ton on your show and you asked us what did you learn, and i have to say, well, greta, i can t tell you. you just have to trust me. this is not just an exercise to satisfy my cure i don t sayty. i asked asked questions in south carolina every time i go home. you will ask me questions, brian terry s family has questions. the notion we are going to keep this information in a small circle of members of congress, i don t want to see the wiretap applications. i don t want to see documents that could impact a prosecution or an ongoing investigation. i have no desire to see that. the circumstances surrounding the drafting of a false letter, that has nothing to do with a trial or a prosecution. i will also say this, i don t know which one of my colleagues is coming on after me, and washington is such that it doesn t allow folks to cross the line very often. i would hope in matters related to criminal justice, and i hope i ve proven to my colleagues on the other side, this is not a political exe
they weren t traceable. this was a botched operation, there s no question about it. they were not? it was a botched operation. some of them were traced. and, in fact, a couple of the guns that were allowed to walk, as we called it, were in the vicinity of where agent terry was killed. so this is a serious issue as far as a mismanagement. but again, it s morphed into this political agenda that s obviously quite disturbing. let me give you a good example. the subpoena that was issued to the attorney general as of last friday was asking, directing him to turn over information that would have been a violation of law for him to turn over. grand jury transcripts, the rules of criminal procedure explicitly prohibit it. transcripts of wiretap applications. the united states code prohibits it. so darrell issa in the committee was demanding that the attorney general commit a violation of
they were not? as i mentioned, it was a botched operation. some of them were traced, and, in fact, a couple of guns that were allowed to walk as we call it was in the vicinity of where agent terry was killed. this is a serious issue as far as a mismanagement, but again, it s morphed into this political agenda that is obviously quite disturbing. let me give you a really good example. the subpoena that the committee had issued to the attorney general as of last friday was asking, directing him to turn over information that would have been a violation of law for him to turn over. grand jury transcripts, the rules of criminal procedure explicitly prohibited, transcripts of wiretap applications, the united states code, especially prohibits it. darrell issa in the committee was demanding that the attorney general commit a violation of his oath, violate the law in his
number one, the subpoena he sent to the attorney general was so over-broad it was requiring him to provide information that if he would have it would have put him in jail. grand jury transcripts. that s illegal to turn over. transcripts of wiretap applications, that s against the united states code to turn it over. so it raises questions about the credibility of what s really the agenda here. is it the pursuit of truth or a political hit shot? that is what the chair has to protect. second thing is that the attorney general has actually been very responsive. he s been in to the congress eight times to testify, produce thousands of documents. so this is something that could be worked out. but sometimes you don t want to take yes for an answer. josh, congressman issa told rush limbaugh in 2010 that president obama was one of the most corrupt presidents in modern times. he walked it back, then came out
i died for my country and he was a true american and i think he deserved the truth. and i think everybody should know the truth and if this is a bad thing that they did with the fast & furious, it should be acknowledged so it never happens to anybody else s son. that poor family wants to get to the bottom of the story and now the president has inserted himself into it by claiming executive privilege. why did he do that? here s congressman gowdy yesterday. if he did not know about fast & furious before brian terry was murdered, if he did not approve of the wiretap applications, then what in the world is he asserting executive privilege for? he s either part of it or he s not. if he s part of it, then we ve had a series of witnesses that have misled this committee! and if he s not part of it, then he s got no business asserting executive privilege. let s bring in fox news senior judicial analyst judge andrew napolitano. are you shocked this happened?