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Politics : Fast and Furious-----Obama/Holder Gun Running Scandal -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Wayners who wrote (505)	7/2/2012 5:41:32 PM
From: joseffy	Respond to of 749

Secret Service shuts down ‘fire Eric Holder’ protest July 2, 2012 By Joel Gehrke The Washington Examiner washingtonexaminer.com U.S. Secret Service officers shut down a student-led protest calling for President Obama to fire Attorney General Eric Holder this morning, according to a report from in front of the White House. After discovering a “suspicious package,” the Secret Service ended the protest. “Several agents seemed hostile to our march and seemed anxious for us to leave the area,” Maurice Lewis, a University of California student, told Campus Reform. “The discover[y of] the ‘unidentified package’ came just as the protest began gain traction.” The U.S. House of Representatives cited Holder for contempt of Congress on Thursday after he defied a subpoena demanding documents pertaining to Operation Fast and Furious, the gun-walking scheme that claimed border patrol agent Brian Terry’s life. The Justice Department denied, in a February 4, 2011, letter to Congress, that law enforcement ever allow guns to be trafficked into Mexico. In December 2011, DOJ retracted that claim. About 50 students congregated outside the White House this morning for the anti-Holder protest.

To: Wayners who wrote (505)	7/3/2012 12:10:44 AM
From: joseffy	1 Recommendation Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 749

Black House Members Force Congress to Vote on Reprimand for Issa June 29, 2012 by Nick Chiles Atlanta Black Star atlantablackstar.com A day after House Republicans voted to hold Attorney General Eric Holder in contempt of Congress, the members of the Congressional Black Caucus got their revenge by forcing the House today to vote on a resolution scolding California Rep. Darrell Issa, the engineer behind the contempt vote, for mistreatment of Holder and behavior that they claim was against House rules. A total of 108 House members, led by the Congressional Black Caucus and former Speaker Nancy Pelosi, staged a walk out during the contempt vote to protest the House voting for the first time in history to hold a sitting U.S. Attorney General in contempt. Rep. Barbara Lee of Texas decided to take the response a step further today by putting forth a “privileged resolution” that picked apart Issa’s handling of the Holder case through his House Oversight and Government Reform Committee. The case hinged on a botched ATF case called Operation Fast and Furious that was begun during the Bush administration [FALSE] by low-level agents [FALSE] who decided they could crack Mexican drug cartels by letting cartel members buy illegal guns in Arizona and tracing [FALSE] those guns to cartel bigwigs. But the whole thing backfired when illegal guns wound up being involved in the murder of about 200 Mexicans and ultimately the killing of ATF agent Brian Terry in a shoot-out. Though Holder, who has said repeatedly neither he nor President Obama knew anything about the operation, turned over more than 7,600 pages of evidence to Issa’s committee, Issa wanted more—leading him to push for a contempt vote. Lee requested that the House clerk read her entire resolution out loud so that she could get it on the House record. Among the accusations in the resolution are that Issa: “jeopardized an ongoing criminal investigation by publicly releasing documents that his own staff has admitted were under court seal”; that he took steps that could “potentially jeopardize a criminal conviction”; that he “has engaged in a witch hunt, through the use of repeated incorrect and uncorroborated statements in the committee’s ‘Fast and Furious’ investigation”; and that he “has chosen to call the Attorney General of the United States a liar on national television without corroborating evidence and has exhibited unprofessional behavior.” Republicans were able to table the resolution by a vote of 259 to 161. Issa had no response. But Lee got what she wanted: to show House Republicans that two could play the political shame game. To: Libloather Race card. Never leave it at home. A black politician can commit a crime and it is racist to even acknowledge it. 2 posted on Monday, July 02, 2012 7:19:45 PM by formosa To: Libloather With each fiasco like this, more and more ‘people of pallor’, along with the rest of the country, are caring less and less what the race card holders think. And the CBC knows it. They pushed as best they could, but failed. Now they see the train coming. 5 posted on Monday, July 02, 2012 7:23:45 PM by Norm Lenhart To: Libloather From the “Atlanta Black Star”? Noting racist about that site..... 7 posted on Monday, July 02, 2012 7:24:59 PM by caver (Obama: Home of the Whopper) [ Post Reply \| Private Reply \| To 1 \| View Replies \| Report Abuse] To: Libloather Disband the black caucus. Either they are there for ALL Americans, or they don’t need to be there at all. 8 posted on Monday, July 02, 2012 7:25:11 PM by mardi5 To: formosa Screw them and the race card they ride in on. 10 posted on Monday, July 02, 2012 7:26:29 PM by papageo To: Libloather If you’re white and break the law, the cops take you to jail. If you’re black and break the law, the cops get taken to jail. Obama’s America. :) 11 posted on Monday, July 02, 2012 7:27:19 PM by Tzimisce (THIS SUCKS) To: Libloather I wonder what the Atlanta White Star newspaper has to say about this? Oh, that’s right, only African-Americans can have racist newspapers, caucuses, TV stations and magazines. 18 posted on Monday, July 02, 2012 7:45:59 PM by Alas Babylon! To: Libloather Holder has been held in criminal contempt of Congress. A first in American history. Deal with it. 19 posted on Monday, July 02, 2012 7:48:15 PM by Gabrial To: formosa Make that black communist politicians. That is exactly who they are according to Colonel Alan West! LLS 21 posted on Monday, July 02, 2012 7:52:57 PM by LibLieSlayer

To: Wayners who wrote (505)	7/3/2012 12:42:02 AM
From: joseffy	3 Recommendations Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 749

Why is Brian Terry's murder different? President Obama addressed the Trayvon Martin shooting in the Rose Garden. “Obviously this is a tragedy. I can only imagine what these parents are going through. When I think about this boy I think about my own kids and I think every parent in America should be able to understand why it is absolutely imperative that we investigate every aspect of this and that everybody pulls together, federal, state and local to figure out exactly how this tragedy happened."

To: Wayners who wrote (505)	7/3/2012 10:29:33 PM
From: joseffy	Respond to of 749

DOJ lawsuit: Physical test for police officers discriminates against women *July 3, 2012 by* Joel Gehrke The Washington Examiner washingtonexaminer.com The Corpus Christi, Tex. Police Department has found itself on the business end of a civil rights lawsuit after the Justice Department concluded that a physical ability test used when considering job applications discriminates against women. As a condition for employment, new applicants must pass a physical ability test (PAT) involving: pullups, a 300-meter run, a 1.5 mile run, and sit-ups. Only 19 percent of female applicants passed this test between 2005 and 2009, compared to 63 percent of men, the DOJ complaint records. The Justice Department says that the test discriminates against women because “use of the PAT in the screening and selection of applicants for entry-level police officer jobs is not job-related, for the entry-level police officer position,” according to the complaint. “The Justice Department is looking forward to working with the city to resolve this matter in a way that eliminates the use of the unlawful physical ability test and gives women who were screened out of the process an opportunity to become Corpus Christi police officers,” Thomas E. Perez, Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Rights Division, said in a statement on the lawsuit. “If women had passed the PAT at the same rate as men, approximately 62 additional women would have been available for further consideration for the position of entry-level police officer,” the Justice Department complaint also says. In 2011, the city police modified the benchmarks for the PAT. Thirty-three percent of women passed the test under the new standards, along with 82 percent of men. DOJ says that these results also indicate discrimination. John In Michigan There is more to this than males being stronger than females (what a shock). If a female officer cannot restrain a large male suspect she will be forced to resort to deadly force much sooner than a male officer, or simply let the suspect go and be less efficient than a male officer. Are we to have two standards of conduct concerning suspects -- one for female officers and another for male officers? Perhaps the DOJ and Eric "I knew nothing" Holder can arrange to have female officers only arrest female suspects (and maybe small males). If they can't then this suit is a sham. Reality is a hard thing indeed. KEYSTONELIGHT I know of a female officer who tried to arrest a suspect one time & he took her weapon away from her, cuffed her and locked her up in tha back seat of her on patrol car.....Its funny now but im sure it wasent for her at tha time....!!! john_robinson This all stems from the inability of leftists to recognize that men and women are different. They missed that episode of Sesame Street, apparently. Blue Traveler Ordinarily when a perp succeeds in taking an officer's weapon, things don't end nearly that well. She's lucky she's still above room temperature. And I'm sure all her colleagues are lining up to partner with her. Htos1, not much of a horn tooter Do you know what machismo filled cholos/Iranian hezbollah will do to five foot tall white girl police?Then there's the Farcs from Columbia,with decades of CIA training,now rogue.Get a clue,it's a holocaust coming for "certain" Americans.

To: Wayners who wrote (505)	7/4/2012 11:07:30 PM
From: joseffy	2 Recommendations Respond to of 749

Mike Vanderboegh and David Codrea file ethics complaint on Eric Holder Sipsey Street Irregulars ^ \| 3 July, 2012 \| Mike Vanderboegh An ethics complaint against U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder has been filed by David Codrea and Mike Vanderboegh with the Office of Bar Counsel, Board on Professional Responsibility of the District of Columbia Court of Appeals. Codrea and Vanderboegh are the two bloggers who first broke the news of the Fast and Furious scandal in December 2010. Said Vanderboegh, Eric Holder believes that he will escape serious consequences of the congressional investigations of the Fast and Furious scandal simply by running out the clock on his tenure. We intend this ethics complaint to place him on notice that his lies and malfeasances will follow him until justice is done." The particulars of the complaint are included in the letter reproduced below. July 2, 2012 Office of Bar Counsel Board on Professional Responsibility District of Columbia Court of Appeals 515 5th Street NW Building A, Suite 117 Washington, DC 20001 In re: Ethics complaint against member Eric H. Holder, Jr. Dear board members, This letter serves as notice that a complaint is being filed against one of your members for professional misconduct. A search of your website at dcbar.org shows Eric H. Holder, Jr., currently Attorney General of the United States, has been an active DC Bar member since he was admitted on January 23, 1980. As per your professional standards published as Rule 8.4, “Misconduct,” at dcbar.org, “It is professional misconduct for a lawyer to: (a) Violate or attempt to violate the Rules of Professional Conduct, knowingly assist or induce another to do so, or do so through the acts of another; (b) Commit a criminal act that reflects adversely on the lawyer’s honesty, trustworthiness, or fitness as a lawyer in other respects; (c) Engage in conduct involving dishonesty, fraud, deceit, or misrepresentation; (d) Engage in conduct that seriously interferes with the administration of justice; (e) State or imply an ability to influence improperly a government agency or official; (f) Knowingly assist a judge or judicial officer in conduct that is a violation of applicable rules of judicial conduct or other law; or (g) Seek or threaten to seek criminal charges or disciplinary charges solely to obtain an advantage in a civil matter.” It would appear that several, if not all of these rules, have been violated as evidenced by Eric Holder having been found in contempt of Congress on June 28, 2012 “for refusal to comply with a subpoena duly issued by the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform” (Note House Calendar No. 140/Report 112-546 appearing at: gpo.gov. As per Rule 8.5, “Rule 8.5—Disciplinary Authority; Choice of Law,” at dcbar.org, which states in part “A lawyer admitted to practice in this jurisdiction is subject to the disciplinary authority of this jurisdiction, regardless of where the lawyer’s conduct occurs,” and due to the seriousness of this misconduct, we, as citizens of the Republic, with an interest in ensuring full accountability for the legal conduct of government officials, feel compelled to issue a formal complaint in accordance with your established filing protocol at dcbar.org Because of the serious political ramifications involved, and because some on the Board may be sympathetic to AG Holder’s positions and hostile to those of the House contempt charges, and in order to ensure that this complaint receives proper attention and is not ignored through deliberate indifference, we are making a copy of this letter publicly available via our respective websites, SipseyStreetIrregulars.blogspot.com and DavidCodrea.com. Further, it appears your own rules may remove any discretion and require an investigation. As per Rule XI, “Disciplinary Proceedings,” Section 10, “Disciplinary Proceedings Based Upon Conviction of Crime,” at dcbar.org “(a) Notification. If an attorney is found guilty of a crime or pleads guilty or nolo contendere to a criminal charge in a District of Columbia court, the clerk of that court shall, within ten days from the date of such finding or plea, transmit to this Court and to Bar Counsel a certified copy of the court record or docket entry of the finding or plea. Bar Counsel shall forward the certified copy to the Board. Upon learning that the certified copy has not been timely transmitted by the clerk of the court in which the finding or plea was made, or that an attorney has been found guilty of a crime or has pleaded guilty or nolo contendere to a criminal charge in a court outside the District of Columbia or in any federal court, Bar Counsel shall promptly obtain a certified copy of the court record or docket entry of the finding or plea and transmit it to this Court and to the Board. The attorney shall also file with this Court and the Board, within ten days from the date of such finding or plea, a certified copy of the court record or docket entry of the finding or plea.” “(b) Serious crimes. The term ‘serious crime’ shall include (1) any felony, and (2) any other crime a necessary element of which, as determined by the statutory or common law definition of such crime, involves improper conduct as an attorney, interference with the administration of justice, false swearing, misrepresentation, fraud, willful failure to file income tax returns, deceit, bribery, extortion, misappropriation, theft, or an attempt or a conspiracy or solicitation of another to commit a ‘serious crime.’" While District of Columbia courts have not (yet) been involved, there is no question that the Congress has found the Attorney General guilty of contempt under conditions that rise to your definition of “serious crime.” It would also appear that Attorney General Holder is required to report the contempt finding to you within the ten day requirement, and that the Bar “shall” investigate this matter. Please give this matter your immediate attention and we look forward to receiving your formal written response. Sincerely, David Codrea Mike Mike Vanderboegh Enclosure: Complaint form Press inquiries should be routed via email to David Codrea at dcodrea@hotmail.com or Mike Vanderboegh at GeorgeMason1776@aol.com.