In yet another attempt to cloak the Attorney General within the dubious claim of executive privilege, President Obama has sought to conceal the contents of over 15,000 documents pertaining to the Fast and Furious scandal that left American Border Patrol Agent Brian Terry dead at the hands of firearms funneled to Mexican drug cartels while the Justice Department did nothing.
In July, a federal judge ruled that the Justice Department must comply with a Judicial Watch request and turn over the �Vaughn Index,� a collection of over 15,000 documents that concern the Fast and Furious operation that many allege served as a false flag operation to spur violence on the border in an effort to justify a Justice Department crackdown on gun sellers and purchasers.
Last month, a federal judge took issue with the Justice Department�s delays in releasing the documents and ordered them released by October 22nd.
Though the federal judge ordered the release of the Vaughn Index, the Obama Administration has claimed executive privilege over the documents. At the height of legislative inquiry over Attorney General Eric Holder�s role in the scandal, Obama protected the Attorney General and sealed-off the investigation by asserting executive privilege that extends to his top law enforcer- a claim that is of questionable legality but that has been, nonetheless, less-than vigorously challenged.
Holder remains the only Attorney General to have ever been held in contempt of Congress in our nation�s history.
The President�s claim to executive privilege is not the blank check he likely hopes it is. However, it is yet unclear if or when these legal hurdles will be cleared. In the meantime, the citizens of the United States are saddled with an executive branch that makes the Politburo of the Soviet era look like an open book by comparison.
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