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    Paid for by the Republican National Committee.

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    Not authorized by any candidate or candidates committee.

    October 19, 201

    Too Slow, Too CalmWith Scandal Growing, Obama Still Hasnt Held Anyone

    Accountable For Fast And Furious______________________________________________________________________

    PRESIDENT OBAMA MAINTAINS THAT THOSE LIABLE FOR FAST AND FURIOUS WIL

    BE HELD RESPONSIBLE

    Yesterday, President Obama Said Those Responsible For Fast And Furious Will Be HeldAccountable.As the Justice Department investigates how U.S. guns were allowed to flow illicitly intoMexico under the watchful eyes of federal agents, President Obama said today in an exclusive interview wit

    ABC News that people who have screwed up will be held accountable. (Devin Dwyer, Obama On Fast And Furious: PeoplWho Have Screwed Up Will Be Held Accountable,ABC News, 10/18/11)

    BUT SEVEN MONTHS AFTER OBAMA SAID AN INVESTIGATION WAS UNDERWAY, NO

    ONE HAS BEEN HELD ACCOUNTABLE

    March 2011: President Obama Exclaimed That Attorney General Holder Had Commissioned AnInspector General To Review Fast And Furious.Obama:He [Attorney General Holder] has been veryclear, our policy is to catch gunrunners and put them into jail. So what hes done is hes assigned an I.G., an

    Inspector General to investigate what exactly happened here. (Obama On Gunwalking Serious Mistakes May Have BeenMade, CBS NewsHot Sheet Live, 3/23/11)

    October 2011: President Obama Continues To Say That Attorney General Holder Has Initiated An

    Investigation Into Fast And Furious. Obama: Obviously Eric Holder has launched a full investigation ofthis, it is not acceptable for us to allow guns to go into Mexico. (Interview With President Obama,ABC News, 10/18/11)

    ATFS OPERATION SUPPLIED WEAPONS TO DRUG CARTELS AND RESULTED IN THE

    MURDER OF A U.S. BORDER AGENTThe Fast And Furious Operation Was An ATF Program That Tracked Weapons Sold To Illegal Buyers

    In Hopes Of Arresting Mexican Drug Cartel Members. (Richard A. Serrano, Emails Show Top Justice Department Officials Knew ATF Gun Program,Los Angeles Times, 10/3/11)

    The Failed Operation Lost Track Of More Than 2,000 Weapons And Resulted In The Death Of A U.S.

    Border Patrol Agent, Which ATF Considered Collateral Damage. (Richard A. Serrano, Emails Show Top JusticeDepartment Officials Knew Of ATF Gun Program,Los Angeles Times, 10/3/11; Sharyl Attkisson & Chris Scholl, ATF Fast And Furious Secret Audio: Murder OfBorder Patrol Agent Collateral Damage,CBS News, 9/21/11)

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    ATTORNEY GENERAL ERIC HOLDER TOLD CONGRESSIONAL INVESTIGATORS THAT HE

    JUST RECENTLY FOUND OUT ABOUT FAST AND FURIOUS

    On May 3, 2011, Attorney General Eric Holder Testified To Congress That He Only Became Aware Of

    Fast And Furious Over The Last Few Weeks In Spring 2011.(Sharyl Attkisson, ATF Fast And Furious: New Documents ShoAttorney General Eric Holder Was Briefed In July 2010,CBS News, 10/3/11)

    Attorney General Eric Holder: I'm Not Sure Of The Exact Date, But I Probably Heard AboutFast And Furious For The First Time Over The Last Few Weeks.(Sharyl Attkisson, ATF Fast And Furious: NewDocuments Show Attorney General Eric Holder Was Briefed In July 2010,CBS News, 10/3/11)

    HOWEVER, EMAILS SHOW HOLDER RECEIVED BRIEFINGS ON FAST AND FURIOUS IN

    2010

    Documents Showed Attorney General Holder Received Briefings About Fast And Furious Since 2010

    Internal Justice Department memos released last week show that Holder was notified about the existence

    of the operation as early as last year. Holder testified in May before the House Judiciary Committee that he

    did not know about the operation until recently. The White House and the DOJ said that Holder was

    referring to when he was made aware of the controversial and taboo tactics used in the operation. (Jordy YageIssa: Holders Defense On Fast And Furious Has Reached A New Low,The Hill, 10/10/11)

    Michael Walther, Director Of The National Drug Intelligence Center Advised Attorney GeneraHolder Of Fast And Furious In July 2010. And in a July 2010 memo from Michael Walther, thedirector of the National Drug Intelligence Center (NDIC), Holder was notified that NDIC and a

    Phoenix drug enforcement task force would assist the ATF with an investigation of a suspected gun

    trafficker, Manuel Celis-Acosta, being run under Operation Fast and Furious.(Jordy Yager, Docs Show HolderWas Informed Of Fast And Furious In 2010,The Hill, 10/4/11)

    Attorney General Holder Was Briefed By A Memo In November 2010. But in a memo fromNovember 2010 Assistant Attorney General Lanny Breuer notified Holder about a sealed indictment

    against alleged gun traffickers in Arizona by the DOJs organized crime and gang section.(Jordy Yager,Docs Show Holder Was Informed Of Fast And Furious In 2010,The Hill, 10/4/11)

    Assistant Attorney General Lanny Breuer Noted Fast And Furious In The Memo Received ByAttorney General Holder. Breuer wrote that the indictment would remain sealed until anotherinvestigation, Phoenix-based Operation Fast and Furious, is ready for takedown. (Jordy Yager, Docs ShowHolder Was Informed Of Fast And Furious In 2010,The Hill, 10/4/11)

    AND PRESIDENT OBAMA ADMITTED THAT ATTORNEY GENERAL HOLDER KNEW

    ABOUT FAST AND FURIOUS MONTHS BEFORE HE TESTIFIED TO CONGRESS

    President Obama Said He Asked Attorney General Eric Holder About Fast And Furious In March,

    2011. There have been problems, you know. I heard on the news about this story that-- Fast and Furious,

    where allegedly guns were being run into Mexico, and ATF knew about it, but didn't apprehend those who

    had sent it. Eric Holder has -- the attorney general has been very clear that he knew nothing about this. We

    had assigned an I.G., inspector general, to investigate it. (Interview With President Obama,CNN Espanol, 3/22/11)

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