Daily Archives: November 8, 2011

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Circling the Wagons

Eric Holder testified before Congress today for the second time regarding the Fast & Furious disaster. Here’s the condensed version:

The allegations of impropriety began to circulate in April of 2010.  Terry died in December, and despite the widely distributed and reported allegations, Holder claimed in May of 2011 that he’d only heard them a few weeks prior.  He revised that estimate to “probably (…) a couple of months” today.

If that’s the way he’s running his office, Holder is, at the very least, wildly incompetent.

He’s calling an operation that provided weapons used in over 200 Mexican homicides a “failed response,” and he swears he’s taking measures to stop future lapses in judgement, but he’s taking no responsibility.

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