Hold Holder accountable

Sun., July 8, 2012

U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder, after Border Patrol Agent Brian Terry’s death and other crimes committed with “fast and furious” guns, may not be able to be charged with conspiracy, but he should be held accountable under “reckless disregard” and prosecuted.

A $1,000 fine for contempt of Congress is laughable. Young people, jail inmates and others seeing “good ’ol boys” committing crimes and then letting one another off the hook with executive privilege get a bad impression that perpetuates crime and shady behavior in American life.

“Let he who is without sin cast the first stone”? All the stones might just as well be on Mars. Now, the young and impressionable will always have the opinion that “if the attorney general can get away with it, then I’m not gonna worry about it either.”

What’s happened to this nation?

Robert L. Wimp

Spokane

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