Tuesday, November 29, 2011

RED ALERT: Deputy A.G. behind ‘Fast and Furious’ met with President Obama four times during the height of the operation

Item 1: In March of 2011, President Obama denied knowledge of 'Operation Fast and Furious' -- the Justice Department program that sent thousands of murder weapons to Mexican drug cartels. - Doug Ross

Item 2: According to documents obtained by the House Judiciary Committee, Deputy Attorney General Gary Grindler was keenly aware of all aspects of Operation Fast and Furious as early as March 2010....

Item 3: Newly released White House Visitor Logs* list Grindler as having visited the White House 40 times, but only four times with the President himself. All four meetings with the President occurred over a two-week period, between 7 May 2010 and 19 May 2010....

According to The Los Angeles Times, these dates just so happened to represent the run-up to "the height of [Operation] Fast and Furious..."

Summary: In early 2010, Gary Grindler was intimately involved in all aspects of Operation Fast and Furious. During the height of the operation, Grindler visited the President on four separate occasions in only two weeks -- his only documented meetings with the president at the White House.

* The Thanksgiving White House visitor log document dump - Michelle Malkin