Impeachment is in order. If impeachment proceedings can be brought against a president [to be blunt] for covering up his doorknob being polished, surely overseeing and covering up an operation that led to many murders in Mexico and to the murders of U.S. Officers rises above the level of a dalliance with an intern! -- rfh
From: Second Amendment Foundation Sent: Tuesday, July 19, 2011 Subject: Email Exposes ATF Gun Control Agenda
NOW we have "PROOF POSITIVE" that the Obama ATF is using Operation "Fast and Furious" to impose GUN CONTROL on you and me!
The Second Amendment Foundation has obtained an inner-office email that directly EXPOSES that top officials at the Bureau of Alcohol, Firearms and Tobacco (ATF) are using Operation Fast and Furious to institute gun control over Americans! The Obama Administration seeks to build support for additional gun control regulations by abusing and twisting the Operation Fast and Furious towards their end goals.
Under penalty of law, I cannot quote the entire email. But in an email from the Assistant Director for Field Operations Mark Chait to Bill McMahon --- this is THE "smoking gun" on this horrendous project of "Fast and Furious."
The email is written with words to the effect of: "Well done yesterday on the Fast and Furious takedown and press conference ... in light of our request for Demand Letter 3, this case could be a strong supporting factor if we can determine how many multiple series of long guns occurred during the course of this case3. Could you have this information pulled for us to see if this may provide concrete information of a recent case. Thanks again..."
Forget the politics! Doesn't the ATF understand that they are "accomplices" of murder? They have aided and abetted a felony that has ended in the deaths of numerous police officers in Mexico and the United States.
Guarantee. If a private United States' citizen did this, they would be extradited to Mexico for murder!
But, no, this is the United States government. Much worse, this is the Obama administration government!
This email shows absolutely that the Obama administration is willing to DO ANYTHING to make sure that his anti-gun agenda goes forward!
The Second Amendment Foundation has obtained an inner-office email that directly EXPOSES that top officials at the Bureau of Alcohol, Firearms and Tobacco (ATF) are using Operation Fast and Furious to institute gun control over Americans! The Obama Administration seeks to build support for additional gun control regulations by abusing and twisting the Operation Fast and Furious towards their end goals.
Under penalty of law, I cannot quote the entire email. But in an email from the Assistant Director for Field Operations Mark Chait to Bill McMahon --- this is THE "smoking gun" on this horrendous project of "Fast and Furious."
The email is written with words to the effect of: "Well done yesterday on the Fast and Furious takedown and press conference ... in light of our request for Demand Letter 3, this case could be a strong supporting factor if we can determine how many multiple series of long guns occurred during the course of this case3. Could you have this information pulled for us to see if this may provide concrete information of a recent case. Thanks again..."
Forget the politics! Doesn't the ATF understand that they are "accomplices" of murder? They have aided and abetted a felony that has ended in the deaths of numerous police officers in Mexico and the United States.
Guarantee. If a private United States' citizen did this, they would be extradited to Mexico for murder!
But, no, this is the United States government. Much worse, this is the Obama administration government!
This email shows absolutely that the Obama administration is willing to DO ANYTHING to make sure that his anti-gun agenda goes forward!
In spite of revealing email, the stonewalling continues!
Quite frankly, here is how the Obama ATF stonewalling and cover-up directly affects you!
When the criminals use the illegal weapons, it puts gasoline on Mr. Obama's anti-gun "fire" to go against ALL gun owners in general; and even against those who believe in our Second Amendment rights! We must not let Mr. Obama use this illegal act - perpetrated by his own administration - to use against legitimate gun owners!
The big question is not about the Assistant Director for Field Operations --- that's just the guy down the totem pole. I believe the permission for Project Fast and Furious goes all the way up to Eric Holder, the U.S. Attorney General. Actually, the president knew about it before Eric Holder, according to Eric Holder!
Developments of the failed ATF "Fast and Furious" and "Project Gunrunner" Plan are that U.S. Representative Darrell Issa says: "We believe he [Holder] was aware of it much earlier than he said in his testimony and questioning before the Judiciary Committee. Are we confident that Eric Holder knew it much earlier? Did he know it earlier than he testified? Absolutely."
In a shocking interview last a couple of weeks ago, Issa produced a potential "political bombshell" when he stated: "The president knew about it before Eric Holder, according to Eric Holder."
As reported by SAF on numerous occasions, the scandal began to break wide open last December when Border Patrol Agent Brian Terry was murdered in Arizona and two weapons discovered at the scene were found to have been part of Project Gunrunner.
After months of administration stonewalling, finally Mr. Obama has acknowledged that the plan was flawed. "There may be a situation here in which a serious mistake was made. If that's the case then we'll find out and we'll hold somebody accountable," he said in March. Obama still claims that he had no prior knowledge of the operation.
Issa says he does not think the president personally knew about the operation. "I take the president completely at his word there; that this isn't something that would ordinarily rise directly to the president. Was it briefed to people in the White House? I'm sure it was. Did he know about it personally? Probably not. Now that he said it should be looked into, the clock has been ticking a long time and nothing has happened as far as their releasing any findings."
The Justice Department's Inspector General is investigating the matter in relationship to getting to the bottom of "Project Gunrunner" and "Operation Fast and Furious." We want answers to see how big of a cover-up there really was.
Some have likened this to the Watergate scandal of years ago.
House Oversight and Government Reform Chairman Darrell Issa (R-CA) said in a national interview that he believes the Justice Department is covering up information relevant to a congressional investigation of an operation in which the department knowingly allowed intermediaries of Mexican drug cartels to purchase guns at licensed firearms dealers in the United States and then get away without being arrested or the guns being retrieved.
Rep. Issa wants to put an end to this ATF charade!
Issa pointed to two things he says indicates a Justice Department cover up. First, he cites a letter that Assistant Attorney General Ronald
Weich, head of the Justice Department's office of legislative affairs, sent to Sen. Charles Grassley (R-IA), the ranking member of the Senate Judiciary Committee on February 4, 2011. Issa characterizes that letter as a "lie." Secondly, Issa says the Justice Department made excessive and unjustifiable omissions in documents it provided to his committee.
The entire ill-conceived operation began in 2009 and ended in early 2011 with ONLY the indictment of 20 individuals on relatively minor charges for illegal gun purchases!
Agent Terry's murder prompted ATF agents -- who had warned their superiors of the risk of the Fast and Furious operation -- to come forward as whistleblowers.
Representative Darrell Issa made it very clear he thought it is a cover-up when he pointed to a Department of Justice to Sen. Grassley and the excess redaction of documents. He proclaimed: "There are two kinds of cover ups. There is one in which you lie to people in order to mislead them. That letter represents that type of cover-up. There's also the one in which you delay and deny in an attempt to simply not have the facts come out. Clearly they've done that with Sen. Grassley, first, and then with our committee, because some of the things that they redacted, we have the unredacted versions from whistleblowers. We believe they did excess redacting, which again is denying us that which would be reasonable to deliver us. We're hoping that that's changed. We hope that what was said yesterday (last Wednesday), there is in fact a change in the administration's view in order to not be embarrassed."
Now, from the latest revealed email, we see that Fast and Furious is more than just a failed project for gun-runners. It is a well-planned STRATEGY by the Obama administration to use this failed Project to bring about MORE GUN CONTROL!!
Quite frankly, here is how the Obama ATF stonewalling and cover-up directly affects you!
When the criminals use the illegal weapons, it puts gasoline on Mr. Obama's anti-gun "fire" to go against ALL gun owners in general; and even against those who believe in our Second Amendment rights! We must not let Mr. Obama use this illegal act - perpetrated by his own administration - to use against legitimate gun owners!The big question is not about the Assistant Director for Field Operations --- that's just the guy down the totem pole. I believe the permission for Project Fast and Furious goes all the way up to Eric Holder, the U.S. Attorney General. Actually, the president knew about it before Eric Holder, according to Eric Holder!
Developments of the failed ATF "Fast and Furious" and "Project Gunrunner" Plan are that U.S. Representative Darrell Issa says: "We believe he [Holder] was aware of it much earlier than he said in his testimony and questioning before the Judiciary Committee. Are we confident that Eric Holder knew it much earlier? Did he know it earlier than he testified? Absolutely."
In a shocking interview last a couple of weeks ago, Issa produced a potential "political bombshell" when he stated: "The president knew about it before Eric Holder, according to Eric Holder."
As reported by SAF on numerous occasions, the scandal began to break wide open last December when Border Patrol Agent Brian Terry was murdered in Arizona and two weapons discovered at the scene were found to have been part of Project Gunrunner.
After months of administration stonewalling, finally Mr. Obama has acknowledged that the plan was flawed. "There may be a situation here in which a serious mistake was made. If that's the case then we'll find out and we'll hold somebody accountable," he said in March. Obama still claims that he had no prior knowledge of the operation.
Issa says he does not think the president personally knew about the operation. "I take the president completely at his word there; that this isn't something that would ordinarily rise directly to the president. Was it briefed to people in the White House? I'm sure it was. Did he know about it personally? Probably not. Now that he said it should be looked into, the clock has been ticking a long time and nothing has happened as far as their releasing any findings."
The Justice Department's Inspector General is investigating the matter in relationship to getting to the bottom of "Project Gunrunner" and "Operation Fast and Furious." We want answers to see how big of a cover-up there really was.
Some have likened this to the Watergate scandal of years ago.
House Oversight and Government Reform Chairman Darrell Issa (R-CA) said in a national interview that he believes the Justice Department is covering up information relevant to a congressional investigation of an operation in which the department knowingly allowed intermediaries of Mexican drug cartels to purchase guns at licensed firearms dealers in the United States and then get away without being arrested or the guns being retrieved.
Rep. Issa wants to put an end to this ATF charade!
Issa pointed to two things he says indicates a Justice Department cover up. First, he cites a letter that Assistant Attorney General Ronald
Weich, head of the Justice Department's office of legislative affairs, sent to Sen. Charles Grassley (R-IA), the ranking member of the Senate Judiciary Committee on February 4, 2011. Issa characterizes that letter as a "lie." Secondly, Issa says the Justice Department made excessive and unjustifiable omissions in documents it provided to his committee.The entire ill-conceived operation began in 2009 and ended in early 2011 with ONLY the indictment of 20 individuals on relatively minor charges for illegal gun purchases!
Agent Terry's murder prompted ATF agents -- who had warned their superiors of the risk of the Fast and Furious operation -- to come forward as whistleblowers.
Representative Darrell Issa made it very clear he thought it is a cover-up when he pointed to a Department of Justice to Sen. Grassley and the excess redaction of documents. He proclaimed: "There are two kinds of cover ups. There is one in which you lie to people in order to mislead them. That letter represents that type of cover-up. There's also the one in which you delay and deny in an attempt to simply not have the facts come out. Clearly they've done that with Sen. Grassley, first, and then with our committee, because some of the things that they redacted, we have the unredacted versions from whistleblowers. We believe they did excess redacting, which again is denying us that which would be reasonable to deliver us. We're hoping that that's changed. We hope that what was said yesterday (last Wednesday), there is in fact a change in the administration's view in order to not be embarrassed."
Now, from the latest revealed email, we see that Fast and Furious is more than just a failed project for gun-runners. It is a well-planned STRATEGY by the Obama administration to use this failed Project to bring about MORE GUN CONTROL!!
The Obama Administration is doing all this in a concentrated effort to blame America's gun owners like YOU for the violent crime with guns in an attempt to pass new anti-gun laws to infringe on your gun rights guaranteed by the Second Amendment!
Your dedication to this urgent matter is necessary, as, together, we continue to fight the battle for your gun rights!
Your dedication to this urgent matter is necessary, as, together, we continue to fight the battle for your gun rights!
Sincerely, Alan M. Gottlieb, Chairman, Second Amendment Foundation
P. S. Please help to expose this cover-up! Please help to urge others to appoint an independent Special Prosecutor. I urge you to give a substantial donation so we can stay on top of this all-important issue of preserving your rights and freedoms! Please CLICK HERE to DONATE to the Second Amendment Foundation (SAF) as we demand that those in charge get to the very bottom of this infamous Project "Fast and Furious." We want to know who authorized what and when! Too many people have already died due to this reckless project! If you prefer to donate by check, please mail to: Second Amendment Foundation, Department Code 6618, 12500 NE 10th Place, Bellevue, WA 98005
A Short History of Impeachment
High crimes and misdemeanors
by Borgna Brunner at http://www.infoplease.com/spot/impeach.html (excerpts)
The Infamous Sixteen
Since 1797 the House of Representatives has impeached sixteen federal officials. These include two presidents, a cabinet member, a senator, a justice of the Supreme Court, and eleven federal judges. Of those, the Senate has convicted and removed seven, all of them judges. Not included in this list are the office holders who have resigned rather than face impeachment, most notably, President Richard M. Nixon.
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P. S. Please help to expose this cover-up! Please help to urge others to appoint an independent Special Prosecutor. I urge you to give a substantial donation so we can stay on top of this all-important issue of preserving your rights and freedoms! Please CLICK HERE to DONATE to the Second Amendment Foundation (SAF) as we demand that those in charge get to the very bottom of this infamous Project "Fast and Furious." We want to know who authorized what and when! Too many people have already died due to this reckless project! If you prefer to donate by check, please mail to: Second Amendment Foundation, Department Code 6618, 12500 NE 10th Place, Bellevue, WA 98005
A Short History of Impeachment
High crimes and misdemeanors
by Borgna Brunner at http://www.infoplease.com/spot/impeach.html (excerpts)
The Infamous Sixteen
Since 1797 the House of Representatives has impeached sixteen federal officials. These include two presidents, a cabinet member, a senator, a justice of the Supreme Court, and eleven federal judges. Of those, the Senate has convicted and removed seven, all of them judges. Not included in this list are the office holders who have resigned rather than face impeachment, most notably, President Richard M. Nixon.
The right to impeach public officials is secured by the U.S. Constitution in Article I, Sections 2 and 3, which discuss the procedure, and in Article II, Section 4, which indicates the grounds for impeachment: "the President, Vice President, and all civil officers of the United States shall be removed from office on impeachment for, and conviction of, treason, bribery, or other high crimes and misdemeanors."
What Are "High Crimes and Misdemeanors?"
What Are "High Crimes and Misdemeanors?"
Bribery, perjury, and treason are among the least ambiguous reasons meriting impeachment, but the ocean of wrongdoing encompassed by the Constitution's stipulation of "high crimes and misdemeanors" is vast. Abuse of power and serious misconduct in office fit this category, but one act that is definitely not grounds for impeachment is partisan discord.
