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Drug Lords Targeted by ATF Were Working for FBI

Mar 22, 2012 4:40 AM CDT

Drug Lords Targeted by ATF Were Working for FBI

Yet more Fast and Furious bungling revealed

(Newser) - The investigation into the ATF's ill-fated "Fast and Furious" gun-trafficking operation has been going on for months, and it keeps uncovering new layers of screw-ups. Newly released records show that the operation could have been wrapped up much earlier—without leaving hundreds of illegal guns in the hands...

Holder: We Didn't
Lie About 'Fast
and Furious'

Feb 2, 2012 1:40 PM CST

Holder: We Didn't Lie About 'Fast and Furious'

He says charges are forthcoming against those who screwed up

(Newser) - Eric Holder angrily denied that the Justice Department was trying to hide anything about the botched "Operation Fast and Furious" program in his testimony before Congress today—and insisted that he'd had no knowledge of the gun-tracking operation. "There's no attempt at any kind of coverup,...

DEA Launders
Money for Mexico
Drug Cartels

Dec 5, 2011 9:23 AM CST

DEA Launders Money for Mexico Drug Cartels

Critics say laundering helps cartels, blurs sovereignty

(Newser) - One element of the United States' efforts to find and track Mexican drug money is surprising: Undercover US agents have laundered and smuggled millions of dollars for the drug cartels, reports the New York Times . American officials, particularly those with the DEA, say these laundering operations provide invaluable intel, allowing...

Slain Agent's
Parents
Blast
Holder

Nov 11, 2011 12:18 PM CST

Slain Agent's Parents Blast Holder

After attorney general apologizes for son's death in gun-walking operation

(Newser) - It's been a rough week for Eric Holder over the "Fast and Furious" gun-walking operation . Last night, the parents of the Border Patrol agent killed by guns linked to the program lashed out at the attorney general. "If they never let the guns walk, maybe Brian would...

Accessory to Murder? Holder Cries Foul on GOP Charge

Oct 8, 2011 8:15 AM CDT

Accessory to Murder? Holder Cries Foul on GOP Charge

Rhetoric on Fast and Furious program is out of hand, he tells Congress

(Newser) - When a congressman suggested that White House officials could be charged with accessory to murder over the botched Fast and Furious gun-tracking program , he apparently touched a nerve. Attorney General Eric Holder fired off an unusually aggressive five-page letter to Congress complaining about the "base" level of public discourse,...