Congress v. Holder: Despite ‘bombshell’ wiretap, feds decline to investigate top cop (via
The Christian Science Monitor)
The Justice Department declined on Friday to investigate its own boss, Attorney General Eric Holder, for congressional contempt, even as House Republicans revealed evidence tying some of the government’s top law enforcement officers directly to the Fast and Furious “gun-walking†program, and,…
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