OBAMA ADMINISTRATION’S HIGHEST SKILL: STONEWALLING

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POSTED ON AUGUST 2, 2014 BY JOHN HINDERAKER IN FAST AND FURIOUS, OBAMA ADMINISTRATION SCANDALS

OBAMA ADMINISTRATION’S HIGHEST SKILL: STONEWALLING

As of September 2011, it was estimated that around 300 Mexicans had been killed or wounded with guns smuggled to Mexican drug cartels by the Obama administration in the Fast and Furious operation. That number has probably doubled, at least, since then. If so, it would not be far off from the 800 civilians–many of them in fact Hamas terrorists–who have been killed in the fighting in Gaza. It is striking to compare the level of press interest in the Gaza conflict with that devoted to Fast and Furious.

 

How does the scandal-ridden Obama administration keep getting away with it? Partly, of course, the explanation is that most reporters and editors are Democratic Party activists. But there is more to the story than that: the Obama administration has perfected the art of stonewalling. In the case of Fast and Furious, Darrell Issa’s House committee tried to investigate the scandal, but