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Obama asserts executive privilege on Fast and Furious documents
Topic Started: June 20, 2012, 9:36 am (994 Views)
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So that means Obama or someone close to him were directly involved in decisions. I don't see how he can invoke executive privalege if he had nothing to do with it- knew nothing about it as he's claimed.




Obama asserts executive privilege on Fast and Furious documents
By Tom Cohen, CNN
updated 11:23 AM EDT, Wed June 20, 2012
STORY HIGHLIGHTS

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  • NEW: Rep. Issa begins a hearing on holding Attorney General Holder in contempt
  • NEW: Democrats call the contempt measure unfair and an election year witch hunt
  • Attorney Gen. Holder says the panel chairman, Rep. Issa, is playing political games
  • At issue are documents Issa seeks on the botched Fast and Furious gun-running sting

http://www.cnn.com/2012/06/20/politics/holder-contempt/index.html?hpt=hp_t1




Iowa's Grassley responds to Obama's executive privilege move on 'Fast and Furious'
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"“The assertion of executive privilege raises monumental questions," Iowa Sen. Chuck Grassley said in a statement released Wednesday shortly after the president's move. "How can the President assert executive privilege if there was no White House involvement? How can the President exert executive privilege over documents he's supposedly never seen? Is something very big being hidden to go to this extreme? The contempt citation is an important procedural mechanism in our system of checks and balances. The questions from Congress go to determining what happened in a disastrous government program for accountability and so that it's never repeated again.”

http://www.desmoinesregister.com/viewart/20120620/NEWS09/120620005/Obama-asserts-executive-privilege-Fast-Furious-
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2012/jun/20/obama-asserts-executive-privilege-over-ff-docs/




Issa pushes ahead with Holder contempt vote despite Obama intervention
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2012/06/20/house-republicans-tee-up-imminent-contempt-vote-against-holder/
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0612/77610.html



Bush apparently used it 6 times, Clinton 14 times. Obama in 2007 Criticized Bush Hiding 'Behind Executive Privilege'
http://www.weeklystandard.com/blogs/obama-2007-criticized-hiding-behind-executive-privilege_647648.html

Edited by Blessedx4, June 20, 2012, 9:41 am.
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Rep. Issa ‘disappointed,’ says contempt vote against Holder will move forward
By Jordy Yager - 06/19/12 05:55 PM ET
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A House panel is expected to vote Wednesday to hold Attorney General Eric Holder in contempt of Congress after a last-ditch effort to reach a deal over documents related to Operation Fast and Furious appeared to fail.

After a Tuesday evening meeting with Holder and other lawmakers in the Capitol, Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) said he was “disappointed” that the attorney general had not come with the documents demanded by the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee.

http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/233627-issa-says-hes-disappointed-plans-to-move-forward-with-contempt-vote



Bloomberg poll: Obama up big, Bain debate up for grabs
By ALEXANDER BURNS |
6/20/12 6:33 AM EDT
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Bloomberg News has a poll this morning showing the rosiest picture of the general election the Obama team has seen in weeks: Obama leads Romney in the survey, 53 percent to 40 percent. Fifty-five percent of voters in the poll say Romney is the candidate most out of touch with the American people, versus 36 percent who say that of the president.

http://www.politico.com/blogs/burns-haberman/2012/06/bloomberg-poll-obama-up-big-bain-debate-up-for-grabs-126719.html
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How can the President assert executive privilege if there was no White House involvement? How can the President exert executive privilege over documents he's supposedly never seen?
Good questions.

Barry...?
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Rainbo
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Chicago politics at it's finest.

Transparency must mean different things to different people.

I'll shut up now, if I type half of what I have running through my head I'll get in trouble with our admins :tape
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Cloud Watcher
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The first word that popped into my head when I watched it announced on tv this morning was



CORRUPTION

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Flagboy
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Worse that Watergate. Waaaay worse.

Rainbo, I'm right there with you. ;)
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PlentyForgiven
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Can I say it? Please?

How about if it's in invisible ink???

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Blessedx4
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The problem is corruption seems to be the norm rather than the exception in our elected officials. The bar seems to be dropped lower and lower every year, that doesn't bode well for us :(:
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Duckdogger
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The President continues to flaunt the Constitution and tread on the separation of powers. Is this how dictators come to be?
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