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    Default Judge Orders DOJ to Release Fast and Furious Documents Withheld From Congress

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    Thanks to a Freedom of Information Act Lawsuit pursued against the Department of Justice by government watchdog Judicial Watch, the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia has ruled documents being withheld from Congress under President Obama's claim of executive privilege must be turned over.

    Obama made the claim on the same day Attorney General Eric Holder was voted in criminal and civil contempt of Congress in June 2012.

    "This order forces the Obama DOJ, for the first time, to provide a detailed listing of all documents that it has withheld from Congress and the American people for years about the deadly Fast and Furious gun running scandal," Judicial Watch released in a statement.

    The FOIA lawsuit has been ongoing for 16-months and is now proceeding after a lengthy delay.

    The Justice Department originally asked the court for an indefinite hold on a FOIA request from Judicial Watch, citing executive privilege and an ongoing investigation. That indefinite hold request was shot down more than a year ago.

    The documentation DOJ is required to now turn over is a "Vaughn index" of "all requested Fast and Furious materials from a June 2012 Judicial Watch FOIA request."

    A Vaughn index must: (1) identify each document withheld; (2) state the statutory exemption claimed; and (3) explain how disclosure would damage the interests protected by the claimed exemption." In ordering the DOJ to provide Judicial Watch the Vaughn index, the Court ruled, “In this circuit, when an agency is withholding documents under exemption claims, courts require that the agency provide a Vaughn index so that the FOIA requester – at a distinct informational disadvantage – may test the agency’s claims.”

    “Once again, Judicial Watch has beat Congress to the punch in getting key information about another Obama scandal – this time, the Fast and Furious outrage,” Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton said in a statement.

    “A federal court has ordered the Obama administration to produce information that could, for the first time, provide specific details who in the administration is responsible for Fast and Furious lies to Congress and the American people.
    http://townhall.com/tipsheet/katiepa...claim-n1873165

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    Default Re: Judge Orders DOJ to Release Fast and Furious Documents Withheld From Congress

    Quote Originally Posted by middlefinger01 View Post
    Yep, and then it will take another two years in court to get the actual documents.

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    Default Re: Judge Orders DOJ to Release Fast and Furious Documents Withheld From Congress

    Start of next week's headline:

    Lois Lerner has been in charge of the Fast and Furious documents since 2012 and.......

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    Default Re: Judge Orders DOJ to Release Fast and Furious Documents Withheld From Congress

    Quote Originally Posted by MrPeanut View Post
    Yep, and then it will take another two years in court to get the actual documents.
    If they didn't get "lost." We're only scratching the surface.

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    Default Re: Judge Orders DOJ to Release Fast and Furious Documents Withheld From Congress

    A) Holder refuses to comply

    B) the documents are 'lost' in a computer crash

    c) the documents are 'lost' in a tragic boating accident

    d) Holder threatens retaliation

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    Default Re: Judge Orders DOJ to Release Fast and Furious Documents Withheld From Congress

    Or, he can once again lean on the minority crutch.

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    Default Re: Judge Orders DOJ to Release Fast and Furious Documents Withheld From Congress

    As Hillary would say, "What difference does it make at this point?" I'm sure these documents are in the same place as Lois Lerner's e-mails and the firearms that went missing.

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    Default Re: Judge Orders DOJ to Release Fast and Furious Documents Withheld From Congress

    Oh, Congress will get the documents. Four years from now & with every name, date & location redacted. By then there'll be no one in Congress who remembers or even gives a shit.
    "It's hard to imagine a more stupid or more dangerous way of making decisions than by putting those decisions in the hands of people who pay no price for being wrong."
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    Default Re: Judge Orders DOJ to Release Fast and Furious Documents Withheld From Congress

    Montani Semper Liberi

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    Default Re: Judge Orders DOJ to Release Fast and Furious Documents Withheld From Congress

    Good info Gummy. I'll have to do more research on Holders wife when at the computer.

    Using the phone is a PITA.

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