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							From: Brad Woodhouse
to      Matthew Boyle
date Thu, Mar 15, 2012 at 12:18 PM
subject       Re: Does Chairwoman Wasserman Schultz think President Obama
and AG Holder should call Mexican president Felipe Calderon to apologize for 330
civilians murdered w Fast and Furious weapons?

Matthew - you have twice now threatened to report things that are not true and
which put words in our mouth. And, we are under no obligation to answer your
questions no matter how many cuss words you use or insults you hurl. We won't
return your lack of professionalism with our own. What do I have to do to get
you to stop emailing me?

From: Matthew Boyle
Sent: Thursday, March 15, 2012 12:06 PM
To: Brad Woodhouse
Subject: Re: Does Chairwoman Wasserman Schultz think President Obama and
AG Holder should call Mexican president Felipe Calderon to apologize for 330
civilians murdered w Fast and Furious weapons?

You and I both know exactly what I was going to report -- and exactly how I
was going to frame it -- and it would have been 100 percent accurate. In
fact, I explained that to you and to Weigel and to everyone else. BTW,
dude, would you grow up, please? Answer the questions. That's your job
as a spokesperson. This is downright the most immature response I've
seen from a flack since EVER.

And, btw, Dave Weigel and tons and tons of other reporters (including
many who work for BuzzFeed) say my style of reporting is brilliant.
"Genius" says one of Ben's reporters to me. So cut the crap, grow up and
answer the questions -- if you're capable of doing so.

On Thu, Mar 15, 2012 at 12:02 PM, Brad Woodhouse wrote:
Yes	
  –	
  it	
  is	
  –	
  you	
  were	
  going	
  to	
  report	
  something	
  that	
  wasn’t	
  true	
  because	
  you	
  didn’t	
  get	
  a	
  
response.	
  	
  Yes	
  –	
  that	
  you	
  were	
  going	
  to	
  report	
  a	
  lie	
  is	
  quite	
  clear.
	
  
From: Matthew Boyle
Sent: Thursday, March 15, 2012 11:57 AM

To: Brad Woodhouse
Subject: Re: Does Chairwoman Wasserman Schultz think President
Obama and AG Holder should call Mexican president Felipe Calderon to
apologize for 330 civilians murdered w Fast and Furious weapons?
It's pretty damned clear, like I said before, what I was going to report. Would you guys
rather not talk about Fast and Furious and instead talk about me?
	
  
	
  
from	
   Brad	
  Woodhouse	
  WoodhouseB@dnc.org	
  
to	
        Matthew	
  Boyle	
  	
  
date	
   Thu,	
  Mar	
  15,	
  2012	
  at	
  11:55	
  AM	
  
subject	
   RE:	
  Does	
  Chairwoman	
  Wasserman	
  Schultz	
  think	
  President	
  Obama	
  and	
  AG	
  Holder	
  should	
  
call	
  Mexican	
  president	
  Felipe	
  Calderon	
  to	
  apologize	
  for	
  330	
  civilians	
  murdered	
  w	
  Fast	
  and	
  
Furious	
  weapons?	
  
	
  
Matthew	
  I	
  called	
  your	
  inquiries	
  here	
  reindeer	
  games	
  –	
  and	
  I	
  have	
  made	
  that	
  clear	
  repeatedly.	
  	
  
You	
  have	
  a	
  slant	
  and	
  an	
  agenda	
  and	
  you	
  did	
  threaten	
  as	
  Ben	
  Smith	
  noted	
  himself	
  to	
  say	
  that	
  the	
  
Chair	
  did	
  not	
  support	
  Holder	
  just	
  because	
  we	
  did	
  not	
  respond	
  to	
  your	
  inquiry.	
  	
  That	
  would	
  have	
  
been	
  an	
  absolute	
  lie.
	
  
From: Matthew Boyle
Sent: Thursday, March 15, 2012 11:52 AM
To: Brad Woodhouse
Subject: Re: Does Chairwoman Wasserman Schultz think President Obama and AG Holder
should call Mexican president Felipe Calderon to apologize for 330 civilians murdered w Fast and
Furious weapons?

Dude, you're putting words in my mouth. Seriously, I didn't say I'd report
she had no confidence in him. I said I'd report she wasn't supporting him.
Big difference. Once again, you and I both know that. You know damn well
that's exactly what I was going to report. So cut the shit, would you? Stop
being a two-year-old.

Anyway, so the DNC's official position is that it's "reindeer games" for a
reporter to ask whether its chairwoman believes the president and his AG
-- both of her party -- should apologize to Mexico for a government
operation that led to at least 300 murders in that country when a
congressman from the opposing political party is calling on the president
and AG to do so?

You said reindeer games. Nice try, though.
On Thu, Mar 15, 2012 at 11:44 AM, Brad Woodhouse wrote:
You	
  are	
  doing	
  it	
  again	
  –	
  I	
  did	
  not	
  say	
  that.	
  	
  That	
  was	
  a	
  reference	
  to	
  your	
  ongoing	
  slanted	
  and	
  
agenda	
  filled	
  inquiries.	
  	
  And	
  you	
  absolutely	
  did	
  threaten	
  to	
  put	
  words	
  in	
  our	
  mouth.	
  	
  You	
  said	
  if	
  
we	
  did	
  not	
  respond	
  you	
  would	
  say	
  the	
  Chair	
  did	
  not	
  have	
  confidence	
  in	
  Holder	
  which	
  would	
  
have	
  been	
  a	
  lie.	
  	
  Once	
  again	
  I	
  kindly	
  request	
  you	
  to	
  stop	
  email	
  me.
	
  
From: Matthew Boyle
Sent: Thursday, March 15, 2012 11:42 AM

To: Brad Woodhouse
Subject: Re: Does Chairwoman Wasserman Schultz think President Obama and AG Holder should call
Mexican president Felipe Calderon to apologize for 330 civilians murdered w Fast and Furious weapons?

You and I both know I wasn't putting words in your mouth. And, so, to be clear, the official DNC position
on this question - whether Obama and Holder should apologize to Calderon for the at least 300 murdered
civilians for Fast and Furious -- is that it's "reindeer games"?
On Thu, Mar 15, 2012 at 11:39 AM, Brad Woodhouse wrote:
Matthew	
  –	
  when	
  a	
  publication	
  starts	
  threatening	
  us	
  with	
  putting	
  words	
  in	
  our	
  mouth	
  if	
  we	
  don’t	
  
respond	
  to	
  their	
  slanted,	
  agenda-­‐filled	
  inquiries	
  we	
  tend	
  to	
  stop	
  dealing	
  with	
  them.	
  
	
  
From: Matthew Boyle
Sent: Thursday, March 15, 2012 11:37 AM

To: Brad Woodhouse
Subject: Re: Does Chairwoman Wasserman Schultz think President Obama and AG Holder should call
Mexican president Felipe Calderon to apologize for 330 civilians murdered w Fast and Furious weapons?

I'm a reporter and I want to get to the truth here. But to clarify, you're okay with being quoted in The Daily
Caller bashing Mitt Romney (in my articles, too, nonetheless) but you won't answer questions when it
involved DNC officials?

http://dailycaller.com/2012/01/03/romney-supports-opposes-free-trade-with-china/
On Thu, Mar 15, 2012 at 11:35 AM, Brad Woodhouse wrote:
Matthew	
  –	
  your	
  attempt	
  at	
  blackmail	
  was	
  the	
  last	
  straw.	
  	
  What	
  part	
  of	
  stop	
  emailing	
  me	
  do	
  you	
  
not	
  understand?
	
  
From: Matthew Boyle
Sent: Thursday, March 15, 2012 11:34 AM

To: Brad Woodhouse
Subject: Re: Does Chairwoman Wasserman Schultz think President Obama and AG Holder should call
Mexican president Felipe Calderon to apologize for 330 civilians murdered w Fast and Furious weapons?

So why have you sent me -- and other reporters here -- quotes on several occasions on several topics?
On Thu, Mar 15, 2012 at 11:33 AM, Brad Woodhouse wrote:
Correct
	
  
From: Matthew Boyle
Sent: Thursday, March 15, 2012 11:32 AM

To: Brad Woodhouse
Subject: Re: Does Chairwoman Wasserman Schultz think President Obama and AG Holder should call
Mexican president Felipe Calderon to apologize for 330 civilians murdered w Fast and Furious weapons?

Any questions about anything?
On Thu, Mar 15, 2012 at 11:31 AM, Brad Woodhouse wrote:
I’m	
  not	
  answering	
  any	
  of	
  your	
  questions.	
  	
  Stop	
  emailing	
  me.
	
  
From: Matthew Boyle
Sent: Thursday, March 15, 2012 11:31 AM

To: Brad Woodhouse
Subject: Re: Does Chairwoman Wasserman Schultz think President Obama and AG Holder should call
Mexican president Felipe Calderon to apologize for 330 civilians murdered w Fast and Furious weapons?
So you're not answering the question?
On Thu, Mar 15, 2012 at 11:30 AM, Brad Woodhouse wrote:
No	
  –	
  I	
  think	
  your	
  publication	
  has	
  an	
  agenda	
  and	
  a	
  slant	
  and	
  we	
  are	
  not	
  going	
  to	
  respond	
  to	
  these	
  
inquiries.	
  
	
  
From: Matthew Boyle
Sent: Thursday, March 15, 2012 11:28 AM

To: Brad Woodhouse
Subject: Re: Does Chairwoman Wasserman Schultz think President Obama and AG Holder should call
Mexican president Felipe Calderon to apologize for 330 civilians murdered w Fast and Furious weapons?

So the DNC thinks that this is "reindeer games"?
On Thu, Mar 15, 2012 at 11:27 AM, Brad Woodhouse wrote:
Matthew	
  –	
  please	
  stop	
  emailing	
  me	
  –	
  I’m	
  not	
  playing	
  your	
  reindeer	
  games.
	
  
From: Matthew Boyle
Sent: Thursday, March 15, 2012 11:23 AM
To: Brad Woodhouse
Subject: Re: Does Chairwoman Wasserman Schultz think President Obama and AG Holder
should call Mexican president Felipe Calderon to apologize for 330 civilians murdered w Fast and
Furious weapons?

Oh, Brad, I forgot to add: please answer by 5 p.m. today or I'm reporting you're not answering the question.
Thanks!
On Thu, Mar 15, 2012 at 11:00 AM, Matthew Boyle wrote:
Brad,

Now that Chairwoman Wasserman Schultz is on the record on where she stands with regard to whether she
still has confidence in Attorney General Eric Holder, my next question is: Does Chairwoman Wasserman
Schultz agree or disagree with Texas Republican Rep. Louie Gohmert in thinking that President Obama
needs to call Mexican president Felipe Calderon to apologize for the 300 civilians in Mexico who were
murdered with Fast and Furious weapons? Also, does Chairwoman Wasserman Schultz agree or disagree
with Rep. Gohmert in thinking that Attorney General Holder should also call Calderon to apologize for the
program?

For your background:

President Obama and AG Holder have both apologized to Border Patrol agent Brian Terry's family -- the
law enforcement officer who was killed with guns his own government gave to drug cartels through Fast
and Furious. Neither, however, has apologized to Mexican president Felipe Calderon for the 300 civilians
who were murdered as a result of the program, or to any of the families of Fast and Furious victims in
Mexico. Those victims' identities are still unknown. Even so, Holder himself has admitted during
congressional testimony that more people will likely be killed with these weapons his DOJ gave to cartels.