prepared and responded forcefully.

Though Issa doesn't go as far as saying Holder lied under oath, he did say the Justice Department lied when it said Issa had been briefed on Fast and Furious much earlier as well. He then illustrates the absurdity perfectly by saying that the DOJ would have people believe that Issa knew more about the operation than the Attorney General did.

Two big wins for those who want to see this story exposed. First, CNN actually taking notice of Fast and Furious. Second, Issa's clarity about what's at issue here. Interview starts at about the 3:00 mark.



h/t Hapblog

Video: Obama by the Numbers

This video really nails the destruction wrought by the mantra of 'hope and change.' In 2008, Americans elected a president with such a propensity for lying that telling the truth seems to be a rare occurrence. In this video, there are clips of Obama speaking before he was elected and today, juxtaposed with factual statistics to the right of the screen that completely expose his lies. It's hard to imagine a bigger liar in the oval office pre-Obama but I'll say this, the YouTube age is helping to make Obama look like the worst ever, which he just might be.

From Powerline via Breitbart:

Eric Holder: Oh, THAT Fast and Furious. Attorney General appears to have Committed Perjury

At a House Judiciary committee hearing back on May 3rd, Darrell Issa asked Attorney General Eric Holder when he first learned about Fast and Furious. Holder's response was that it had been over 'the last few weeks.' That usually means about 3 or 4 but Holder had testified in front of another committee on March 10th about the operation. Assuming that's when he first learned about it, he should have said, 'last several weeks.' Now, it appears that he should have said, 'about one year ago.' Thanks to emails obtained by Sharyl Attkisson of CBS, it looks like Holder committed perjury on May 3rd. Don't worry though, he has an explanation.

Via CBS:

New documents obtained by CBS News show Attorney General Eric Holder was sent briefings on the controversial Fast and Furious operation as far back as July 2010. That directly contradicts his statement to Congress.

On May 3, 2011, Holder told a Judiciary Committee hearing, "I'm not sure of the exact date, but I probably heard about Fast and Furious for the first time over the last few weeks."

Yet internal Justice Department documents show that at least ten months before that hearing, Holder began receiving frequent memos discussing Fast and Furious.

At this point, the guy who has got to be feeling perhaps the most heat is Assistant Attorney General Lanny Breuer. With evidence that memos about Fast and Furious originated with him demonstrates he was very familiar with it. Based on that bit of information, have a look at Holder lying to Rep. Darrell Issa on May 3rd:



Here is how Attkisson ends her article:

The Justice Department told CBS News that the officials in those emails were talking about a different case started before Eric Holder became Attorney General. And tonight they tell CBS News, Holder misunderstood that question from the committee - he did know about Fast and Furious - just not the details.

That is simply not believable and if Breuer knows it's not true, he should come forward. Since the memos originated with him, it's obvious he can't use the same excuse Holder did.

To view the memos, CLICK HERE