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It will be interesting to see the other things done before the election gets here to try to bury the many mistakes of this administration.
Skippy
THe functions of the ATF are to be integrated into the DHS. The FBI will continue to be the national investigative agency, but the DHS is going to slowly assume all police functions of the fedgov.
'Slowly'? Yeah, riiiiiight.
The WH is in desperate mode far more than I supposed over Fast and Furious.
"CBS News Reporter Says White House Screamed, Swore at Her Over Fast and Furious
The Fast and Furious scandal, in which the Justice Department knowingly gave Mexican criminal gangs thousands of guns, just keeps escalating. The latest development centers around whether or not Attorney General Eric Holder lied to Congress about having knowledge of the controversial gun trafficking operation. Recently released documents say Holder was briefed about the operation long before he told the Judiciary Committee he was first aware of what was going on. (Holder now claims he misunderstood the question was being asked.)
What's more, CBS News investigative journalist Sharyl Attkisson -- who's been covering the scandal from the beginning -- says in an interview on the Laura Ingraham Show today that the White House and Justice Department have taken to screaming at her for reporting on the story. You can listen to the full interview below, but here are the key excerpts from Attkisson:
In between the yelling that I received from Justice Department yesterday, the spokeswoman--who would not put anything in writing, I was asking for her explanation so there would be clarity and no confusion later over what had been said, she wouldn't put anything in writing--so we talked on the phone and she said things such as the question Holder answered was different than the one he asked. But he phrased it, he said very explicitly, 'I probably heard about Fast and Furious for the first time over the last few weeks.'
And:
Ingraham: So they were literally screaming at you?
Attkisson: Yes. Well the DOJ woman was just yelling at me. The guy from the White House on Friday night literally screamed at me and cussed at me. [Laura: Who was the person? Who was the person at Justice screaming?] Eric Schultz. Oh, the person screaming was [DOJ spokeswoman] Tracy Schmaler, she was yelling not screaming. And the person who screamed at me was Eric Schultz at the White House."
Finally, Attkisson notes that the White House is claiming that a thorough investigation of the scandal is unwarranted:
[The White House and Justice Department] will tell you that I'm the only reporter--as they told me--that is not reasonable. They say the Washington Post is reasonable, the LA Times is reasonable, the New York Times is reasonable, I'm the only one who thinks this is a story, and they think I'm unfair and biased by pursuing it."
For disposal of For Official Use Only, Privacy Act and Confidential documents, the government shreds them in a criss cross shredder, then trashes the confetti. For Secret and Top Secret, the documents are shredded, bagged, tagged and burned under supervision.
Computer hard disks containing classified info are erased, filled with an encrypted program twice and erased. Then, removed and degaussed and a large nail driven thru the disk. Then, the disk are collected and sent to Anniston to be melted down.
After the November elections, I suspect every shredder will be working over time, the smoke from the incinerators will resemble the election of a pope, and there will be a convoy of trucks to Anniston. The only documents in the Obama presidential museum will be copies of his speeches.
Compared to arms-for-hostages, F&F is a beer summit.
Keep thinking that as the story unravels and Holder is in the dock!