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Denver Post
| 8 months ago
The Justice Department's inspector general Wednesday issued a scathing critique of federal officials for their handling of the botched gun-trafficking case known as Operation Fast and Furious but essentially exonerated Attorney General Eric Holder,...
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Kansas City Star
| 8 months ago
The controversial Fast and Furious gun operation that let U.S. firearms flow into Mexico was seriously flawed and poorly overseen, Justice Department investigators concluded Wednesday in a long-awaited report that caused immediate political...
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Arizona Daily Sun
| 8 months ago
The Associated Press The Associated Press 1 hour ago Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer says a review by the Justice Department's internal watchdog of a bungled federal gun-smuggling probe highlights failures by Obama administration officials to take public...
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National Public Radio
| 8 months ago
Justice Department watchdogs say a flawed gun-trafficking operation in which federal agents lost track of nearly 2,000 AK-47s and other weapons resulted from a series of "misguided strategies, tactics, errors in judgment and management failures." The...
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CNSNews.com
| 8 months ago
The report on Operation Fast and Furious released today by the Justice Department's Office of Inspector General says a member of the White House National Security staff declined to be interviewed for the inspector general's investigation and that the...
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The Guardian
| 8 months ago
US federal prosecutors and agents, deeply frustrated over an inability to stem violence related to the drug trade and Mexican cartels, decide to pursue a bold strategy to go after arms trafficking on the US-Mexican border.
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The Guardian
| 8 months ago
Eric Holder has been cleared of wrongdoing, but the department of justice has recommended Lanny Breuer, left, be disciplined. Photograph: Jason Reed/Reuters The US justice department's inspector general has cleared the attorney general, Eric Holder ,...
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The New York Times
| 8 months ago
The Justice Department's inspector general recommended on Wednesday that 14 current federal officials face disciplinary reviews over the botched gun-trafficking investigation known as Operation Fast and Furious. In a scathing report , the inspector...
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CNSNews.com
| 8 months ago
The Justice Department's Office of Inspector General cleared Attorney General Eric Holder of having any role or knowledge of Operation Fast and Furious, the gun sting operation in which the department allowed 2,000 guns to flow from legal gun dealers...
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United Press International
| 8 months ago
Attorney General Eric Holder speaks at an event highlighting the need to reauthorize the Violence Against Women Act in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building in Washington, D.C. on April 18, 2012...Attorney General Eric Holder did not know about...
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Politico
| 8 months ago
An internal Justice Department investigation into the Operation Fast and Furious scandal released Wednesday singles out 14 different officials for criticism and possible disciplinary action. But the report found no evidence that the department's top...
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The Hill
| 8 months ago
Attorney's office were responsible for not raising serious concerns about the tactics used in Fast and Furious, which may have contributed to the death of Border Patrol Agent Brian Terry after the program lost track of some of the weapons. The report...
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The Idaho Statesman
| 8 months ago
The Justice Department's internal watchdog on Wednesday faulted the agency for misguided strategies, errors in judgment and management failures during a bungled gun-trafficking probe in Arizona that disregarded public safety and resulted in hundreds...
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The Washington Times
| 8 months ago
Nearly two years after weapons purchased during the botched Fast and Furious gunrunning investigation were found at the scene of the killing of a U.S. Border Patrol agent, a Justice Department report on Wednesday outlined a pattern of serious...
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USA Today
| 8 months ago
Fourteen federal law enforcement officials were recommended for discipline, including the head of the Justice Department's criminal division, related to their involvement in a botched gun-trafficking operation that allowed about 2,000 weapons to fall...
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Boston Globe
| 8 months ago
Earlier, President Obama had invoked executive privilege to deny the committee the papers it sought. Obama's assertion of executive privilege -- the right of the president to withhold information from Congress or the courts -- was the first of his...
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Boston Globe
| 8 months ago
In this July 26, 2012 file photo, Attorney General Eric Holder speaks in the Cabinet Room of the White House in Washington. The Republican-run House has asked a federal court to enforce a subpoena against Attorney General Eric Holder. The subpoena...
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Los Angeles Times
| 8 months ago
Fourteen federal law enforcement officials from field agents in Arizona to top managers in the ATF and Department of Justice in Washington created a significant danger to public safety under Operation Fast and Furious and were referred for possible...
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Kansas City Star
| 8 months ago
The Justice Department's Office of Inspector General on Wednesday issued its long-awaited report on the 'Fast and Furious' gun-walking scandal that has long captivated Congress.The 512-page report concluded that the Fast and Furious operation and its...
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Washington Post
| 8 months ago
The Washington Post Federal agents and prosecutors in Phoenix ignored public safety concerns and were primarily responsible for the botched effort to infiltrate weapons-smuggling rings in the operation dubbed Fast and Furious, according to a report...
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CNN Blog
| 8 months ago
Attorney General Eric Holder on Wednesday released the following statement regarding Department of Justice Inspector General's report on Operation Fast and Furious : I have reviewed the Office of the Inspector General's report on Operation Fast and...
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Baltimore Sun
| 8 months ago
Justice Department 's internal watchdog on Wednesday referred 14 employees, including senior official Lanny Breuer, for possible internal discipline in connection with a botched gun probe in Arizona. A 471-page report was released following a 19-...
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USA Today
| 8 months ago
Holder did not know about Fast and Furious Updated An internal report by the Justice Department found no evidence that Attorney General Eric Holder knew about a botched gun-trafficking operation to Mexico, but does recommend that 14 federal law...
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Chicago Tribune
| 8 months ago
Select a date range Create a custom date range From: To: David Ingram Reuters 1:14 p.m...Justice Department's internal watchdog on Wednesday referred 14 department employees, including senior official Lanny Breuer , for possible internal discipline...
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The Dallas Morning News
| 8 months ago
The Justice Department's internal watchdog is faulting the agency for misguided strategies, errors in judgment and management failures during a bungled gun-trafficking probe in Arizona that resulted in hundreds of weapons turning up at crime scenes...
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Fox News
| 8 months ago
FoxNews.com A major report released Wednesday on the Operation Fast and Furious scandal faulted a range of federal agencies for the failed anti-gunrunning program -- and has resulted in the resignation of one Justice Department official. Jason...
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National Public Radio
| 8 months ago
The Justice Department's Inspector General has released the results of an investigation into the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosive's failed gun-walking operation known as "Fast and Furious." The bottom line, reports NBC News , is...
