Obama Asserts Executive Privilege, Protects Holder

President Obama & Attorney General Holder

From theGrio.com, about the liberal Democratic president: "President Obama on Wednesday asserted executive privilege in a dispute over documents related to the 'Fast and Furious' operation, likely meaning that his administration will not turn over documents that House Republicans have long requested on a failed program that was intended to stop gun-trafficking."

More: "The administration’s announcement came as the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee has scheduled a vote to hold Attorney [General] Eric Holder in contempt for not turning over the documents. Congressional Republicans say they must see the documents to determine if the administration covered-up its role in 'Fast and Furious,' while the Obama administration is asserting these papers and e-mails are internal deliberations that the executive branch should not have to disclose to Congress."

Bookeristas Respond: "What Are Obama & Holder Trying To Hide?"

African American Conservatives is mindful of when then-U.S. Senator Barack Obama slammed U.S. President George W. Bush in 2007 for hiding behind executive privilege. AACONs writes on its Twitter page: "Obama's invocation of Executive Privilege may indeed make his the most transparent administration ever, just not in the way he promised."

Mr. Ref, a conservative in North Carolina, tweets: "The House should bring a contempt vote on Holder immediately. His stonewalling has gone far enough. Cough up the documents." ‪