Fast and Furious: Eric Holder's Big Lie

As is the custom in Washington, more documents from the Justice Department's Fast and Furious scandal were dumped late Friday night in order to beat the news cycle. Daily Caller has a report that casts even more doubt on Eric Holder's May 2011 testimony before Congress that he only heard of Fast and Furious "a few weeks prior" (later amended to "a couple of months").

http://dailycaller.com/2012/01/28/latest-friday-night-document-dump-shows-holder-was-informed-of-fast-and-furious-connection-to-brian-terry%E2%80%99s-murder-on-day-border-agent-died/

So the question begs: How long a period is from mid-December to early May; a few weeks, a couple of months, a few months-or several months? Then there is this:

"Wilkinson responded to Burke shortly thereafter and said the incident was “tragic.” “I’ve alerted the AG [Holder], the Acting DAG, Lisa, etc.”


Well, that makes sense. If a Border Patrol agent is killed and the murder weapon is traced to Fast and Furious (within hours), of course, the Attorney General would be notified. And not by a memo or an e-mail. Someone in his department would have marched right into his office, tapped him on the shoulder and told him. If he was out of town, the least that would have happened would have been an immediate phone call.


Then, the same day (December 15),  when DOJ official Monty Wilkinson is notified of the Fast and Furious connection, he answers US Attorney Burke, "I'll call tomorrow."


Of course, as soon as he informs Holder and knows what to tell Burke. 


What the documents clearly indicate is that this was a serious and urgent matter-and appropriate notifications were, indeed, being handled. Where the story breaks down is when Holder disclaims knowledge, not only of the gun connection, but of Fast and Furious itself. It is almost as if President Bush were notified by memo of the 9-11 attacks and never read the memo. It just doesn't pass the smell test.


Update (January 30)  


Here is PJ Media's report by Bob Owens:

http://pjmedia.com/blog/new-emails-suggest-eric-holder-perjured-himself/