In what is sure to spark howls of derision and extra foamy mouth foaming, the Justice Department's inspector general released its report on Operation Fast and Furious.
The Justice Department’s inspector general on Wednesday issued a scathing critique of federal officials for their handling of the botched gun-trafficking case known as Operation Fast and Furious, but essentially exonerated Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr., whom many Republicans have blamed for the scandal.
In a long-awaited report, the inspector general, Michael E. Horowitz, laid primary blame on what he portrayed as a dysfunctional and poorly supervised group of Arizona-based federal prosecutors and agents of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, describing them as “permeated” by “a series of misguided strategies, tactics, errors in judgment and management failures” that allowed a risky strategy to continue despite the danger to public safety.
The report identified 14 people who should lose their jobs. Pretty much what I had thought all along.
The 471 page report is exhaustive and I would hope that those detractors of Eric Holder and the president would take the time to read through it before rendering further judgments.
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Wow. The Justice Dept investigator found no wrongdoing in his own Justice Dept, and lower level folks took the fall.
Shocking.
What the report shows is that Holder was unaware of a bad operation. That is hardly a commendable position for the man in charge of the DoJ.
Also note how the IG's report is directly at odds with the Forbes piece you were all gaga over.
The report identified 14 people who should lose their jobs.
No it didn't. It referred them for possible disciplinary action. Two have already left. I guarantee you that 1 year from now the other 12 will still be collecting federal paychecks unless they decide to leave.
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