Fast and Furious was a program run by Obama and Attorney General Eric Holder which required gun dealers near the Mexican border to relax the background checks on guns. The intent was to track these guns and see if they fell into cartel hands. Discovery resulted in a major scandal -- from the Wikipedia article:
As a result of a dispute over the release of Justice Department documents related to the scandal, Attorney General Eric Holder became the first sitting member of the Cabinet of the United States to be held in contempt of Congress on June 28, 2012. Earlier that month, President Barack Obama had invoked executive privilege for the first time in his presidency over the same documents.
Today brings a two-fer. First, from The Hill:
Judge rules against Obama on 'Fast and Furious'
A federal judge on Tuesday ruled President Obama cannot use executive privilege to keep records on the “Fast and Furious” gun-tracking program from Congress.
U.S. District Court Judge Amy Berman Jackson ordered the administration to release documents that it has been attempting to withhold by asserting executive privilege.
The ruling also requires the administration to release to Congress all "segregable portions" of records they are withholding that are considered “attorney-client privileged material, attorney work product, private information, law enforcement sensitive material, or foreign policy sensitive material.”
Second - from FOX News:
‘Fast & Furious’ rifle capable of taking down helicopter found in 'El Chapo' cache
A .50-caliber rifle found at Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman’s hideout in Mexico was funneled through the gun-smuggling investigation known as Fast and Furious, sources confirmed Tuesday to Fox News.
A .50-caliber is a massive rifle that can stop a car or, as it was intended, take down a helicopter.
More at each site. The Judge's ruling is a good one - Obama is getting carried away with his pen and his phone. Time to put some constitutional limits on it.
