he should be spear heading this investigation instead of stonewalling it. we find out yesterday, gregg, that he has been consulting with the chief strategist for the obama campaign about what he should be saying and doing. we just think that inappropriate. we have to step back and realize, we had a law enforcement officer who lost his life because of this program. hundreds of people in mexico who lost their lives in mexico because of this program. the ambassador of mexico said this poisoned relationship between these two countries and impacted something two administration have been working on. yet taken a year and still hasn t completed his investigation. gregg: mr. holder says look, we really didn t know, senior officials didn t know about the gun walking operation until 2011. do you have the affidavits that are incidental to the wiretap applications that show that they knew about it in 2010? does it specifically say that, the gun-walking operation in 2010? gregg, i do not have in m
did you know and when did you know it? who in your justice department at a n. a senior level knew what they knew about fast and furious and when in the hearing today on capitol hill which i attended came after this week congressman issa sent a letter to two attorney general eric holder saying, look, i have seen six wiretap applications. each with an attachment from your assistant attorney general lanny brewer with a approval of those. and anyone who knows about the wiretap process knows when you submit an application for a wiretap you submit details, excruciating details about the case. assistant attorney general lanny brewer committed that he knew about gun locking tactics after he submitted a false letter to congress about denying the tactics in the first place and saying this is a localized program. today holder did nothing but office on skate and push us back to the level i don t know anything. i don t read my memos and my senior officials don t read theirs either. laura: there w
probably during this election to the obama administration s dismay. jamie: tom, your background is with the ag. there are laws in place to protect against thin things like this. this is not one allegation, it s compounded by a number of different activities that the justice department is accused of doing or not doing. how strong a case is there against eric holder? i think the attorney general s problem is begins the day with a bit of a credibility deficit before this committee. he took a position early on that high level officials in washington, including his deputies knew nothing about the fast and furious until it was publicly revealed. what we ve seen now is a drip, drip, drip of documents including new wiretap applications where the attorney general says we knew nothing but then he finds himself in a very defensive reactive posture where he s got to explain away what is in the documents. i think he would be well advised just to get the full truth, put it out there on the table a
for eric holder and are not being held accountable knew they were gun walking and knew they were continuing to gun walk. chairman issa got a chance on six wiretap applications that are still under wraps because they re sealed by a federal judge but he says they show that back in 2010, senator senior d.o.j. officials knew about irresponsible tactics but they let it slide that let a spokesperson deny it all on tuesday saying senior justice department officials were not aware of the tactics of fast & furious until they became public in early 2011. and the claims that wiretap applications prove the criminal division or anyone at the department of justice approved these tactics remain inaccurate as they were when they were first made over a year ago. so 9:30 this morning here in washington, we re going to hear from the attorney general and he ll testify at a house
patrol agent named brian terry and now g.o.p. lawmakers are accusing the justice department of refusing to hand over thousands of documents on that sting leading to this explosive exchange. here, watch. 140,000 documents and produced to you about 7600. so 140,000 documents. how many documents are responsive but you are withholding at this time? well, we have produced 7600 look, i don t want to hear about the 7600. chairman, i would beg to allow. the lady is out of order. inquiry. excuse me mr. chairman. i would beg to allow the attorney general to be able to it finish. shepard: well, the hearing came one day after the california congressman darrell issa said that he has leaked wiretap applications that prove officials knew about this program. house democrats say those leaks only tell part of the story. for the west rest of it let s get to mike emanuel on capitol hill it was four and a half hour hearing with a lot of heat. any sign of it getting