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Eric Holder Buries Another Fast and Furious Victim (Video Report)

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Published on Dec 19, 2012

DOJ & House Republicans Begin Settlement Talks On Fast & Furious Lawsuit

from Freedom Outpost

Attorneys for the Department of Justice and the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee told U.S. District Court Judge Amy Berman Jackson that they have begun settlement talks on the lawsuit that seeks to force Attorney General Eric Holder to produce documents related to Operation Fast and Furious. Both sides said the talks had just begun and that neither side could say whether they would make any progress or not.

Holder was held in contempt of Congress in June for not providing the subpoenaed documents and the Republicans in the House sued him in August to enforce the subpoena. Barack Obama invoked executive privilege in order to stop the documents from being released to the House Oversight Committee. . . . Read Complete Report

Fast & Furious West Coast Branch? LAPD launches probe into alleged resale of weapons by SWAT officers

While this may look like a local story  of interest only to those on the Left Coast, I assure you it’s all part of the big picture.  Those guns will end up killing other people, both innocent and guilty on BOTH sides of the border.  All in the name of tightning our gun laws. Did i just write that?  The law is stealing guns to sell to the people who are trying to kill them AND all in the name of promoting less guns in America’s citizens hands… it IS a strange world we live in! . . . EDITOR

The Los Angeles Times 

By Joel Rubin, Los Angeles Times

August 24, 2012, 8:22 p.m.

The department is conducting the second investigation into allegations that officers bought specially-made handguns with an ‘LAPD SWAT’ insignia and resold them at a steep profit.

The Los Angeles Police Department is investigating whether members of its elite SWAT unit took advantage of their assignments to purchase large numbers of specially-made handguns and resell the weapons for steep profits, according to a report released Friday by the independent watchdog overseeing the department.

The allegations, if true, could be a violation of federal firearm laws and city ethics regulations. . . . Read Complete Report