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[email protected] Founding Fathers: "Republics are created by the virtue, public spirit, and intelligence of the citizens. They fall, when the wise are banished from the public councils, because they dare to be honest, and the profligate are rewarded, because they flatter the people, in order to betray them." --Joseph Story, Commentaries on the Constitution, 1833 Issa releases blistering memo supporting Committee recommends that Congress find the Holder contempt citation Attorney General in contempt for his failure to By Dave Workman, comply with the subpoena issued to him.” Senior Editor The 64-page memorandum, sent to members of the House Oversight House Oversight and Government Reform Chairman Darrell Issa has Committee, includes a draft contempt citation for issued a blistering Holder. It notes that, “Much of Operation Fast and memorandum detailing Furious remained a mystery when the Department of his case for issuing a Justice forcefully dismissed whistleblower accusations Contempt of Congress and denied that anything improper had occurred to citation against Attorney Congress on February 4, 2011.” General Eric Holder for the Justice Department’s This refers to a letter sent to Senator Charles stonewalling and cover-up on the investigation