Fed Judge Skeptical of Justice Dept. Bid to Dismiss Lawsuit in Fast and Furious Case

By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com A fed judge in D.C. appeared skeptical of the Justice Department’s bid to dismiss a lawsuit centering on the poorly thought out ATF operation known as Fast and Furious, according to the Associated Press.  The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee has filed a lawsuit seeking records related to the operation….

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Assassination Plot Was So Clumsy, Officials at First Doubted Iran’s Role

By Joby Warrick and and Thomas Erdbrink The Washington Post The straight-out-of-pulp-fiction plot by alleged Iranian operatives to assassinate a Saudi diplomat in Washington was so badly bungled that investigators initially were skeptical that Iran’s government was behind it, U.S. officials said Wednesday. Officials laying out the details of the case owned up to their…

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