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[Sigma]

The foundation of Gun Owners of America today filed suit in the U.S. District Court for D.C. to compel the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) to produce thousands of documents related to Operation Fast & Furious.

Depending upon the outcome of this case, Justice Department officials could spend time in jail.

Last year, Gun Owners Foundation submitted a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) which -- not surprisingly -- has virtually been ignored by the ATF. Although the agency has told GOF several times that it would comply with the FOIA request, the ATF has violated each and every one of its self-imposed deadlines.

On March 16, 2011, Congressman Darrell Issa, Chairman of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, sent a letter to ATF requiring production of records related to their involvement in Operation Fast & Furious -- where thousands of firearms were smuggled from the United States to Mexico.

On April 21, 2011, Gun Owners Foundation submitted its own FOIA request to the ATF, to which the ATF has responded in various ways. The agency has sometimes ignored our requests entirely. Several times, ATF has promised (but failed) to produce information by a certain date. And at least once, the ATF suggested we were mistaken, claiming that they had already given us the requested information -- only to follow up that communication with a new promise and new deadline for producing the requested documents.

If the court finds in favor of the GOF complaint, the ATF will have to produce the requested documents or face “contempt of court” charges. Given that media reports indicate the House of Representatives may decline to press contempt charges, Gun Owners Foundation remains committed to pressing this case until justice is realized.

Please help Gun Owners Foundation to continue doing this important work. You can contribute to GOF at: http://www.gunowners.com/donate.htm

[SFC Stu]

Thanks for posting that. The public deserves answers, we are paying the bill for this!

[Sigma]

Click Here to Watch Eric Holder Testify Before Congress on the 'Fast and Furious' Scandal



http://nation.foxnew...furious-scandal

[C0untZer0]

You don't think Sheryl Atkinson, CBS News and Fox News have filed FOIA requests for the F&F documents?

[Gray Peterson]

Wow, GOF/GOA does something other than snipe at the NRA and file near-worthless amici?

I'm shocked, shocked I tell you.

[Federal Farmer]

This suit is worthless except as a fund-raising stunt.  It is a civil action and does not directly lead to any criminal charges or penalties.  Likewise, if/when criminal charges are filed, this suit will languish pending the result of the criminal charges.

[C0untZer0]

I guess they're lining up

http://www.newsmax.c...06/18/id/442681J

Judical Watch filed today  

[C0untZer0]

I forgot to mention that the family of Jamie Zapata also filed a FOIA regard F&F.

I think that the family's FOIA is probably the most difficult for the administration to deal with from a PR perspective.