Fast and Furious: For Real, Not the Movie

Eric Holder is vindicated in gun-trafficking program.

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What Is Operation Fast and Furious? - Operation Fast and Furious is a spinoff of Project Gunrunner, a Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms (ATF) program started under President George W. Bush's administration in 2006 which allowed traceable firearms to go into Mexico with the hope of tracking the guns to high-ranking Mexican drug cartel members. ATF is an agency of the Department of Justice (DOJ). (Photo: Courtesy ATF)
How Did That Work Out? - Very badly. During President Obama's administration, more than 2,000 firearms crossed the border; 1,700 have been lost; some have been found at crime scenes in Mexico and the U.S., including the December 2010 shootout that resulted in the death of U.S. Border Patrol agent Brian Terry.(Photo: Detroit Free Press/MCT/Landov)How Did a Misguided Operation Become a Big Scandal? - After Brian Terry's death, ATF whistleblowers came forward, prompting Sen. Charles Grassley, the ranking Republican on the Senate Judiciary Committee, and House Oversight Committee Chairman Darrell Issa to launch investigations into Fast and Furious.(Phtoo: AP Photo/Matt York)

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Vindication - The Justice Department’s Inspector General on Sept. 19 issued a report that clears U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder of having any knowledge of the controversial “Fast and Furious” gun-tracking program before Congress began its inquiry in 2011. “It is unfortunate that some were so quick to make baseless accusations before they possessed the facts about these operations – accusations that turned out to be without foundation and that have caused a great deal of unnecessary harm and confusion,” Holder said. Here’s how it began. —Joyce Jones (Photo: AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

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