Post by peterd on Nov 9, 2011 11:48:12 GMT -8
Holder grilled on ‘Fast and Furious,’ admits mistakes
Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. told Senate Republicans on Tuesday that the Justice Department provided “inaccurate” information to Congress on the “Fast and Furious” gun-trafficking sting and said that his congressional testimony about when he learned of the controversial operation had been imprecise.
Holder said that a Feb. 4 letter to congressional investigators, in which the department denied allegations that agents had allowed guns to flow illegally onto U.S. streets and into Mexico, was wrong. He said Justice officials learned only some time after they sent the letter that the tactic, known as “gun walking,” had been extensively used in the Phoenix-based Fast and Furious.
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/holder-grilled-on-fast-and-furious-admits-mistakes/2011/11/08/gIQAbaC81M_story.html?wpisrc=nl_politics
Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. told Senate Republicans on Tuesday that the Justice Department provided “inaccurate” information to Congress on the “Fast and Furious” gun-trafficking sting and said that his congressional testimony about when he learned of the controversial operation had been imprecise.
Holder said that a Feb. 4 letter to congressional investigators, in which the department denied allegations that agents had allowed guns to flow illegally onto U.S. streets and into Mexico, was wrong. He said Justice officials learned only some time after they sent the letter that the tactic, known as “gun walking,” had been extensively used in the Phoenix-based Fast and Furious.
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/holder-grilled-on-fast-and-furious-admits-mistakes/2011/11/08/gIQAbaC81M_story.html?wpisrc=nl_politics