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Politics : The Obama - Clinton Disaster -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: John who wrote (62105)	12/14/2011 10:54:30 PM
From: joseffy	1 Recommendation Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 103300

Documents Show Justice's Breuer Misled On 'Furious' ........................................................................................... 12/14/2011 IBD Editorials news.investors.com General Eric Holder insists "nobody at the Justice Department has lied" about the gun-running scandal Fast and Furious. That in itself is a lie, as his deputy's emails prove. Documents obtained by congressional investigators show Lanny Breuer, Justice's criminal division chief, misled the public — under oath — about what he knew about the disastrous and ultimately deadly program. And what he did to cover it up. • Lie No. 1: Breuer knew as far back as April 2010 that ATF officials had let assault weapons "walk" — which meant ending surveillance on guns suspected en route to Mexican warlords, and turning a blind eye to criminals illegally buying weapons for trafficking on the border. Guns found at the scene of slain Border Patrol agent Brian Terry were traced to Fast and Furious. That April, Breuer and an aide conspired with ATF leaders to cover up "the bad stuff that would come out." When Sen. Chuck Grassley, the top Republican on the Senate Judiciary Committee, got wind of the scandal, he demanded answers. Breuer consulted in the drafting of a Feb. 4 letter to Grassley falsely denying that ATF had ever walked guns. Newly obtained emails show Breuer received drafts of the letter four times via email. He even forwarded drafts to his personal Google email account. • Lie No. 2: When Grassley recently asked Breuer point blank if he reviewed the letter, Breuer suggested he had not looked at it. "At the time," he testified, "I was in Mexico dealing with the very real issues that we are all so committed to." Of course, he made this statement before investigators had the benefit of his emails. In response to the draft he received while in Mexico, Breuer emailed one of his aides: "As usual, great work." "Imagine my surprise when I discovered from documents that Mr. Breuer was far more informed during the drafting of that letter than he admitted before the judiciary committee," Grassley fumed last week on the Senate floor. Grassley says Breuer both lied in officially denying in a letter what he knew to be true about federal gun-running, and then lied about his involvement in the letter. "Mr. Breuer's failure to be candid and forthcoming before this body irreparably harms his credibility," Grassley added in the speech, during which he called for Breuer's resignation. Forget resignation. Breuer ought to be investigated for perjury. And Congress' next step should be to subpoena Google's servers to obtain Breuer's nongovernment private emails and see if he engaged in any further discussion about the Feb. 4 letter — which is so riddled with "inaccuracies" that Justice has now withdrawn it. But honestly, what did the senator expect? It was his committee that unanimously rubber-stamped President Obama's nomination of Breuer as the nation's top cop — even though Breuer was no stranger to scandal. He had major red flags in his background, starting with the fact he served as White House lawyer for America's most corrupt president. His work defending Clinton against perjury and obstruction charges was never even brought up during his Senate confirmation hearing. Nor did senators ask Breuer about his defending former Clinton security adviser Sammy Berger against charges he stuffed classified documents down his pants while visiting the National Archives one day as a civilian. Breuer's bio boasts how the Washingtonian Magazine once described him as "one of the cleverest (lawyers) in Washington." Yes, too clever by half. The American people deserve in this key government role someone known for honesty, not cleverness. Someone who lies under oath to Congress has no business running the nation's criminal division.