Justice official says congressional deadline for more Fast and Furious documents ‘impossible to meet

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On the eve of U.S. Attorney Eric H. Holder Jr.'s appearance before Congress, a senior Justice Department official said the department cannot meet the deadline Republican lawmakers have set to turn over more documents on the Fast and Furious gun operation or be held in contempt of Congress.

Deputy Attorney General James M. Cole said that the February 9 deadline to submit all documents on the botched gun operation set this week by Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.), chairman of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, was "impossible to meet."

"We will continue in good faith to produce materials, but it simply will not be possible to finish the collection, processing and review of materials by the date sought in your most recent letter," Cole wrote in a five-page letter to Issa on Wednesday.

On Tuesday, Issa threatened to hold Holder in contempt if the Justice Department does not turn over the documents, which the committee subpoenaed in October.

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[Firebrand Gary]

1. Issa is attempting to slow down Holder.

He is attempting to inundate the Justice Department in the face of redistricting, voting rights and Wall St investigations.

[ProgressiveProfessor]

2. Justice is a big organization...it can handle all of that quite well

F&F is a serious disaster. The administration needs to get it behind it.

[IndyJones]

3. I agree. Just turn over the requested documents

and move on. Let the chips fall where they may.

[Frances]

4. And have another situation

where innocent people are outed the way Valerie Plame was outed

I don't think so

[graham4anything]

5. dems need to recapture the house(and hold the senate and presidency)

best thing to do is to work hard and make sure the Dems recapture the house forever
and find a candidate to run and defeat Isaa and stop him from these McCarthyesque witchhunts against democrats.