Wed Sep 19, 2012, 02:20 PM

Investigation finds no evidence AG Eric Holder knew of 'Fast and Furious' gun-running sting

Source: NBC News

A long-awaited report on the U.S. government’s controversial gun-trafficking operation known as “Fast and Furious” released Wednesday found no evidence that Attorney General Eric Holder knew of the botched effort to trace the flow of guns to Mexico’s drug cartels prior to its public unraveling in January 2011.

The report by the Justice Department’s inspector general said there "no evidence that Attorney General Eric Holder was informed about Operation Fast and Furious, or learned about the tactics employed by ATF in the investigation" before Congress began pressing him for information about it in early 2011.

The inspector general did determine that the acting deputy attorney general, Gary Grindler, received a briefing about the ill-fated gun-tracing operation in March 2010, but that the briefing "failed to alert Grindler to problems in the investigation."

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1. During the Q&A period of the infamous Rmoney dinner in Boca, one of the questioners made the

statement that Eric Holder "was one of the most corrupt people in the administration," before he went on to malign Nancy Pelosi. I wondered about that statement and wonder if this is what his low information comment was about.

44 replies	Author	Time	Post
Investigation finds no evidence AG Eric Holder knew of 'Fast and Furious' gun-running sting (Original post)	Viva_La_Revolution	Sep 2012	OP
During the Q&A period of the infamous Rmoney dinner in Boca, one of the questioners made the	monmouth	Sep 2012	#1
Some good ammo for those people that like to bring this up.	democrat_patriot	Sep 2012	#2
Now can we send Issa to the Ethics Committe	Panasonic	Sep 2012	#3
Well, that will make the NRA and right wing gun crowd very unhappy.	Hoyt	Sep 2012	#4
MIA	bongbong	Sep 2012	#11
Yep, their disappointment is palpable.	Hoyt	Sep 2012	#15
LOL	bongbong	Sep 2012	#16
And I remember at least one gungeoneer pronounced him guilty as charged	Kingofalldems	Sep 2012	#5
good news is that Issa is revealed to all as a malicious idiot. Bad news is	librechik	Sep 2012	#6
You must be thinking about another program.	former9thward	Sep 2012	#20
Flat Wrong on the start date of F&F n/t	pkdu	Sep 2012	#31
If I'm "flat wrong" then why didn't you supply the correct date?	former9thward	Sep 2012	#35
I really, really, really want to hear Issa's response. n/t	lamp_shade	Sep 2012	#7
Does anyone else find it disturbing that someone in the AG's office or ATF,	hughee99	Sep 2012	#8
No. Because it was just one agent who was an asshole.	Spitfire of ATJ	Sep 2012	#42
Civil Contempt of Congress Charges	bpj62	Sep 2012	#9
DAmnit, that's the wrong answer!	mindwalker_i	Sep 2012	#10
The comments are priceless	Mnpaul	Sep 2012	#12
Investigation finds no evidence AG Eric Holder has a clue.	Scuba	Sep 2012	#13
There WAS NO gun running being done by the government. ZERO.	Spitfire of ATJ	Sep 2012	#14
Actually they ran 6 guns...6 total guns	underpants	Sep 2012	#17
That was one guy who got in trouble for it and later posed as THE darling of FOX "News",...	Spitfire of ATJ	Sep 2012	#19
That is not what the IG report says.	former9thward	Sep 2012	#21
Read the article.	Spitfire of ATJ	Sep 2012	#22
I read the chapter on Fast and Furoius in the IG report.	former9thward	Sep 2012	#25
Now read this...	Spitfire of ATJ	Sep 2012	#27
You are running from the IG's report for some reason.	former9thward	Sep 2012	#28
Even though you haven't read them by your own admission...say no more. Nt	pkdu	Sep 2012	#32
I read the relevant sections of the IG's report.	former9thward	Sep 2012	#36
That's like saying the 911 Commission Report is the last word.	Spitfire of ATJ	Sep 2012	#41
I posted the Fortune Mag article too because that is a good summary	underpants	Sep 2012	#44
The ATF stood by and let 2000 guns be smuggled into Mexico by cartel gun runners	hack89	Sep 2012	#23
I repeat, there was no gun running done by the government.	Spitfire of ATJ	Sep 2012	#24
You quote an article, I'll quote the IG report.	former9thward	Sep 2012	#26
"at least the appearance"	Spitfire of ATJ	Sep 2012	#29
I think the only LOLing going on is people looking at your posts.	former9thward	Sep 2012	#30
Wrong choice. It's between fact and fiction...	Spitfire of ATJ	Sep 2012	#34
So now the IG's report is right wing fiction??	former9thward	Sep 2012	#37
No, it's leaving and OUT to avoid criticism.	Spitfire of ATJ	Sep 2012	#39
Yep, that phrase twice....and	pkdu	Sep 2012	#33
That's legalese for "Not really".	Spitfire of ATJ	Sep 2012	#38
True - just monumental incompetence	hack89	Sep 2012	#40
Why is it so hard for some people to realize they've been lied to?	Spitfire of ATJ	Sep 2012	#43
LMELAO	underpants	Sep 2012	#18

Investigation finds no evidence AG Eric Holder knew of 'Fast and Furious' gun-running sting

1. During the Q&A period of the infamous Rmoney dinner in Boca, one of the questioners made the

2. Some good ammo for those people that like to bring this up.

3. Now can we send Issa to the Ethics Committe

4. Well, that will make the NRA and right wing gun crowd very unhappy.

11. MIA

15. Yep, their disappointment is palpable.

16. LOL

5. And I remember at least one gungeoneer pronounced him guilty as charged

6. good news is that Issa is revealed to all as a malicious idiot. Bad news is

20. You must be thinking about another program.

31. Flat Wrong on the start date of F&F n/t

35. If I'm "flat wrong" then why didn't you supply the correct date?

7. I really, really, really want to hear Issa's response. n/t

8. Does anyone else find it disturbing that someone in the AG's office or ATF,

42. No. Because it was just one agent who was an asshole.

9. Civil Contempt of Congress Charges

10. DAmnit, that's the wrong answer!

12. The comments are priceless

13. Investigation finds no evidence AG Eric Holder has a clue.

14. There WAS NO gun running being done by the government. ZERO.

17. Actually they ran 6 guns...6 total guns

19. That was one guy who got in trouble for it and later posed as THE darling of FOX "News",...

21. That is not what the IG report says.

22. Read the article.

25. I read the chapter on Fast and Furoius in the IG report.

27. Now read this...

28. You are running from the IG's report for some reason.

32. Even though you haven't read them by your own admission...say no more. Nt

36. I read the relevant sections of the IG's report.

41. That's like saying the 911 Commission Report is the last word.

44. I posted the Fortune Mag article too because that is a good summary

23. The ATF stood by and let 2000 guns be smuggled into Mexico by cartel gun runners

24. I repeat, there was no gun running done by the government.

26. You quote an article, I'll quote the IG report.

29. "at least the appearance"

30. I think the only LOLing going on is people looking at your posts.

34. Wrong choice. It's between fact and fiction...

37. So now the IG's report is right wing fiction??

39. No, it's leaving and OUT to avoid criticism.

33. Yep, that phrase twice....and

38. That's legalese for "Not really".

40. True - just monumental incompetence

43. Why is it so hard for some people to realize they've been lied to?

18. LMELAO