happened in fast and furious. the justice department admitted mistakes have been made, this is not the first gun running-type trap operation that has been set up around the country. unfortunately somebody was killed in this and we feel for their family. i think darrell issa and the republicans owe that family an a pol apology for making them a political pawn. shannon: who should be apologizing. that took a lot of gall. if eric holder was sticking to his guns he would be in mexico right now. apologies to the terry family should come from eric holder, the department of justice, and president obama who are stonewalling here. they are covering up what happened here. there is no transparency here. and to lay it all at the foot of politics is disingenuous at best, chris and i think you know
eric holder. she issued scathing comments about him in the past calling him a joke and a coward. this is the first time she has spoken out since the impending vote about contempt. terri mother speak out to a radio station in philadelphia. she she is reacting to the president invoking executive privilege. all i can say is they apparently don t want issa to get the documents to see what else is in there. reporter: the terry family says the most excusating part of this process is not knowing how those guns ended up in the hands of their son s killers. here she is talking about her son the patriot. he loved his country and that s all he used to talk about when he was a kid. he wanted to be a policeman. he became a policeman an wanted to achieve something else.
and to some extent they still may be stonewalling. but our goals have stayed the same. number one, we want to find out who approved fast and furious, get that person fired. number two, the brian terry family is entitled to all the information the government knows about their son being murdered, and number three, we want to make sure a stupid program like this is not repeated. can t you just ask the attorney general under oath who authorized this, who is the top guy or top person who authorized it? tell us now and we will move on. i asked tough questions like this before the judiciary committee and you always have somebody covering up for somebody else. that s horrible. it is horrible. maybe this thursday, the 28th. holder is coming before the judiciary committee and the house of representatives, maybe those questions will be asked again. why don t you just send them a letter and say you are going to be here thursday, december 8th. we are going to ask you one specific questi
and to some extent they still may be stonewalling. but our goals have stayed the same. number one, we want to find out who approved fast and furious, get that person fired. number two, the brian terry family is entitled to all the information the government knows about their son being murdered, and number three, we want to make sure a stupid program like this is not repeated. can t you just ask the attorney general under oath who authorized this, who is the top guy or top person who authorized it? tell us now and we will move on. i asked tough questions like this before the judiciary committee and you always have somebody covering up for somebody else. that s horrible. it is horrible. maybe this thursday, the 28th. holder is coming before the judiciary committee and the house of representatives, maybe those questions will be asked again. why don t you just send them a letter and say you are going to be here thursday, december 8th. we are going to ask you one specific questi
do it on the same timetable they have done all of the discovery our committee has wanted based on the abuses of this administration. they will do it very slowly. more importantly, martha, the brian terry family needs to have closure. they need to know that the people responsible for fast and furious all the way to the top have to be held accountable. this was a felony stupid operation that led to 2,000 plus weapons getting in the hands of the worst of the worst. that has to be resolved. we can t wait for a special prosecutor on that. the american people deserve accountability for this kind of wrongdoing. martha: yeah. and i m sure brian terry s family cares less about the larger political implications of what eric holder is being brought into here and what he may have known or not known and they want some answers in terms of the whole program and happened to their family member. exactly. martha: congressman darrell issa thank you so much. good to see you, martha. bill: want to get