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CBS News Reporter: White House Aide ‘Screamed And Cussed At Me’ Over Fast And Furious Questions

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On her show this afternoon, radio host Laura Ingraham spoke with CBS News investigative journalist Sharyl Attkisson, who has been reporting on the “Fast and Furious” gun scandal, trying to find who, exactly, within the Justice Department knew about the failed operation.

And she’s been hitting some roadblocks.

Previously, Congress had asked Attorney General Eric Holder [pictured] about his knowledge of the program, and were told that he’d heard about it for the first time “over the last few weeks.” Attkisson’s report, however, has turned up memos and briefings sent to Holder’s office about the very program he professes to have only heard about recently… dating from as far back as July of 2010. Although there exists a chance that Holder could very well have not read those documents, Attkisson concedes, that would be different than not having heard about Fast and Furious at all until quite recently.

She called the Justice Department in an attempt to obtain an explanation, in writing, regarding Holder’s statements, but says that the woman she spoke to was unhelpful and is apparently trying to explain Holder’s comment as referring specifically to the Fast and Furious controversy — which has indeed unfolded “over the last few weeks” — rather than the project itself.

Attkisson explains the backtracking that has taken place since Holder’s initial comment:

In between the yelling that I received from Justice Department yesterday, the spokeswoman –who would not put anything in writing, I was asking for her explanation so there would be clarity and no confusion later over what had been said, she wouldn’t put anything in writing — so we talked on the phone and she said things such as the question Holder answered was different than the one he asked. But he phrased it, he said very explicitly, “I probably heard about Fast and Furious for the first time over the last few weeks.”

And that was not the only roadblock Attkisson has encountered while trying to find out who, exactly, knew what about this project, and when they knew it. As she tells it, the White House hasn’t been too forthcoming either:

Well the DOJ woman was just yelling at me. The guy from the White House on Friday night literally screamed at me and cussed at me. … Eric Schultz. Oh, the person screaming was [DOJ spokeswoman] Tracy Schmaler, she was yelling not screaming. And the person who screamed at me was Eric Schultz at the White House.

Mediaite reached out to Schultz for comment, but have not heard back from him at the time of posting. When and if he responds, however, we’ll update and let you know.

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  • Anonymous

    The corrupt Holder has done enough damage . He should not be in that job to start with , but Obama needed a compliant AG .

  • Anonymous

    Hmmmm….you would think a halfway decent reporter could give exact quotes of what was yelled and cursed.

    Better to go on Ingraham and gush, amirite?

  • Valerie

    Mexicans are angry???? Good thing you were insulting George Lopez like no tomorrow tiny eddie putz.

    You’re a loon!

    BWAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAAHAH
     

  • Valerie

    Laura ingraham is a three time loser with two time big mouth.

    Nobody but right wing a-holes care what she thinks

  • Anonymous

    I guess no one told Sharyl.
    The White House doesn’t like it when you ask them questions.
    Her job is to cover for the Obama administration and not to report on it.

    I suspect that she will have that explained to her soon enough.

  • Anonymous

    At lot of Mexicans have died , shot by these weapons . An American Border Patrol Agent was murdered .

    Really funny , huh ?

    You GD nitwit .

  • Michelle

    You angry, liberal women are a hoot.  I’ll bet the guys just swarm.

  • Michelle

    More Chicago thug politics from The Regime.  Better check your bed for fish heads, Sharyl.

  • http://twitter.com/Good_Lt Good Lt.

    What did the White House know, and when did they know it?

    Where there’s smoke, there’s fire. No wonder the Obama White House is screaming and yelling.

    That’s the behavior of a guilty perp.

    Drip drip, O-bots.

  • Anonymous

    “I’ll bet the guys just swarm. ”

    Actually, guys prefer single woman with children who sit on their fat ass all day blogging.

    Know anyone like that?

  • hatessnark

    actually, this sounds like angry right wing women, we all have heard enough of Laura I. to know how angry and indignant she is.  Good place to go and whine!!!

  • hatessnark

    oh, Michelle, I forgot to compliment you on your appearance on SNL on Saturday.

  • Michelle

    More liberal hatred of over-weight people.  What’s with you guys?

  • Anonymous

    BFD needs to worry about keeping his man happy .

    Robert is complaing that they never go dancing anymore . They just sit around watching Lifetime and knitting .

  • Ralph

    Looks like a CIA op to arm one drug gang to the disadvantage of other drug gangs, that might be more friendly to Chavez or Castro. 

    If Mexico cannot or will not enforce its own laws in border towns, then it becomes the responsibility of the CIA to protect America’s interests otherwise.  In fact, it is the responsibility of the CIA to meet challenges to America’s interests that originate externally and occur anywhere.

    Doubt it’s an op?  Consider this.  They are on record saying that the goal was to track guns recovered to see how they were flowing.  They expected to recover guns from raids and busts.  How could they ever imagine that a bad guy with half a dozen illegal Glocks would not use one to escape?  And yet that is exactly what they’re telling the family of the dead Border Patrol Agent.  See, it’s an op.

  • Concerned Citizen

    Jesus if this was the Bush administration, this Fast and Furious scandal would be the lead story on every newscast. The AG in a Bush admin would have been forced to step down already. The mainstream media is so biased it makes me sick. If they reported half the truth about this administration Obama’s favorable rating would be in the 20′s.

  • Jason

    You know an awful lot about that chick. Something she should be worried about?

  • Jason

    Get used to it. Obama could slaughter a litter of puppies on live tv and mediaite would lead with 25 year old stories about words spray painted on rocks and liberals would just scream about “FAUX NOISE!!!!”

  • Michelle

    Oh BFD and I go way back, don’t we? 

  • Michelle

    Oh BFD and I go way back, don’t we? 

  • Anonymous

    I’m sure hatessnark was talking about your stupidity, lil’ girl. Not your backside! 

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_NWVKX2P2QBPQ6FHQHCHVIC2ALQ Fedup in Florida

    It’s funny how quickly the progressives tried to get this thread to degenerate into a nasty little conversation about conservative women rather than the topic of the article, a corrupt AG.  

  • Anonymous

    CIA is probably a little smarter than that.

    The ATF has a long history of dumb-shit ideas like this, going all the way back to the 1970s.  This organization has an extensive history of rights violations and over-zealousness in pursuing not only unlawful gun owners, but lawful owners, as well.

    The organization should be disbanded.

  • I seemed like a good idea

    Project “gun runner” later dubbed “fast and furious” started in 2005, you morons.

    Darrell Issa, the dumbsht going all fast and furious, was informed about it in April 2010.

    One would think an “investigative reporter” would know how to use the damned giggles.

  • Anonymous

    With brilliant remarks like that, you should go troll at the HuffPost – they like inane, useless comments like yours.

  • Moosenuts99

    Try googling OPERATION WIDE RECEIVER, Bush, Gonzales.

    And then ask yourself how it differs

    BAAAAAAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHA

  • Moosenuts99

    Don’t you mean, WHEN it was the Bush admin it was called OPERATION WIDE RECEIVER

    GOOGLE IT FALSE OUTRAGE KING

  • Moosenuts99

    GOOGLE
    OPERATION WIDE RECEIVER

  • Cecelia

    No, it’s the same old liberals with several screen names.

  • Cecelia

    Yeah, we do, BFD,  but who knew you were female.

  • Cecelia

    I suspect that even now that they’re insinuating she should be working for FOX.

  • Anonymous

    I’m sure you would feel the same way if this had happened… oh I don’t know… like 5 years ago???

  • Anonymous

    How many people were killed with those guns?  How many ATF agents were murdered with those guns?  How many times did the Bush Justice department lie about those guns to Congress?

  • Valerie

     Laura Ingraham defines “angry bitch”

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_VYUK3HIJFCPFBZUHRHN6HCR5AA MarkfromSavannah

    Typical remark from a left wing piece of shit.  Not going to defend Laura, a breast cancer survivor who has lent her weight behind the cause, since the comments did not originate from her but a respected female journalist from ABC News.  Why is it you liberals are always so hell bent on shitting on the messenger and totally disregard the message? 

    Oh, that’s right.  It’s one of Obama’s boys who’s nuts might be in a sling!

  • Valerie

    “Why is it you liberals are always so hell bent on shitting on the messenger and totally disregard the message? ”

    Mainly because she’s a filthy bitch with a filthy mouth to match. A petri dish full of ebola virus has more personality. 

  • Valerie

    “Why is it you liberals are always so hell bent on shitting on the messenger and totally disregard the message? ”

    Mainly because she’s a filthy bitch with a filthy mouth to match. A petri dish full of ebola virus has more personality. 

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_VYUK3HIJFCPFBZUHRHN6HCR5AA MarkfromSavannah

    She’s a filthy bitchy with a filthy mouth, huh?  Sounds like you and Laura have a lot more in common than you thought!

    You’re an absolute nightmare of a person…..beneath contempt!

  • Valerie

     Laura is like a turd that just won’t go down the toilet no matter how many times you flush it. It just keeps coming back like a bounced check or Republican talking point. Kind of sad actually.

    And she has lice.

  • Anonymous

    Hey, I always said we should get to the bottom of F&F and heads should roll if need be..

    My point is that when a reporter says she is cursed out by the administration she needs to give exact quotes.
    Isn’t that what journalists do, quote people?

    I’m thinking there was probably a bit of back and forth going on between the parties and that is why we are not getting the whole conversations.

  • Anonymous

    Don’t blame me.
    Michelle is the one who likes to use her personal life as cannon fodder for her far right-wing ideology.
    I just have a good memory for things because I’m not an inbred teabagger.

  • Anonymous

    Shouldn’t you be out naming rocks after minorities?

  • TbagsRstupid

    were they toy guns?

  • TbagsRstupid

    ask rush

  • TbagsRstupid

    she said she screamed no yelled, no screamed

  • L_Salazar

    Sorry you Moron, this goes throught the Justice Department and was known in the White House.

  • Anonymous

    You should really get your facts straight, before calling people morons….

    Operation Gunrunner was a Pilot Program out of the Laredo, TX office in 2005 and then expanded nationwide in 2006. Its primary purpose was to assist the Mexican Government in the implementation of the agency’s E-Trace system. E-Trace is a web-based program that allows various Law Enforcement Agencies (foreign and domestic) to access ATF’s firearm serial number database for the purpose of tracing firearms recovered at crime scenes or seized in raids.

    Operation Fast and Furious was a sting operation.  Someone, or someones, at the ATF allowed the transfer of firearms to continue for the identification of additional suspects.

    Not the same thing.  One’s a computer program; the other is a crime.  Besides, why would it matter when the Justice Department assisted in the murder of American law enforcement and Mexican nationals? A crime is a crime.

  • Anonymous

    Well, if Operation Wide Receiver is similar, then maybe the liberals will get their chance at imprisoning some Bush Admins.  But this doesn’t change the facts behind Operation Fast and Furious.

  • Pablo

    If the allegations are true, there should be prosecutions. Are you really trying to run with “Bush did it too, so it’s OK.”?

  • Pablo

    And kvetching. And bleating.

  • Pablo

    You had to hit your 20′s sooner or later, right?

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_FSPIVAFYI672OH5NOKVRTEZA4U MadCharles

    Prosecute Bush as well. Lock up Bush and Obama.

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_FSPIVAFYI672OH5NOKVRTEZA4U MadCharles

    Why do you even bother answering these people ? It’s so useless and a waste of time.

  • Pablo

    What does your demented opinion of Ingraham have to do with Holder perjuring himself?

  • Anonymous

    Obama’s going to end up just like Nixon did….resigning in disgrace just ahead of impeachment proceedings. This is worse than Watergate, both American and Mexican citizens are dead because of the illegal weapons sales from Fast & Furious. I hope Obama and Holder like how they look in their orange prison outfits…..

  • Pablo

    You mean exact quotes like “The question Holder answered was different than the one he asked.”?

    Guess where I got that?

  • http://www.scoamf.com/2011/08/hitler-realizes-obama-is-stuttering.html Unicon

    This sounds bad…
    Tommy will need to sleep on it tonight.. and come up with two or three posts to justify this Gestapo tactic.

  • Anonymous

    Actually, I think you seemed like a very bad idea.  Try again.

  • Anonymous

    Shhhhh…. The Bush Strawman doesn’t work anymore. But if the libs figure this out, then it wont be funny for everyone else anymore. 

  • RW

    What did Holder know and when did he know it?

  • Anonymous

    Ummm…the exact quotes that were SCREAMED AND CURSED.

    God, I hate it when you teabaggers play stupid.

  • http://www.scoamf.com/2011/08/hitler-realizes-obama-is-stuttering.html Unicon

    Only Tommy can save Eric’s ass now !!!!!!!

  • Anonymous

    “Mediaite reached out to Schultz for comment, but have not heard back from him at the time of posting. When and if he responds, however, we’ll update and let you know.”

    Not to worry, folks.  Rest assured that Tommy Christopher will explain it all away.

  • Anonymous

    Yes, if Bush had a hand in this, then both his AND Obama’s administrations need to be held accountable.

  • http://twitter.com/BarneyFranken Barney Franken

    see how BFD is trying to subtly imply that the reporter is lying?

    You know, just when you think BFD couldnt be more shallow, he somehow manages to drain a little more out of the pool.

  • Anonymous

    It’s not so much answering them as it is insulting them.

    It’s my hobby.

    Like fishing or masturbating.

  • Anonymous

    Teabaggers don’t like transcripts.
    They just prefer reporters gushing ’bout things and what-not….

    “THAT THAR GUBMINT O-FFICIAL DONE YELLED AND CUSSED AT ME I TELLS YA!!!!”

  • http://twitter.com/BarneyFranken Barney Franken

    “Teabagger.” There BFD goes with his gay slurs again. Seriously BFD, you do understand that you are the biggest asshole and raving homophobe on here right?

  • Anonymous

    Hey, don’t blame me. It’s in the dictionary now….

    Teabagging:
    verb (used with object)

    1 – An adult act performed by consenting republican/conservatives on each other to express their fake outrage to imaginary tax increases (most of these idiots actually just got a tax break)

    During this act one republican/conservative nut job drops his pants in public and slowly lowers his scrotum into the eager mouth of another right wing nut lover.

    Some basic Teabagging participation rules

    1: Participants have to be very low income (preferably on welfare)
    2: Participants have to be avid Fox News watchers (this makes certain the participants are brainwashed to the extent of being borderline retarded)
    3: Participants have to be republican/conservative

  • http://twitter.com/BarneyFranken Barney Franken

    BFD, are you mentally ill or something? Did you even listen to the interview? Of course you didnt, you’d rather be steeped in ignorance.
     
    There is no reason to doubt the reporter’s story…your attempt to deflect here is pathetic and no one is buying what you are selling.

    Why dont you go back to what you were doing before, which was staring at yourself in a mirror, wearing a wig and your mother’s old dress, and shouting “teabagger!” at yourself.

  • Anonymous

    I listened to it repeatedly and I can’t discern what PROFANITY was SCREAMED at her that they are making such a fuss about.

    Maybe you can enlighten me or stfu?

  • Anonymous

    How can we expect anything else, when the Hood is running the white-house!!!!! word to your mother The crips the bloods and the gang-bangers run the House

  • Pablo

    You asked for an exact quote. I gave you one. I asked if you knew where I got it. You didn’t answer me because you were busy moving the goalposts.

    Do you know where I found that quote? I’ll give you a hint: ^^^^^^^

  • Pablo

    You know that they don’t broadcast profanity over the air, right shithead?

  • Pablo

    Where’s the testimony? Where’s the evidence? And what difference would that make? If it’s wrong, it’s wrong no matter who does it.

    Why are you defending Holder? If he’s “just like BOOOOOOOSH!”, you should want him locked up, like you do Bush.

  • Pablo

    Fast and Furious was a program under the Gunrunner umbrella. F&F was started in 2009. They are not the same thing.

  • Jp7077

    shouldn’t you think twice about calling anyone an “angry bitch”?

  • Jp7077

    you just dig your hole deeper and deeper with each line you right…..

  • Anonymous

    lol….idiot post of the month

  • Anonymous

    Wow, I take back what I said about teabaggers playing stupid.

    You REALLY ARE stupid!

  • TruDat

    Oh come on, they were just being transparent.

  • TruDat

    That’s because liberals are morons.

  • Anonymous

    Sharryl Atkinson is consistently one of a handful of reporters actually doing what we expect journalists to do, ask questions and follow where the answers lead.   When the DOJ And White House yell at you AND won’t provide any info in writing, you know you’re on the right track.   

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_JYVAWGBIPKD6KM34635KNVLVGQ Lee

    Hoder was only carrying out the commands of his “massa”!

  • caconservative

    He was insulting George Lopez? Sooooo, what’s the problem?!

  • caconservative

    It’s not the ATF, it’s the White House administration that is directing this. The rank and file ATF officers are furious over this little misadventure of the DOJ! We’ve got dumb and stupid running this country and getting peopled killed.  

  • caconservative

    Wrong is wrong no matter what idiot is doing it!!

  • caconservative

    Try telling that to the family of our dead Border Patrol agent. You think they give a rats-ass which imbecile was in charge? Or, do you think they want the ass who OK’d this crap brought to justice?

  • caconservative

    We may not see Obimbo seek a second term. He’s dumb but, not stupid. People with narcissistic ego’s don’t like having their ego bruised.

  • http://twitter.com/Darr247 Darr Darr

    Bush’s justice department ran a similar “gun-walking” program, and that’s the one the memos are about. Note they never mention “Fast & Furious” by name. Not that I condone either program. Unless the guns were rendered inoperable before letting them walk, it’s the stupidest thing I’ve ever heard of.

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_TQY74MMTFZ3ARNJFWQ6CETEHE4 billsfanwest

    I agree with you Fedup, about the ridiculous sniping that folks think is worth placing in this column, but only displays their pettiness. The real and very important topic is the corrupt and criminal behavior of the Obama administration. Folks who took oaths to defend, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States must be held accountable for their failure to live up to the oaths they took…Holder and Obama are among the many who should be made to answer for their disrespect for the law of the land.

  • ClarkeUSMC

    You’re an IDIOT if you think “Bush did it too” works! Holder lied, Obama lied and 2 agents DIED! Sounds like one of those stupid rhymes you libs come up with only this one is ACCURATE and TRUE!

  • Lyndee

    Most important gutsy reporter in the country . Please get to the bottom of this coverup.

  • Lyndee

    Most important reporter in the country. Please get to the bottom of this coverup.

  • http://twitter.com/BarneyFranken Barney Franken

    She only briefly mentioned being “cussed” at. The greater point was that the Obama Admin was terribly hostile towards here, and there is no reason to doubt here account of what happened.

    Its laughable that you making ”no transcripts” the centerpiece of your argument.. Is this really all you have? Why does it even matter what exact curse word was used? So if she was called a bitch, its wrong, but if she was called a whore its ok?
     
    Maybe you can enlighten ME- Why you think the reporter is lying? Why are you trying to cast doubt on the accuracy of her story?
     
    OBVIOUSLY the DOJ would have every reason to be upset over her story. How then are the encounters as she described them not believable? 
     
    Its sad that you have been reduced to attacking a reporter for asking questions, and then screaming “teabagger” at anyone who doesnt lockstep with your agenda.
     
    I think the prospects of the Obama presidency crashing and burning are a little too much for your fragile psyche to handle. You are losing it pal…

  • Anonymous

    lol…that’s a helluva long post when I only asked you to name the profanity that was screamed of stfu.

    I knew you couldn’t, teabagger.

  • Anonymous

    “So if she was called a bitch, its wrong, but if she was called a whore its ok? ”

    You are f*cking delusional.

    It was obviously profanity of something like “Where the hell did you get that idea?!?” and she played it up she was cursed at.

    Just the fact that an idiot like you has the nerve to say it could be “whore” or “bitch” is exactly why she should come out of hiding and set the record straight.

    Whore or Bitch?

    Seriously, you are a bigger idiot than I thought.

  • Anonymous

    Eric Holder  here is a thought, You should seriously think about committing suicide. I think it would be good for you now. 

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