Same Shoe, Other Foot

Led by Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA), who chairs the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Republicans told The Los Angeles Times on Friday that they have been stonewalled by the Department of Justice in their probe of a law enforcement operation [“Fast and Furious”] that saw U.S. firearms end up in the hands of Mexican drug cartels.

Confirming the report, Rep. Jason Chaffetz (R-UT) told the committee on Friday that [AG Eric] Holder “is leading us down a path where we have no other choice [but to hold him in contempt of Congress].” He added that if Holder would simply turn over an additional 73,000 pages of documents, the threat of a contempt citation would subside.

  Raw Story

It's hard to imagine anyone having anything but contempt for Congress, but in this case, I'm sure Holder is hiding some embarrassing information. But, seventy-three thousand pages?

Holder said that several ongoing criminal investigations which resulted from the operation preclude him from releasing all the information Republicans are asking for.

And if not, national security will.

The last time Congress issued a contempt citation was in 2008, amid a probe into the Bush administration’s politically-motivated firing of U.S. attorneys. Two Bush officials were held in contempt by Congressional Democrats after they refused to comply with subpoenas that would have compelled their testimony.

Republicans at the time argued that administration officials are immune from Congressional probes due to protections afforded through executive privilege.

Yes, but that was when Republican officials were under scrutiny.

 ...and hey, do what you want...you will anyway.