Today, United States District Judge Amy Berman Jackson ordered that the Department of Justice must turn over a log of withheld Fast and Furious documents by October 1.
House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Darrell Issa, R-Calif., issued the following statement:
Today a Federal judge ordered that the Department of Justice must submit by October 1 a privilege log of withheld documents related to Operation Fast and Furious. I am grateful and pleased by that. This Administration has been so intent on hiding the contents of these documents that it allowed Attorney General Holder to be held in contempt instead of just turning them over to Congress. The privilege log will bring us closer to finding out why the Justice Department hid behind false denials in the wake of reckless conduct that contributed to the violent deaths of Border Patrol Agent Brian Terry and countless Mexican citizens.
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