The administration is trying to pull a fast one

Last week, President Obama proved that he will use all measures necessary to protect the secrets of his administration. In an extraordinary use of power, the president invoked executive privilege to avoid turning over documents requested by Congress related to the “Fast and Furious” operation.

The House Oversight Committee and Chairman Darrell Issa of California requested that Attorney General Eric Holder release emails and memos relating to the operation, which used the investigative tactic called “gun walking” so federal agents could allow people to buy illegal weapons and walk away freely in the hope that the guns could then be traced to arms-trafficking ringleaders.

According to reports, Holder was the man behind these orders. It’s estimated that due to the failures of the investigation, more than 2,000 illegal weapons were allowed on the streets. Two of them were used to murder a federal border agent.

Last October, in an attempt to expose a cover-up, Issa subpoenaed the Justice Department for a particular set of documents relating to the investigation, but he claims the Justice Department has only handed over a fraction of the documents requested.

Then, last week, minutes before Holder was set to testify before the Oversight Committee, Obama invoked executive privilege. In response, the committee voted 23-17 along party lines to hold Holder in contempt. If the full House approves the contempt citation, Holder could be subject to a federal criminal investigation.

In the case of Fast and Furious, the attorney general failed to make effective decisions regarding national security and lives were lost.

Which brings up a valid point, and I commend John Podhoretz, in the New York Post, for bringing this to my attention. If this was a Justice Department program, led by the attorney general, why is the president invoking executive privilege? Is it just politics, or was the president more involved than we originally thought?