Wednesday, June 27, 2012
"ATF leader's email could be Fast and Furious smoking gun"
But, they got it from a whistleblower, and a judge has sealed it from legally being viewed.
We sure do live in a murky world when it comes to holding elected officials accountable...
At DailyCaller.com, Matthew Boyle tells us about what's going on:
"'ATF Acting Director Kenneth Melson described reading those same wiretap affidavits in March of last year,' Grassley told Holder during the Senate hearing. 'He said he was alarmed that the information in the affidavits contradicted the public denial to Congress.' It appears Republican congressional investigators first learned of the Melson email’s existence on July 4, 2011, when Melson chose to give a lengthy deposition on Fast and Furious without DOJ and ATF lawyers present. Grassley told Holder during the Senate hearing that congressional investigators first requested that the DOJ provide Congress with that email during July 2011, shortly after Melson made his then-secret trip across town to Capitol Hill. The wiretap documents themselves are under federal court seal, leaving Grassley and Issa to tussle with Holder and Cumming about what they might show. Issa has said a whistleblower provided copies to his committee. Holder has declined to ask the federal judge who sealed them to unseal them. "
