remember the era of mccarthy. one man with no checks and balances labeled groups as communists, some were, most weren t. not just one man. a group, well-founded operation a judge and jury impose a sentence and the sentence is. this that you are to be barred. laura: intimidate you. barred from the public policy. if we disagree with you politically. laura: in other words, if you believe in border enforcement you are against amnesty. you are traditional catholic you might be of another denomination. party of a tea party organization which brings me to you mr. haimer. this seems to be a rank effort to shut down debate in the united states and to dominate political discourse and demonize good people who just happen to have a different point of view. what have you found in your examination of the southern poverty law center? well, i haven t specifically looked at that organization, although i m familiar with it i have seen real hatred in my 26
this year was inaccurate. the documents produced to date also belie the remarkable notion that this operation was conceived by department leaders as some have claimed. it is my underanding that department leaders were not informed about the inappropriate tactics employed in this operation a until they were made public. what is clear is that disrupting the dangerous flow of firearms along the southwest border, and putting an end to the violence that has claimed far too many lives is and will continue to be a top priority for this department of justice. this year alone we have led successful investigation into the murders of united states citizens in mexico, created new cartel targeting prosecutorial units and secured the extradition of more than one hundred defendants wanted bayou nighted states law enforcement, including the former head of the tijuana cartel. we also built crime-fighting
so the chairman of the house judiciary committee is now calling for a special counsel to investigate this matter. i m not suggesting perjury. i am suggesting that there is a conflict between what the attorney general told us and what these documents that were just released show us. that is, that apparently he knew about, more about the fast & furious operation a year before he was willing to tell the judiciary members that he knew about it. martha: this is of course not the first political controversy eric holder has been a part of. he faced criticism when he called for investigation into cia abuses during the bush administration. last year he admitted during congressional testimony that he did not read arizona s immigration law. he reversed his position whether the 9/11 conspirators should be tried at gitmo or here in new york. he believed they should face a military tribunal. there are a number of issues for eric holder. that is one side to this equation whether or not this
remember the era of mccarthy. one man with no checks and balances labeled groups as communists, some were, most weren t. not just one man. a group, well-founded operation a judge and jury impose a sentence and the sentence is. this that you are to be barred. laura: intimidate you. barred from the public policy. if we disagree with you politically. laura: in other words, if you believe in border enforcement you are against amnesty. you are traditional catholic you might be of another denomination. party of a tea party organization which brings me to you mr. haimer. this seems to be a rank effort to shut down debate in the united states and to dominate political discourse and demonize good people who just happen to have a different point of view. what have you found in your examination of the southern poverty law center? well, i haven t specifically looked at that organization, although i m familiar with it i have seen real hatred in my 26
remember the era of mccarthy. one man with no checks and balances labeled groups as communists, some were, most weren t. not just one man. a group, well-founded operation a judge and jury impose a sentence and the sentence is. this that you are to be barred. laura: intimidate you. barred from the public policy. if we disagree with you politically. laura: in other words, if you believe in border enforcement you are against amnesty. you are traditional catholic you might be of another denomination. party of a tea party organization which brings me to you mr. haimer. this seems to be a rank effort to shut down debate in the united states and to dominate political discourse and demonize good people who just happen to have a different point of view. what have you found in your examination of the southern poverty law center? well, i haven t specifically looked at that organization, although i m familiar with it i have seen real hatred in my 26