U.S. Assistant Attorney General Ronald Weich plans to resign his position soon, as two different scandals rage on in which he has provided allegedly misleading information to Congress.

Weich, who has served as Attorney General Eric Holder’s emissary in congressional communications... is the same Holder deputy who falsely told Congress that neither the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives nor any part of the Department of Justice ever allowed illicit firearms to "walk” across the U.S.-Mexico border — even as contrary facts emerged from the investigation into Operation Fast and Furious.

On Feb. 4, 2011, Weich wrote to Congress that the idea that "ATF ‘sanctioned’ or otherwise knowingly allowed the sale of assault weapons to a straw purchaser who then transported them into Mexico … is false.”
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The DOJ has since retracted Weich’s letter but has not held anyone accountable for providing that misinformation to Congress...

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The (UK) Daily Mail lists drone sites... in the U.S.

There are at least 63 active drone sites around the U.S, federal authorities have been forced to reveal following a landmark Freedom of Information lawsuit.

The unmanned planes – some of which may have been designed to kill terror suspects – are being launched from locations in 20 states...

Certificates of Authorizations (COAs), issued to public entities like police departments, are active in 42 locations, expired in 16 and disapproved in four.

...crickets...

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Mitch Daniels "endorses” Dick Lugar:

I’m not for Dick Lugar for what he’s done, but for what he can do.

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Somebody at Investors Business Daily has been reading the highway bill:

IRS Might Have Stalinist Powers Under New Law

The Republican House of Representatives may soon follow the Democratic Senate and give the IRS the power to confiscate your passport on mere suspicion of owing taxes.  There's no place like home, comrade.

"America, Love It Or Leave It” might be an obsolete slogan if the "bipartisan transportation bill” that just passed the Senate is approved by the House and becomes law.  Contained within the suspiciously titled "Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act,” or "MAP 21,” is a provision that gives the Internal Revenue Service the power to keep U.S. citizens from leaving the country if it finds that they owe $50,000 or more in unpaid taxes — no court ruling necessary.

It is hard to imagine any law more reminiscent of the Soviet Union that America toppled, or its Eastern Bloc slave satellites...

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A Tory voter writes:

"We voted for change.  We voted to rid our country of socialism, of compromise, of personal power and individuals’ self interest in the benefits of power.  We voted to protect our hard won standards, our culture and traditions and our pride in our unique nationhood...

"We tied what remained of our severely damaged hopes wishes and aspirations to the colours of a ‘new revitalised’ Party led by a professed Conservative, a man purporting to have presence on the world stage, a man supposedly of unwavering principle and courage, a protector of our country, our culture and our establishment.  Perhaps, we foolishly thought, with this man we will get our country back.

"Wrong on every count!.”

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