**Posted by Phineas
And probably including one for Eric Holder [1]. Looks like Chairman Issa (R-CA) has decided “no more Mr. Nice Guy:”
CBS News has learned a congressional subpoena directed to Attorney General Eric Holder could go out as early as Tuesday, ordering him to turn over documents to lawmakers about when he was aware of a controversial gun smuggling operation known as Fast and Furious.
CBS News investigative correspondent Sharyl Attkisson reports the the subpoena will come from the House Oversight Committee, led by Republican Darrell Issa. It will ask for communications among senior Justice Department officials related to Fast and Furious and “gunwalking.”
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The subpoena will list those officials, says Attkisson – more than a dozen of them – by name.
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A source familiar with the Oversight Committee’s plans tells CBS News the subpoena request was prompted by the Justice Department dragging its feet in voluntarily turning over information to investigators, and new documents obtained by CBS News last week which seem to contradict Holder’s account of when he learned of the operation.
The subpoenas will come in the wake of a stunning letter from Attorney General Holder castigating the majority members [2] of Issa’s House Oversight and Government Reform Committee and Rep. Issa’s equally firm shove-back [3].
This move represents a crossing of the Rubicon as far as the investigation into Operation Fast and Furious goes; congressional subpoenas are not to be dismissed lightly. Will the administration fight them? As Ed at Hot Air [4] figures it, Obama would be smart to warm up that bus [5] and throw Holder under it, pronto; the last thing he needs is a major scandal in the limelight during his reelection bid. But, Obama has rarely shown smarts in anything to do with public image or relations with Congress since becoming president. Quite the contrary, as administration officials have literally screamed at reporters [6] who dared to cover Gunwalker honestly.
Frankly, I expect Obama and Holder to fight this well past the point of diminishing returns.
Time to stock up on popcorn. 
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RELATED: Earlier Gunwalker [8] posts.
UPDATE: Oh, my. Now the DEA is implicated [9], too. Per Chairman Issa:
It was a joint operation in which DEA knew more than ATF.
As they say, there’s never just one roach under the carpet.
(Crossposted at Public Secrets [10])