“I’m not saying that the Obama Administration intentionally magnified the precise circumstances that they were using to justify their gun control proposals.”

However, he makes it clear what his suspicions are — which are the same as ours.

Nor does he anywhere in the post state that he believes or even suspects that any law was broken.

http://tinyurl.com/6kbvof6

But it’s early yet. All the folks who were involved in Fast and Furious have not yet been put under oath. There will be a load of depositions taken, a lot of emails to be subpoenaed and pored over. Hey, I think it would be fun if Issa’s House Committee were to pull a NYT and enlist the public to closely examine the emails, just as was done for the Palin emails.

Speaking of which, although it’s off-topic, nothing was found in all the Palin emails that was the least damaging to Palin. Actually, the whole affair turned out to a net plus, public relations-wise, FOR Palin. Now it seems to me that something embarrassing would be found in that many emails from any normal politician. But Palin ain’t a normal politician, folks — no, she’s several levels smarter than the general run of American politician. For some time now, beginning with her “death panel” bombshell, she’s been leading the MSM around by the nose and it’s a wonderful sight to behold.

The commentor ascribes a characteristic to my analogy that is not there. What I’ve written in the way of analogy boils down to this:

The ATF instructing gun shops to sell guns to cartel middlemen …

is similar to …

police informants being instructed to sell drugs to drug dealers …

My analogy went no further than that. The analogy did not address what might happen to the guns/drugs later on and did not speak to the morality of the two similar situations.

I’m waiting for some reputable conservative-minded law-oriented blogs, say, The Volokh Conspiracy or Legal Insurrection to weigh in on the subject of whether crimes were committed.

Someone needs to inform Sarasota Police Chief Peter Abbott about that rule that cops never sell drugs in the performance of their duties:

“A confidential informant and an undercover detective waited inside the restaurant to sell Dixon an ounce of cocaine and 100 Ecstasy pills for $950.”

http://tinyurl.com/3wvx9qc

And the Chandler and Phoenix, Arizona, police departments probably also need to be told about the rule:

“Chandler police detectives were selling 500 pounds of marijuana in an operation called a “reversal” when they became the victims of a botched drug rip-off in south Phoenix …”

http://tinyurl.com/3qyprwv

Danged if I don’t think there may be a couple of actual bodies in those “straw-men” of mine.

You are putting way too much faith in the Dept of Joostice. No way they are going to indict their own superiors. Gun dealers, OK; Lanny Breuer, Uh-Uh.

Just to be on the record in regards to my faith in the Department of Justice, I do not believe there is much of a chance that the Obama Justice Department will indict anyone of significance even if crimes were committed.

But a Special Prosecutor, should one be appointed? The odds get better, I think. And if I were testifying before a Congressional Committee or giving a deposition on this matter I would be very, very careful to stick to the truth.