Judicial Watch has been tenacious in pursuing the truth behind the outrageous operation known as Fast & Furious, by which the United States government provided weapons illegally to Mexican drug cartels, resulting in hundreds of deaths in Mexico, and the death of at least one US law enforcement officer. The response of the Obama administration has been to stonewall at every step, indicating that there is something to hide, possibly criminal behavior.  Yesterday, it was revealed that the Obama administration is claiming executive privilege to keep secret a farcical array of documents, including emails sent my the Attorney General Eric Holder to his wife and to his mother. Neither of these women is a government employee, so their communications to Mr. Holder cannot by any stretch of the imagination be construed as covered by executive privilege, which is limited to policy deliberations at senior levels of the executive branch. Judicial Watch writes: Judicial...(Read Full Post)