Editor,
This past Wednesday, Barrack Hussein Obama declared “Executive Privilege” in an apparent effort to prevent the truth from being exposed about his involvement in the death of a United States border patrol officer. This is just another of a long list of unconstitutional actions made by this amateur currently occupying the White House.
If you aren’t familiar with this subject, let me share a synopsis. In 2009, the Obama Alcohol Tobacco and Firearms (ATF) agency purposely sold powerful firearms to Mexican drug cartels. They steered these cartels to purchase the firearms in Arizona and then required the firearms dealers to complete the sell even when the individuals seeking the firearms weren’t able to pass the background check. The Obama team knew these guns would end up being used in violent crimes in Mexico. The strategy was simply this, let the drug dealers use the guns, then call attention to the fact that these were “American guns” being used … then “blame” America for the increased gun violence and lack of gun control laws in our country.
The ultimate goal was to call for increased gun laws on the American citizens by using these violent acts in Mexico as evidence of how inefficient our present gun laws are. You may recall that co-conspirator, Hillary Clinton, made that exact claim in early 2009. She went on national television and stated that “90 percent of all gun violence in Mexico was being committed with American guns”. She was one of the early adopters and promoters in the propaganda machine and was in full spin mode until something very tragic happened … a Border Patrol officer was killed. On December 14, 2010 Border Patrol Agent, Brian Terry was tragically killed by one of these guns. Shortly thereafter, several ATF agents came forward and told members of Congress that they had been ordered by Attorney General Eric Holder’s Justice Department to “stand down” and allow firearms to be illegally sold to the Mexican drug cartels.
In January 2011, Republican Senator Charles Grassley began a Congressional investigation into what happened and why. In March 2011, Obama gave a television interview where he said that he and Eric Holder had not authorized the gun running and had only found out about Fast and Furious when they heard about it on a television news story. Since that date, several documents have been uncovered which contradict Mr. Obama’s statements. Eric Holder has repeatedly refused to cooperate with the investigation committee until another Republican Senator Darrell Issa informed the Attorney General that he would be found in contempt if he continued to refuse to submit the documents the committee had subpoenaed.
So, Wednesday, President Obama made the claim of “Executive Privilege” to prevent the truth from being known. These are the kinds of criminals we now have running the Democrat party in America. Communists like Obama, Clinton and Holder should be put on trial for treason. They don’t care what the American people want. They believe we shouldn’t have guns and they are willing to have our own people killed so long as they can advance their Socialist Democrat agenda. They are a disgrace to our heritage and our way of life and in my opinion so is anyone who supports them.
Gary Lee Corns
Logan
At the time, under the Bush administration Department of Justice (DOJ), no arrests or indictments were made. After President Barack Obama took office in 2009, the DOJ reviewed Wide Receiver in September 2009[26] and found that guns had been allowed into the hands of suspected gun traffickers. Indictments began in 2010, over three years after Wide Receiver concluded. As of October 4, 2011 (2011 -10-04)[update], nine people had been charged with making false statements in acquisition of firearms and illicit transfer, shipment or delivery of firearms. As of November, charges against one defendant had been dropped; five of them had pled guilty, and one had been sentenced to one year and one day in prison. Two of them remained fugitives.
"No, we don't," Issa said. Issa further stated "I did not say that Eric Holder always knew."
Issa contradicted House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) on Sunday, saying that Congress has found no evidence that President Barack Obama or anyone at the White House had participated in a cover-up involving the Fast and Furious scandal.
Issa also acknowledged on the show that previous gun-walking cases occurred during the Bush administration, but said the practice went further under Obama.
On Thursday, Boehner said that the Obama administration's decision to invoke executive privilege to prevent the release of some documents about the program Issa had requested was "an admission that White House officials were involved in the decision that misled the Congress and covered up the truth."
Exating Executive Privilege in no way is an admission of guilt.
This is an out and out witchhunt.
I call to witness, Senator Dianne Feinstein, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, AG Eric Holder and BHO himself ALL KNOWING LIED, saying "90% of the drug guns in Mexico were coming from licensed American gun dealers" (a figure by the way which has been proven to be a pure fabrication. Mexico's own records show that that only 17% fell into this catagory). This alone is clear evidence of a conspiracy to mislead the American public in hopes of enflaming the general public to demand they tighten gun laws. THIS is what the evidence suggests and it is highly likely that the documents Holder is withholding might shed more light. No witch hunt, just the facts please.
What I fail to understand is why the socialists are afraid of law abiding US citizens owning guns. Their insistence on stripping rights that so many of our ancestors gave life and well-being for us to have. Did their own ancestors not pay this price? Where their ancestors actually the ones our ancestors fought to gain these rights? Did their ancestors fight this battle in another land, lose the war and they retain a deep seated jealousy and hatred? Turn the clocks back 50, 100, 200, and 250 years and we might see the reasons why even more.
I spent the winter in London, and on my off-time, wondering why my ancestors left pretty often and visiting old family towns. We who left did fare better -- you might say we are now living in that promised land. If the English are honest with themselves, they too wish to be free Americans, yet they are bonded into socialized systems that fix their loyalty. I take every Brit I can to a gun range when they visit, just to give them a taste of freedom. about half of them have come back here to stay and realize this is the promised land. Let's not go back into bondage people !!!
Tony Dickens
SAR qualified