How are they the same programs? If you look up the word SAME in Websters dictionary you get the following:
1A - Resembling in every relevant respect. Note the word resembling.
Websters definition for Resemblence: Point of likeness similiarty.
If you go by Websters dictionary. Operation Wide Receiver and Fast and Furious are the same. They were both GUN RUNNING PROGRAMS. Fast and Furious had more guns. The fact that they did not use a defective tracking device does not make the program different.(Why use something a second time if you already know that it does not work). The resemblence and the similarties make them the same, not identical. I removed the word exact. The word same still applies, unless you don't like Websters Dictionary. You can't hold the Atty. General for Obama (Holder) to a different standard than the Atty General for Bush when they ran the SAME/SIMILAR program.
Originally Posted by flghtr65
The definition of the word "same" as taken from Merriam-Webster:
1
a: resembling in every relevant respect
b: conforming in every respect —used with
as
2
a: being one without addition, change, or discontinuance
: identical
b: being the one under discussion or already referred to
3
: corresponding so closely as to be indistinguishable
4
: equal in size, shape, value, or importance —usually used with
the or a demonstrative (as
that, those) in all senses
You left out the other definitions: 1b; 2a; 2b; 3; 4. Instead, you thought you would try your luck by cherry picking 1a as your defintion of the word "same". Well guess what, you are still shit out of luck. The 2 programs are not "resembling in every relevant respect". There were major differences between the 2 programs as has been pointed out in previous posts. You yourself have again referenced some of the differences. You need to go back to the drawing board chump.
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/same