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Seems like in middle of an election year were focusing on this look at partisan lines upon which this is being debated in the house. looks like a witch-hunt. >> wide receiver much smaller scale program, and two, they actually tried to track the guns. >> right. >> the problem with this one, alan, they said okay, well let the bad actors buy the guns. we have no means to track them except for when they show up at crime scenes. >> holder? how far does it go? >> that is wonderful question. it would b...

Instead of closing doors others would open. investigators could unafter vail their story. remember during this period of time from february to december, ken melson and u.s. attorney dennis burke were both still in the mix. they were still in office. would their e-mails support this contention that the department of justice was entirely ignorant of the tactics of "fast and furious"? and that officials under burke and melson intentionally misled washington? that is basically the allegation. and wo...

Harriet miers, who are white house personnel, from testifying before the house judiciary committee on the firing of u.s. attorneys. the judiciary committee went to court to enforce a contempt citation and they ultimately prevailed in the u.s. district court before a judge who was appointed by president bush, john bates, who was, what you would call a conservative. gregg: right. >> there is really a presumption in our constitution that congress entitled to virtually every scrap of paper to make o...

Might be revealed in that that maybe they dont want to show, but nevertheless at this point they are saying we dont want to release those. gregg. gregg: just to keep track holder has now retracted the mukasey testimony, his may 5th testimony about when he found out about it and the infamous february 4th letter to congress, all three have been proven false and holder has retracted them. there are some new documents that show that top doj officials were aware of fast and furious early on, william,...

The conservatives who are looking to make an issue in an election year. look at timing of this. gregg: im not sure the white house explanation were getting through our two correspondents we talked to today makes a lot of sense relative to the request by congress. theyre saying, well we did have discussions about how to politically handle the fallout of "fast and furious". that is unrelated to the documents being sought over at justice, rich. so why would i invoke a protection, a flat-out protect...

Explanations for it, but in your judgment does it look bad? >> well, where there is smoke theres fire. unfortunately perception is often reality in the court of public opinion and right now with all these, maybe misstatements that he may have made but on record saying one thing. then having seen something else happen you are having the american public have to ask themselves these questions. is this guy telling the truth and it is now that theyre holding these documents what do those documents co...

Not theyre still in opening remarks officially. gregg: really? jenna: thats why were seeing different lawmakers get a microphone and get a chance to speak. we understand they will take a break in a short while before they plan to take the vote, the vote to hold the attorney general in contempt of congress. just within the committee but a significant vote at that. were actually going to take a quick break right now. well be back with more coverage on "happening now." the medicare debate continues...

Going to meet with the committee and they would work it out which is usually what happens in these cases. so my guess, just speculative, is perhaps they can use this whole kerfuffle and vitriol and raucousness and all rest to further their argument, wow, look how horrible this congress is. look at all the unreasonable people we have to deal with. gosh, arent they really mean to president obama. gregg: you know, tell my clients, if you have nothing to hide, dont hide it. and if everything is as i...

Say something about this but is unable to. she referred us to her attorney. this is a big case for the family as well. it is a good reminder today as we cover the news the loss of the young man on the screen. bret, more coverage on "special report". thank you. >> sure, jenna, the overarching question here this use of executive privilege, is it constitutional? bruce fine is former associate attorney general. he served under president ronald reagan. bruce, great to see you. it has been a while. >>...

Privilege itself automatically requires that the president be involved or that the white house be involved but certainly the strength of the privilege weakenses more remote it comes from the white house here. and you also have this odd situation where the department of justice has already turned over thousands of documents related to the deliberative process within the department and it seems a little unseemly for them to say oh, well with hold the ones we dont want you to see. that enables the ...