continues after a key congressional committee found attorney general eric holder in contempt over his refusal to turn over documents relating to fast and furious, a botched atf gun sting that resulted in the death of a u.s. border agent. the attorney general was in denmark yesterday meeting with european union officials and while there, he called the vote unwarranted, unnecessary and unprecedented. republican speaker of the house john boehner continued to be vocal on the issue hinting that the white house may be involved in a cover-up. the decision to invoke executive privilege is an administration that white house officials were involved in decisions that misled the congress and have covered up the truth. so what is the obama administration hiding in fast and furious? boehner intends to bring a contempt vote before the full congress next week. the contempt vote came in response to president obama s
holder in contempt for failing to produce documents relating to an atf gun sting aimed at mexican drug cartels from november of 2009 to december of 2010. part of the operation involved letting guns pass into mexico from the u.s. in an effort to trace them to drug traffickers. this is the operation known as fast and furious. if you want to sound smart today, tell your friends that between 2007 and 2011, 68,000 of the roughly 100 thousand guns seized by mexican authorities and submitted to the atf for tracing were originally purchased in the united states. the number of weapons seized by mexican officials that were bought in the u.s. climbed by 225% in the three-year stretch between 2007 and 2010. for the real news, let s huddle up around the watercooler to watch the romney boys crowd conan s couch. mitt romney s five sons talked to conan about what it was like growing up with myth, what life is like on the campaign trail and also singling out their apparently shy brother ben. you kn