One would think that the political class would get the old axiom. The cover-up is worse than the crime. But not these folks in Washington. They will go down with the sinking ship.
And the sinking ship in question is that known now as Operation Fast And Furious.
I do not know if anyone else has commented, but why name the operation after a movie and subsequent sequels that sucked? Just sayin'.
But seriously, think of the whole idea for just a moment.
The way this was supposed to work is as a sting operation.
The feds were selling weapons to supposed "straw purchasers" that were going to in turn build a bigger case into suspected Mexican drug cartels that would be the ultimate buyer.
Only one problem.
There was no way of tracking the weapons throughout the sting. And the feds were stung themselves big time when United States border control officer Brian Terry was killed last December.
As it turned out, a gun that seized when Officer Terry was killed was eventually traced back to. . .the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms. And it blew open the disaster that is Operation Fast And Furious.
Worse is what has happened as direct result of this sting gone bad.
Some of the weapons were used or found at 179 violent crime scenes in Mexico alone. And at this point, only 600 of 2,000 guns "sold" in the sting have been recovered.
But like all other things gone wrong, it is the cover-up that has to keep some people up all night.
The fact is that members of the justice department, including the attorney general, Eric Holder, have claimed to have little of any knowledge of the sting operation. Only problem for Mr. Holder is that he has known about it. He had been informed back in July, 2010. That would put his knowledge in the very planning stages of the sting. Yet, Mr. Holder on hearings held on May 3, 2011 said the following:
"I probably heard about Fast and Furious for the first time over the last few weeks."
Sorry, that is not an affirmative, Mr. Holder.
And to continue to dig himself into a hole, Mr. Holder sent this letter to congress claiming that all of his testimony is truthful. OK, maybe in his mind, it is. But what will happen if he is contradicted in new testimony?
Well, sit back and get that microwave popcorn ready because it appears that Mr. Holder will be subpoenaed to testify before congress.
Friends, this is why the cover-up is worse than the crime. Because Mr. Holder will be contradicted. He will have to lay out why this hair-brained scheme ever saw the light of day. He will have to explain why this was acceptable with the better than 50-50 chance that said weapons would be used in crimes. Even, especially, murder.
The best case would be for the administration to lay out why this was done, and why it failed. And yes, Mr. Holder and others should at the very least resign.
For the administration of the Dear Leader, President Obama, can not want this cloud hanging over its head going into the election next year. An election that will be a tough one to win on the economy alone.
Again, I just have to note that the cover-up is always worse than the crime. Except this time, people may have been killed.
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