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To: FJB who wrote (492121)	6/22/2012 1:25:19 PM
From: FJB	Respond to of 793926

House committee suspects ‘Fast and Furious’ cover-up Answers may be in 1,300 pages it wants By Jerry Seper The Washington Times Thursday, June 21, 2012 The House committee investigating Fast and Furious has received more than 7,600 documents from the Justice Department, but Republican lawmakers say none addresses who approved the gunrunning probe, who failed to stop it before a U.S. Border Patrol agent was killed and why department officials initially lied to Congress about it. Now the panel has its sights set on an additional 1,300 pages of documents it believes will answer those questions and also expose a political cover-up at Justice. Nevertheless, the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee’s quest for records got more complicated this week when President Obama asserted executive privilege and refused to turn them over — and the committee in turn voted to recommend holding Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. in contempt of Congress. Together, they are the crux of what has become the biggest separation-of-powers battle of the Obama administration. House Speaker John A. Boehner said Thursday that the president’s play proves the White House was involved in the cover-up. Continues... http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2012/jun/21/house-committee-suspects-fast-and-furious-cover-up/