Brit Hume: “Real Scandal” behind Operation Fast & Furious; “Obama Justice Department Reminds Me Of Nixon Justice Department”

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Brit Hume was on Fox News Sunday this morning while the panel was discussing Operation Fast and Furious:

Hume: This is a real scandal. And once again we have the classic question “what did the Attorney General, for example, know and when did he know it.” This Obama Justice Department reminds me of nothing so much as the Nixon Justice Department. You have the scent of high level knowledge, of serious wrongdoing, and you have the smell of cover-up and I think the stench of cover-up on this gunrunning operation is very strong indeed.

How high this cover-up is going to go is anyone’s guess but it could very well turn out to be much worse than the Nixon cover-up. His men stole papers while this operation cost us lives. This could turn out to be real ugly.

And once again we have the MSM covering for this administration simply by ignoring the story. Fox News is trying to do its part, and in this report they detail a bit about the latest blockbuster:

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dyQMbXgAoRE[/youtube]

More on Operation Castaway:

Virginia O’Brien, Special Agent in Charge at the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives  Tampa Field Division, ran a gun-running investigation that was walking guns to Honduras using the techniques and tactics identical to Fast and Furious, it was reported to these correspondents this evening via private correspondence from a proven credible source.

On 21 September, 2010, A. Brian Albritton, United States Attorney for the Middle District of Florida issued a press release on Operation Castaway:

United States Attorney A. Brian Albritton, Virginia O’Brien, Special Agent in Charge of central and northern Florida Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) operations, and Susan McCormick, Special Agent in Charge, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), Homeland Security Investigations, Tampa Field Office announce the initial results of Operation Castaway, an intensive and wideranging Organized Crime and Drug Enforcement Task Force (OCDETF) firearms trafficking investigation conducted by ATF, ICE, the Orange County Sheriff’s Office, the Osceola County Sheriff’s Office, the Brevard County Sheriff’s Office, and the Miami-Dade Police Department. ATF describes Operation Castaway as the most significant firearms trafficking investigation in Central Florida history.

…According to court documents, a group of defendants connected to Hugh Crumpler, III, were involved in a major international gun trafficking operation. . . . Firearms like those involved in this investigation are often smuggled through Honduras and other Central and South American countries before being used in violent crimes in Mexico and other countries in the region. A number of the firearms trafficked by the defendants in Operation Castaway have been linked to violent crimes around the world.

The press release concluded, “This case is being prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorneys J. Bishop Ravenel and E. Jackson Boggs. Operation Castaway remains an ongoing investigation.”

SAC O’Brien was previously the Special Agent in Charge of the Phoenix Field Division, was later promoted to the Deputy Assistant Director of ATF, but then stepped down to the position in Tampa.  Whether the allegations of our source refer to the ongoing Operation Castaway remains at this hour unclear, but our source is certain that O’Brien has allowed the “walking” of straw-purchased firearms to Honduras using the same failed strategy as the Phoenix Field Division’s Operation Fast and Furious.  That Operation Castaway involved arms smuggling to Honduras is also certain.

And we come back to the same question asked by Brit Hume.

What did the Obama Administration know and when did they know it.

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Curt: Please check your FA email. Thanks.

This Obama Justice Department reminds me of nothing so much as the Nixon Justice Department.

This is what Halperin meant when he said Obama was behaving kinda like a Dick.

Curt: Chris Coutu, Republican Candidate for Congress in a “Deep Blue” State, requests FA support.

He’s willing to go ON AIR. On your site.

Please check you’re email.
If you’re SERIOUS about making a difference, you’ll snatch this opportunity pronto. Alan West and Michell Bachman did.

Here is Chris Coutu’s Bio:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Coutu

Do you folks support this kind of candidate….or don’t you?

Political stances

Coutu is noted for being one of the more fiscally conservative members of the Connecticut House of Representatives. He is best known in Connecticut for his stance on conservative fiscal policy,[42][43] supporting small businesses and job creation,[44] limiting expansion of government and management of state debt.[45]

In 2009 and 2010, Coutu visited over 400 businesses and organizations[46] and participated in or hosted three dozen forums on energy,[47] sexting,[48] the death penalty, post traumatic stress disorder, and the Connecticut budget.[49][50][51]

Coutu remains active with the American Legislative Exchange Council, Grassroots East,[52] SECTer, the Greater Norwich Chamber of Commerce, and the American Council of Young Political Leaders. In 2009, he joined a delegation of five nationally elected officials to explore the culture, politics, and government within Romania and Hungary.[53]

In May 2011, Coutu challenged Connecticut governor Dannel Malloy’s budget in court. He viewed the budget as unconstitutional because it was signed into law with a $2 billion deficit.[54][55]
[edit] Pro-jobs and pro-business

Coutu was endorsed by National Federation of Independent Businesses and CBIA.[56] He believes in the proposed Common Sense principle that government does not create jobs, small business and people do. In 2010, he challenged a three percent surcharge on energy which he believed hurt businesses and job creation. In 2011, he proposed removing the Small Business Entity Tax for businesses with 10 or less employees.[57][58]
[edit] Fiscal policy

In 2011, he proposed legislation to cap bonding at 10% of total budget. In two decades, general bonding has increased 700% from 220 million to 1.65 billion and now accounts for 11% of Connecticut’s budget.[59]

Constitution:
Coutu is passionate about protecting the U.S. Constitution and Connecticut Constitution.

In May of 2011, Coutu filed a legal challenge for an unconstitutional budget that spent $2 billion more than total revenues. Article 28, section 18a of the Constitution states: The amount of general budget expenditures authorized for any fiscal year shall not exceed the estimated amount of revenue for such fiscal year.[60][61][62]

1st Amendment

In 2009, the veto-proof Democratic majority proposed HB 1098,[63] which mandated independent committees to run religious organizations finances. Coutu joined 10,000 protestors and struck down this legislation he believed was against the First Amendment.

2nd Amendment

Coutu is a strong defender of the Second Amendment. In 2009, he joined a bipartisan coalition that successfully challenged bills, including 10-round magazine[64] and micro-stamping of firing pin heads.[65] He continues to challenge legislation that challenges the rights of law-abiding citizens. In 2010, he received an A+ rating from the NRA and was endorsed by the CT Citizen Defense League.[66][67]

10th Amendment

In 2010, Coutu led an effort in support of the 10th Amendment.[68]

AGAIN, I WILL ASK:
DO YOU SUPPORT THIS KIND OF CONGRESSIONAL CANDIDATE, OR NOT?

I gave you his personal email address. You have a golden opportunity to interview him, question him, and gather your own conclusions.

But I’m starting to wonder if some websites REALLY POSSES THE BALLS THEY CLAIM TO.

As a member of Pajamas Media, I will go on to other websites soon. I just thought FA was one of the better ones.

@Curt:

What “Threat” was there”

I was just amazed, actually shocked to see that FA was given such an opportunity and chose to simply IGNORE it.

Hey, if you don’t care about getting a firmer hold on The United States Congress then just reply and say so.

I KNOW,…..THAT’S…I KNOW that “New Media” is where it’s at. FA is supposedly part of that New Media.

I asked for support from a predominately Conservative website that is FREQUENTLY LINKED TO OUR WEBSITES IN THE PAJAMAS MEDIA FAMILY.

It’s your choice if you want to participate in the political process or instead just want to commentate on it.
But “The Silent Treatment” was not exactly what I expected from a website of your caliber.

I gave you this Congressional Candidate’s PERSONAL email address and offered you good folks a golden opportunity to get an exclusive line of communication with him, and he agreed to do it.

If you’re not interested, that’s okay. Others are interested. We need to beat Democrats. I intend to enlist the support of all who agree.
It’s worth noting that Michelle Bachman and Alan West both got their initial support from PJM.
http://pajamasmedia.com/
Look where they are now.

One’s a potential Presidential Candidate and the other ranks in the top 3 for consideration for Vice President of the United States.

And do you understand the benefits FA could reap from being a supporter that helped get a conservative elected to The United States Congress, in a predominately “Deep Blue” State? (That has an established relationship and a direct line of communication?) Coutu has never lost an election (And we don’t intend to lose this one either), so he’s not exactly chopped liver.
We’re not playing games here. We are quite serious about where our country is heading and we intend to reverse course, and fast.
If you think I’m kidding, just contact Chris Coutu. You have his PERSONAL email address. You have absolutely nothing to lose and everything to gain. GRILL HIM! ASK HIM THE TOUGH QUESTIONS! That’s what the people want. You might be glad that you did. Regards, NOS.

If you’re not interested, that’s okay. Others are interested. We need to beat Democrats. I intend to enlist the support of all who agree.

If you come here to find conservative solidarity you’ll be sadly mistaken. Many of the posters here are pretty good, but a few (Mata, Aye) are faux-conservatives who only wish to engage in ad hominen attacks. They wish to keep the “big tent” and destroy our movement instead of build it up.

Fast and Furious is far worse than the Watergate fiasco. Watergate didn’t get anybody killed.

Well, we’ve got Hugh Hewett, Glenn Reynolds, Roger Simon and Bill Whittle on board. So we’ll do okay. I’m just kind of stunned that some people in the “New Media” aren’t “Hip to the jive.”

To actually question somebody that produced the information needed to establish a relationship with a potential United States Congressman is really surprising. All I asked for was a simple communication. I thought the WWW was all about communication and getting a message out.

And people wonder why Conservatives lose to “The Mainstream Media.”

TENACITY.
Chris Coutu founded The AMERICAN Warrior Foundation.
No taxpayer dollars involved.

http://www.americanwarrior.us/about.html

He’s a Military Officer, a true conservative. Ditto that for me.

I am truly stunned.

Eric Holder was supported by Ct Congressman Joe Courtney. We intend to make Courtney pay for that vote.

@Nostradamus:

When you posted your first message on this thread it was 3:42 pm.

Then you posted again at 3;47 pm (5 minutes later).

Your third message, in which you basically threatened to take your toys and go elsewhere was at 3:57 pm (14 minutes after the first).

Now, let me ask you some questions…. Do you think that Curt was hovering over his e-mail box on a Sunday afternoon in eager anticipation of your message? Or, is it more likely that perhaps he may have been working? Or, could he have been on the back patio grilling up a couple of steaks? Or, could he have been out enjoying a beautiful California afternoon on his motorcycle? Or….

Yeah, there are a huge number of things that Curt could have been doing with his Sunday afternoon, yet you took a bombastic approach rather than giving him an opportunity to respond to you.

Then, you continue to carry on the conversation here when Curt clearly asked you to move to the open thread.

Not a great way to win friends or influence people.

Just sayin’

@Nostradamus:

In what way did Courtney support Holder?

And what “vote” are you referring to?

Gonna leave a mark….

Just before Eric Holder was confirmed by Senate , Congressman Joe Courtney voiced his support of Holder in an interview in one of our local papers.
He’s on record as a Holder supporter, and has also voted in lock-step for every piece of legislation proposed by Obama and brought to the floor by Congress.

Clearly, Courtney has got to go.

Woodward is always less motivated investigating democrats.

@Nostradamus:

Eric Holder was supported by Ct Congressman Joe Courtney. We intend to make Courtney pay for that vote.

If only. The people of CT are just too stupid and dependent on government largesse. All they have to do is say “If you vote Republican you will have to go to work” and democrats win.

It’s kind of fun to watch lawyers squirm.
Eric Holder testified under oath that he “probably” only learned about Gunrunner in “the last few weeks,” but took credit for it in 2009.
OOPS!

Go to this 2010 PDF and scan to pages 5 & 9 to see Holder take credit for Gunrunner.

PDF a problem?
Here:

In response to the increased trafficking of firearms from the United States to Mexico, ATF developed Project Gunrunner, a firearms trafficking and firearms-related border violence strategy designed to deny drug trafficking organizations access to U.S. firearms.

[O]ver the past few months enforcement strategies (and other guidance) that address firearms trafficking to Mexican cartels have been developed and released by the White House and the Department of Justice. It is essential that ATF efforts support strategies promoted by the White House and Department of Justice. An examination of these and other strategies reveals similarities among the strategies, but also suggests that some revisions to ATF’s current strategy are necessary.

Remember:
H.R.1 (the “stimulus” funding package) provides:

For an additional amount for ‘State and Local Law Enforcement Assistance’, $40,000,000, for competitive grants to provide assistance and equipment to local law enforcement along the Southern border and in High-Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas to combat criminal narcotics activity stemming from the Southern border, of which $10,000,000 shall be transferred to ‘Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, Salaries and Expenses’ for the ATF Project Gunrunner.

Under the Obama administration, ATF reaped another $21.9 million to expand Project Gunrunner , and the White House has requested almost $12 million more in fiscal year 2011 appropriations for the program.

@Ivan:

If you come here to find conservative solidarity you’ll be sadly mistaken. Many of the posters here are pretty good, but a few (Mata, Aye) are faux-conservatives who only wish to engage in ad hominen attacks. They wish to keep the “big tent” and destroy our movement instead of build it up.

That’s a funny statement right there…especially considering that it’s coming from the person who was a hair’s breadth away from getting tossed from this site for…wait for it…hurling scatter shot insults at anyone and everyone who dared express an opinion contrary to his.

I will say this however. In all honesty I have labeled you Ivan. With labels that you earned through your arguments. Arguments, which I should point out, have been brutally and mercilessly destroyed day in and day out.

Your arguments earned the lying label. Your arguments earned the racist label. Your arguments earned the sexist label. Your arguments earned the bigot label. Your arguments earned the homophobia label. Your arguments earned the misogynist label. Your arguments earned the dick label too.

Your arguments earned them all. You should look up the term “ad hominem” because it doesn’t mean what you think it means.

It is absolutely true that one will not find your particular brand of Conservatism very often on this site… seeing as how that whole denial of suffrage, keep your woman at home, barefoot, uneducated, pregnant,and baking cookies mentality was largely snuffed out dozens, if not hundreds, of years ago.

And that whole idea that people with brown skin or people who happen to be homosexual are lesser humans…well those ideas have been rightfully snuffed out.

Thank God in Heaven above that your brand of Conservatism has gone the way of the dodo bird and very rarely shows it’s ugly head in public anymore.

A side issue here, and perhaps a trivial one is that, although I have my suspicions as to why Btit Hume likened this current Justice Department to the one that was operating during the Nixon Administration, I don’t think that Brit Hume’s comparison was appropriate or legitimate. We’re talking apples and oranges here.

In attempting to be fair and balanced, Brit Hume has a tendency to over do it, too often using specious arguments to show that Republicans are just as corrupt as Democrats are.

Ever since his days at ABC before cable news rose to prominence, I’ve always liked Brit Hume, but he gets to be a little bit too much at times, fancying himself to be the only fair and balanced journalist, when, in fact, he is expressing opinions, assumptions and conjectures which aren’t necessarily supported by any facts, of which his assertions in this instance are a good example.

Eric Holder and the Justice Departmemt are more out of control now and they are committing more egregious acts now than the JD ever was or did under [any] other administration. There is no [legitimate] comparison. If Brit Hume can’t see that, he is deliberately trying to overlook it for the sake of his idea of fair and balanced journalism, imho.

Brian, I would be interested in knowing what journalist doesn’t inject his opinion into his reporting? Because, from my point of view, those days ended with the rise of Walter Cronkite.

Good point, no, excellent point. But that is another issue, don’t you think?.

The real question is: How many murders in mexico were created or saved by the Obama stimulus?

Uh, query: am I the only one perturbed by the mention of Honduras in all of this? I mean, Obama openly supported the now-deposed Chavez-wannabe Zelaya. Was this bogus operation going on when Zelaya was still trying to cling to power?