Matthew Boyle, The Daily Caller
House oversight committee chairman Rep. Darrell Issa announced late Monday that he’s expanding his probe into the Justice Department’s questionable gun-walking programs to include drug money the Drug Enforcement Agency reportedly helped smuggle into the hands of the drug cartels in Mexico.
The New York Times reported on Sunday that “in operations supervised by the Justice Department and orchestrated to get around sovereignty restrictions” drug enforcement agents “laundered or smuggled millions of dollars in drug proceeds as part of Washington’s expanding role in Mexico’s fight against drug cartels.”
In a Monday letter to Attorney General Eric Holder, Issa announced he’s investigating the allegations made against the DEA in the New York Times article.
“As you are fully aware, since March of this year, I have been investigating the reckless tactics — in particular gunwalking — used in ATF’s Operation Fast and Furious,” Issa wrote. “That operation, which you personally acknowledged was ‘fundamentally flawed,’ failed spectacularly to meet its objective of bring down Mexican drug cartels. Precisely because the ends do not justify the means, the law limits the conduct alleged in this story.”
“Apparently, this same goal of dismantling Mexican drug cartels motivated the Drug Enforcement Administration in aiding and abetting these same cartels in laundering millions of dollars in cash,” Issa continued. “In fact, The New York Times reports that agents needed to seek Department approval to launder amounts greater than $10 million in any single operation.”
Issa wrote that, according to the report, many agents said the $10 million requirement was frequently “waived” because it was treated more like a guideline. He said that means “hundreds of millions of dollars” could’ve been “laundered” into the hands of drug cartels by the Obama administration and Holder’s Justice Department….
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Darrell investigating is not enough,it's time to throw Holder in jail not just let him quit.Remember what you let happen to Scooter Libby over a third rate Jane Bond and her husband superspy.We Americans need proof that you can put someone in jail for the murder of Agent Brian Terry.I'm sure the family will appreciate a do nothing investigation to actually do something.
The Obama administration operates like a retarded beast. Instead of guarding our border, there is a greater concern about operating in Mexico to try to help them with their problems. If the energy spent by the O admin in Mexico…was spent on the border, we would more than likely have thousands of less illegals. If O would stand up for Americans instead of Mexicans, we would not have to listen to thousands of whiners for illegal Mexican nationals. And yet O, despite his actions, his not the stupidest man on the planet. He 100% understands the effect of California's debt by illegals in prison, hospital bankruptsy, welfare overload, and mandates to teach English. So the O admin files against states who do not wish to follow California's pattern. He is aware of the consequences of his actions when he intervenes. I hope the oversight committee wins against O and the DOJ because all of this insanity needs to cease.
Why is congress not impeaching Holder and obama?