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==Fast and Furious scandal==

==Fast and Furious scandal==

On March 10, 2011, Holder made his first of many comments about the Justice Department's internal investigation, telling Texas Senator [[Kay Bailey Hutchison]] that he had "asked the Inspector General to try to get to the bottom of it."  Inspector General Cynthia Schnedar was asked to head an independent investigation. Holder was in effect Schnedar's boss from 1994 until 1997 when she served as assistant U.S. attorney in Washington, D.C. in the 90s.  During Ms. Schnedar's tenure the two had worked a number of cases together.<ref>[http://www.americanthinker.com/2011/10/fast_and_furious_in_a_rotten_nutshell.html#ixzz27iRBCN28 Fast and Furious in a Rotten Nutshell], Ronald Kolb, ''American Thinker'', October 7, 2011,</ref> Schnedar quit shortly before the Inspector General's Report was issued, clearing Holder. The bulk of the report throughout was done by Schnedar, but Press Releases attributted the report to her replacement.<ref>[http://townhall.com/tipsheet/katiepavlich/2012/08/22/fast_and_furious_doj_inspector_general_report_delivered Fast and Furious: DOJ Inspector General Report Delivered], Katie Pavlich, ''Townhall'', August 22, 2012.</ref>

On March 10, 2011, Holder made his first of many comments about the Justice Department's internal investigation, telling Texas Senator [[Kay Bailey Hutchison]] that he had "asked the Inspector General to try to get to the bottom of it."  Inspector General Cynthia Schnedar was asked to head an independent investigation. Holder was in effect Schnedar's boss from 1994 until 1997 while she served as assistant U.S. attorney in Washington, D.C. in the 90s.  During Ms. Schnedar's tenure the two had worked a number of cases together.<ref>[http://www.americanthinker.com/2011/10/fast_and_furious_in_a_rotten_nutshell.html#ixzz27iRBCN28 Fast and Furious in a Rotten Nutshell], Ronald Kolb, ''American Thinker'', October 7, 2011,</ref> Schnedar quit shortly before the Inspector General's Report was issued, clearing Holder. The bulk of the report throughout was done by Schnedar, but Press Releases attributted the report to her replacement.<ref>[http://townhall.com/tipsheet/katiepavlich/2012/08/22/fast_and_furious_doj_inspector_general_report_delivered Fast and Furious: DOJ Inspector General Report Delivered], Katie Pavlich, ''Townhall'', August 22, 2012.</ref>

==Terrorist pardons==

==Terrorist pardons==