Fast and Furious Subpoenas
House Republicans today announced that they had sent subpoenas to Attorney General Eric Holder and the Justice Department to gain more information about Operation Fast and Furious, the controversial gun-walking program that allowed weapons to go to Mexican drug gangs.
Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA) says his Oversight Committee wants some very basic information, described below.
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The subpoena seeks the following:
In accordance with the attached schedule instructions, you, Eric H. Holder Jr., are required to produce all records in unredacted form described below:
- All communications referring or relating to Operation Fast and Furious, the Jacob Chambers case, or any Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force (OCDETF) firearms trafficking case based in Phoenix, Arizona, to or from the following individuals:
a. Eric Holder Jr., Attorney General;
b. David Ogden, Former Deputy Attorney General;
c. Gary Grindler, Office of the Attorney General and former Acting Deputy Attorney General;
d. James Cole, Deputy Attorney General;
e. Lanny Breuer, Assistant Attorney General;
f. Ronald Weich, Assistant Attorney General;
g. Kenneth Blanco, Deputy Assistant Attorney General;
h. Jason Weinstein, Deputy Assistant Attorney General;
i. John Keeney, Deputy Assistant Attorney General;
j. Bruce Swartz, Deputy Assistant Attorney General;
k. Matt Axelrod, Associate Deputy Attorney General;
l. Ed Siskel, former Associate Deputy Attorney General;
m. Brad Smith, Office of the Deputy Attorney General;
n. Kevin Carwile, Section Chief, Capital Case Unit, Criminal Division;
o. Joseph Cooley, Criminal Fraud Section, Criminal Division; and,
p. James Trusty, Acting Chief, Organized Crime and Gang Section.
2. All communications between and among Department of Justice (DOJ) employees and Executive Office of the President employees, including but not limited to Associate Communications Director Eric Schultz, referring or relating to Operation Fast and Furious or any other firearms trafficking cases.
3. All communications between DOJ employees and Executive Office of the President employees referring or relating to the President's March 22, 2011 interview with Jorge Ramos of Univision.
4. All documents and communications referring or relating to any instances prior to February 4, 2011 where the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) failed to interdict weapons that had been illegally purchased or transferred.
5. All documents and communications referring or relating to any instances prior to February 4, 2011 where ATF broke off surveillance of weapons and subsequently became aware that those weapons entered Mexico.
6. All documents and communications referring or relating to the murder of Immigrations and Customs Enforcement Agent Jaime Zapata, including but not limited to documents and communications regarding Zapata's mission when he was murdered, Form for Reporting Information That May Become Testimony (FD-302), photographs of the crime scene, and investigative reports prepared by the FBI.
7. All communications to or from William Newell, former Special Agent-in-Charge for ATF's Phoenix Field Division, between:
a. December 14, 2010 to January 25, 2011; and,
b. March 16, 2009 to March 19, 2009.
8. All Reports of Investigation (ROIs) related to Operation Fast and Furious or ATF Case Number 785115-10-0004.
9. All communications between and among Matt Axelrod, Kenneth Melson, and William Hoover referring or relating to ROIs identified pursuant to Paragraph 7.
10. All documents and communications between and among former U.S. Attorney Dennis Burke, Attorney General Eric Holder Jr., former Acting Deputy Attorney General Gary Grindler, Deputy Attorney General James Cole, Assistant Attorney General Lanny Breuer, and Deputy Assistant Attorney General Jason Weinstein referring or relating to Operation Fast and Furious or any OCDETF case originating in Arizona.
11. All communications sent or received between:
a. December 16, 2009 and December 18, 2009, and;
b. March 9, 2011 and March 14, 2011, to or from the following individuals:
- Emory Hurley, Assistant U.S. Attorney, Office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Arizona;
- Michael Morrissey, Assistant U.S. Attorney, Office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Arizona;
- Patrick Cunningham, Chief, Criminal Division, Office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Arizona;
- David Voth, Group Supervisor, ATF; and,
- Hope MacAllister, Special Agent, ATF.
12. All communications sent or received between December 15, 2010 and December 17, 2010 to or from the following individuals in the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Arizona:
a. Dennis Burke, former United States Attorney;
b. Emory Hurley, Assistant United States Attorney;
c. Michael Morrissey, Assistant United States Attorney; and,
d. Patrick Cunningham, Chief of the Criminal Division.
13. All communications sent or received between August 7, 2009 and March 19, 2011 between and among former Ambassador to Mexico Carlos Pascual; Assistant Attorney General Lanny Breuer; and, Deputy Assistant Attorney General Bruce Swartz.
14. All communications sent or received between August 7, 2009 and March 19, 2011 between and among former Ambassador to Mexico Carlos Pascual and any Department of Justice employee based in Mexico City referring or relating to firearms trafficking initiatives, Operation Fast and Furious or any firearms trafficking case based in Arizona, or any visits by Assistant Attorney General Lanny Breuer to Mexico.
15. Any FD-302 relating to targets, suspects, defendants, or their associates, bosses, or financiers in the Fast and Furious investigation, including but not limited to any FD-302s ATF Special Agent Hope MacAllister provided to ATF leadership during the calendar year 2011.
16. Any investigative reports prepared by the FBI or Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) referring or relating to targets, suspects, or defendants in the Fast and Furious case.
17. Any investigative reports prepared by the FBI or DEA relating to the individuals described to Committee staff at the October 5, 2011 briefing at Justice Department headquarters as Target Number 1 and Target Number 2.
18. All documents and communications in the possession, custody or control of the DEA referring or relating to Manuel Fabian Celis-Acosta.
19. All documents and communications between and among FBI employees in Arizona and the FBI Laboratory, including but not limited to employees in the Firearms/Toolmark Unit, referring or relating to the firearms recovered during the course of the investigation of Brian Terry's death.
20. All agendas, meeting notes, meeting minutes, and follow-up reports for the Attorney General's Advisory Committee of U.S. Attorneys between March 1, 2009 and July 31, 2011, referring or relating to Operation Fast and Furious.
21. All weekly reports and memoranda for the Attorney General, either directly or through the Deputy Attorney General, from any employee in the Criminal Division, ATF, DEA, FBI, or the National Drug Intelligence Center created between November 1, 2009 and September 30, 2011.
22. All surveillance tapes recorded by pole cameras inside the Lone Wolf Trading Co. store between 12:00 a.m. on October 3, 2010 and 12:00 a.m. on October 7, 2010.
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155 comments Add your comment
Ray
October 12th, 2011
11:14 am
Nothing to see here. Please move along.
Nothing…. and I mean NOTHING will come out of this. I can see it now, some poor sap who had nothing to do with any of it will take the blame.
If they wished to publish the truth, it would be too obvious to the masses how corrupt our nation really is(most of us already know).
Purrrman
October 12th, 2011
11:14 am
Holder is screwed. Issa has a lot of this stuff already. He just wants to what Holder withholds, and then nail him on those things too.
Republicans Are Idiots
October 12th, 2011
11:15 am
For all the idiot Republicans that accuse Eric Holder and Obama about ‘Fast and Furious’ without knowing the full story about what reallly happened; I have one word for you… Iran-Contra. Ronald Reagan and the phoney-patriot traitor Oliver North sold drugs to finance arm sales to Iran and negotiated with terrorists to secure the release of hostages. Where were your calls to impeach the President when Iran-Contra happened?
In the Center
October 12th, 2011
11:19 am
Republicans Are …, kind of a broad generalization, wouldn’t you say?
Elliott
October 12th, 2011
11:21 am
Democrats didn’t jump on the Reagan administration and that is their fault. Cry more.
Brett
October 12th, 2011
11:21 am
Holder should be charged with accessory to murder for knowingly supplying guns to Drug Cartels that would be used in a criminal activity.
Ace
October 12th, 2011
11:22 am
Issa is a weeny. He doesn’t have the balls to make anything happen.
joe
October 12th, 2011
11:22 am
this sob is going DOWN
Gman
October 12th, 2011
11:22 am
As to “Republicans Are Idiots” please go look at the facts about Iran-Contra. You just spouted lies. Whether you heard them or made them up, it’s still just lies. Just so you know, the silent majority of decent people have had enough and are now calling you on your lies. Take another lesson from Goebbels and run away to a dark corner. The truth is getting brighter every day.
model67a
October 12th, 2011
11:23 am
Leahy in the Senate is going to start an investigation there. He was probably instructed to do that by Obama to counteract what happens in the House. Obama and Holder are going to cover their a_s!!
dusty
October 12th, 2011
11:23 am
Unfortunately Iran Contra wasnt a direct attempt to influence congressional action against one of the ammendments on the Bill of Rights.
The objective here was to develop a case for more gun control don’t be so obtuse and continue to blindly defend and ignor the statements and facts that are already public record. the administration knew more about this than they are letting on. Being an international operation if they didnt notify mexico they were negligent to the point where Holder should step down, if he and the administration did attempt this as a backdoor way to severly attempt and restrict the 2nd ammendment they should be brought up on charges
EJ Moosa
October 12th, 2011
11:23 am
When you are the Attorney General of the United States, it’s not about what you know or do not know is going on.
Instead, it should be the folks that report to him that know without fail that anything illegal or unconstitutional will not be tolerated.
And we know that has not and will not happen.
So Holder needs to go now rather than in 16 months.
Jack
October 12th, 2011
11:24 am
Okay. I was gonna look for posts that blamed Bush for something. Instead, Reagan is being blamed. That’s standard idiocy for liberals.
Democrats think Reps are Idiots but it's really DEMS
October 12th, 2011
11:24 am
At the time fast & Furious was initiated we were being fed by the WH & their LAPDOG MSM that Illegally Purchased Guns were illegally being sold and illegally being moved to Mejico! Fast & Furious out ALL the characters involved were in fact the USDOJ under OBummer & OHolder! ESAD U PiecesOS!
dusty
October 12th, 2011
11:24 am
not to mention murder of a US citizen on us soil and attempted cover up by such a negligent operation
Bitmap
October 12th, 2011
11:25 am
Issa is asking for some very specific things. Not good for Holder. Obvious someone has talked in detail or he would be casting a wider net. If Holder doesn’t fall on his sword in a timely manner I think Issa will up the ante.
Kenny F.
October 12th, 2011
11:28 am
I agree that the “big fish” will get away, as usual. That is why the top operatives set up “fall guys” in case things do go south, at some point.
That being said, I do think it’s worthwhile to make Holder and his ilk sweat a bit and jump through the hoops. This guy’s lack of integrity and disengenuous character was apparent from the get-go when he dropped the Black Panther voter intimidation charges and basically became an advocate for the terrorists being held at Gitmo.
He and his cohorts are shady, at best, and definitely don’t appear to have America’s interests at heart….
paulus
October 12th, 2011
11:28 am
Echo what Brett said. Holder is an Accessory to Murder. Further, he’s guilty of perjury. He belongs in a federal prison doing a very long stretch without parole. and to the ‘republicans are idiots’ moron posting above: two wrongs dont make a right. if you dont have anything to add about THIS story, STFU and go away. Your pettiness contributes nothing to the conversation, and your small minded bigotry and hate serve no one and no purpose. you’re a loser.
sherry
October 12th, 2011
11:32 am
#9 on the list — Matt Axelrod. Any connection to ‘bring down our country’ David?
n22s
October 12th, 2011
11:32 am
RAI,
Iran-Contra was 25 years ago. Why don’t we go back to the Teapot Dome Scandal? Let’s get at that truth!
I realize you are a genius but don’t you think it would be wise to hold off on exonerating Holder and Obama before they testify? They are innocent till proven guilty but there is plenty of reason to issue the subpeonas.
Here’s the truth we know, RAI. Guns were allowed to be purchased by straw men buyers – FACT. They were allowed to be walked across the border as a part of the Fast and Furious program – FACT. The ATF lost track of the guns by their own admission – FACT. The guns have shown up at crime scenes in Mexico and at the crime scene involving agent Terry, the ATF admits this – FACT. There has been admission of a screw up – FACT. Documents publicly available show that memos were sent to Holder that he did, or did not read, but they were sent detailing facts about F&F months before he said he had heard the phrase F&F – FACT.
Here’s what I am accusing Holder of based on FACTS – if he didn’t pay attention to these memos he is incompetent. If there were 100 pages of memos someone at least briefs him on each memo along with the name of the operation involved and its status. Standard Operating Procedure my friend..
Would you allow a Republican AG get away with saying he didn’t pay attention to the memos?
If he did read them he is guilty of perjury.
Yes, lets indict somebody on a 25 year old scandal before we pay attention to F&F. And you wonder why people are losing faith in progressive government when that is the best they can come up with to refute the charges? Iran-Contra?
ProBiz Conservative
October 12th, 2011
11:34 am
Too late… Holder already fed any and all documents to his turbo-charged shredder and had everyone’s hard drives wiped clean!
Jo9hn
October 12th, 2011
11:34 am
~A fish rots from the head down~ is an old proverb – Russian I think – and it most obviously applies here. None of these twits would have done what they did without the approval and/or command of their bosses. This includes the AG, his underlings and his boss. Think about it…
JHarnes
October 12th, 2011
11:34 am
I think the American people are owed the truth about how a sting operation allowed about 2,000 guns to be turned over to the Drug Cartels… This makes no sense at all.
Jeb Baker
October 12th, 2011
11:35 am
to “Republicans are idiots” the Iran Contra scandal was because Ollie was selling arms to the moderates in Iran to fund arms given to the rebels in Nicaragua…get your facts straight before you start calling people idiots…
typicalwhiteguy
October 12th, 2011
11:36 am
This was predicted by the Insider back in August. Looks like it may come to pass. Read the piece about the Insider’s predictions in the link below. What’s really interesting is what he predicts will happen after Holder is out of office and he is no longer able to act as the Kenyan’s legal “firewall”. If Holder leaves, then all of Obama’s shady past and illegal activities will suddenly be unprotected.
http://newsflavor.com/politics/white-house-insider-the-obama-plan-part-one/
Steve B.
October 12th, 2011
11:37 am
Uh oh, somebody’s in trouble. If this investigation is carried out to the end it is going to make Watergate look like a petty break-in. Oh wait it was. This scandal got people killed and has endangered thousands of others.
How incompetent or corrupt do you have to be to let murderers arm themselves while you watch?
Next up for the administration: Solyndra and the $500,000,000 theft of the American people.
USAGeorge
October 12th, 2011
11:38 am
Bottom line, Who can deny that this whole operation was a terrible idea. Criminal in action,disfuctional in exicution. Someone originated the plan,some people had to ok it
and it seems some people ignored principals and the law. In short someone has to be removed
from their job so it doesn’t happen again.
The question of why Issa has to send subpoenas to Attorney General Eric Holder and the Justice Department to gain more information about Operation Fast and Furious has to be answered. It sure looks like a cover up job. It’s our damn government,no Holders,not Obamas,not the Congress’s.
MIKE SINGER
October 12th, 2011
11:41 am
The Clintonistas created it. It’s called plausible deniability. Thet’s how that pantload of a Rhetorical President will skate. This Regime will go down as one of the most corrupt hated in our short history.
Solyndra is a crooked scam but nobody died. This Fast and furious actually killed American citizens.
There is more than adequate information to impeach this joker.
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DougHD
October 12th, 2011
11:44 am
Ignorance is a reasonable defense for a guy like Holder. Even if he did know about and sanction the gun running, he’s still ignorant.
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11:45 am
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n22s
October 12th, 2011
11:46 am
Holder will resign. You can bet on it. Here’s why; the longer this drags on, the more it will affect the 2012 election. Obama won’t ask him to resign. Dems in Congress will ask him to resign.
I don’t know why he hasn’t already resigned. You already see accusations of “wag the dog” regarding the news on Iran. I’m giving everyone a generous benefit of the doubt but Holder’s credibility is now starting to affect a serious foreign policy issue. Oh, I’ll be the Iran stuff is true but he knew about it in May and told BHO in June. Why make a big deal about it now right at the time the subpeonas were being issued. Stupid, coincidence (but why yesterday?) or intentional.
Obama won’t be impeached unless there are tapes (doubt it seriously). He has plausible deniability unless there is a smoking memo or tape. No pun intended.
Holder will fall on the sword, get a cushy job on the board of GE, join a law firm, make millions and retire a rich man. Once he resigns, the Dems will accuse Repubs of going after it for political reasons. Which saps like some of the posters he will swallow hook, line and sinker.
Look for the resignation very, very soon.
n22s
October 12th, 2011
11:47 am
Oh, and friends of friends at ATF says that we don’t know the half of it. Second hand knowledge but it makes you think.
Frankie D
October 12th, 2011
11:47 am
Jon Stewart has it right:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MvLU7ob7mwA
Too funny!
shawn
October 12th, 2011
11:49 am
Drug prohibition in the USA needs to end. Surely this will threaten our second amendment rights further. Republicans should back off this can only lead to stricter gun laws not more freedom. Republicans are selling out the 2nd amendment rights for the drug war here don’t anyone else see that? These straw buys happen all of the time and we can not control the buying of the guns without a full blown gun ban. Selling us out to score short term points with a base that is already firmly opposed to the administration. How is that going to help anything? F&F is a trap to erode support for the 2nd amendment. It is obvious the was to idiot proof is not the border enforcement but to eliminate the ability to buy these guns in the first place? keep playing into their hands conservatives you are blinded by party politics.
Jon Johnsom
October 12th, 2011
11:49 am
Kenneth Star made many cases and got many convictions. I think Rep. Issa will out-convict Mr. Star. Whether or not he can get Obama is still up in the air. And the mere fact that Obama himself is not yet in the clear regarding this matter is incredible. Some would like to think Obama has made sure to insulate himself. But no matter how smart Obama is or the people immediately around him are, there are people coming after them who are just as smart and smarter and there are a lot more of them. There is no way Holder and Obama can control this. Holder is definitely a gonner and I give Obama at this point: 60 – 40 against.
who cares
October 12th, 2011
11:54 am
Whooeee rightous indignation never takes a day off for conspiracy freaks with a bone for Obama.
“Would you allow a Republican AG get away with saying he didn’t pay attention to the memos? ”
You guys gave Bush a complete pass on the Bin Laden memo.
MIKE SINGER
October 12th, 2011
11:55 am
Give Repubs are Idiots a break. Think of how these Liberal Ideologues are disillusioned and desperate. Their hero, their savior, this supposedly enlightened leader is nothing but a sham and a Charlatan. Look at how he was lauded. Now the Emperor has no clothes. He wanders around building his re-election war chest doing everything BUT his job. His Jobs bill is nothing but a tax bill. Industry in this country is so shackled with regulation it has no hope of recovery. It’s hard to root against Obama because my country suffers in doing so. The future is bleak with or without Obama, but if he is reelected we are doomed.
ros a beedle
October 12th, 2011
11:55 am
Pelosie said we should pass the bill, and then find out its contents.. Holder said atf should do the act, and when they were done, advise him what the act was. It’s still not complete, therefore he is unaware of what the act was!! Is this hard to understand??
Ron Paul 2012
October 12th, 2011
11:55 am
Here is a video that will make all Obama supporters proud !!!
http://www.boilingfrogspost.com/2011/10/10/the-bearer-of-bad-news-ugly-truths-uncomfortable-realities/
Dark Knight
October 12th, 2011
11:57 am
Holder is going down and fast. Issa has requested certain types of info and he already knows what he is looking for. If they fail to provide it they are screwed and royaly. Issa is no dummy but Holder is. Iran-Contra, is that the best the mentally retarded liberals can come up with. Iran-Contra never killed a border patrol officer, 200 mexicans or tried to subvert the 2nd admendment of the Constitution. The Obama administration will be historic for the amount of people that will occupying Sing-Sing. Remember, Obama is somehow involved here also….
Rafe Hollister
October 12th, 2011
12:00 pm
This is no surprise, Holder established his plausible deniability mode of operation with the Mark Rich pardon. He has always been shady and untruthful. He would have never been confirmed had the GOP been in charge of the Senate. So much for the most ethical administration in history. Bunch of spoiled theorists, Chicago thugsters, and acadamics out of their league.
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Dwight schrute
October 12th, 2011
12:02 pm
Weren’t the guns purchased with stimulus money?
CV
October 12th, 2011
12:02 pm
Fast and Furious was a conspiracy between the DOJ (Holder) and The Whitehouse (Obama) to curtail Americans 2nd amendment rights. These two PINKOS wanted to use the deaths of Mexicans by US guns as a reason to slowly break away at the 2nd amendment by first limiting gun ownership of certain types of guns then a full bore assault on gun ownership. These two jerks need to be tried for muder and given life in prision for the death of a federal law enforcement official.
vinnyo
October 12th, 2011
12:02 pm
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Democratic Plantation Dweller
October 12th, 2011
12:03 pm
Say it ain’t so…this is just more of the White man trying to destroy and hold down the Black man.
Logic
October 12th, 2011
12:03 pm
This guy has got to go…
Diggles
October 12th, 2011
12:04 pm
Hmmm… looks like they neglected to subpeona anything Kagan may have received prior to her going into the SC. Or is that considered privileged communication?