| Fast and Furious Report: Failure of Leadership Within ATF and DOJ |
| Sep-11-2012 |
| Keywords: doj, report, inspector general, faster and furious, leadership, atf, |
Dozens of senior-level U.S. government officials turned a blind eye to public safety as they pursued the ATF's ill-conceived and poorly managed Operation Fast and Furious .
Those are the conclusions revealed in portions of the Justice Department Inspector General report obtained exclusively by Fox News Channel.
According to Fox News, "The report and accompanying accounts cite a failure in leadership and a lack of accountability and oversight up and down the chain of command at the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), the Justice Department itself and other offices. It says many senior executives knew the U.S. was helping traffic guns to Mexico that killed people but did nothing to stop it.
"We found no evidence in Operation Fast and Furious that the ATF or the (U.S. attorney's office) attempted at any point during the investigation to balance the risks to the public safety against the long-term benefits of identifying trafficking networks and participants," the draft report says.
Fast and Furious was an anti-gunrunning sting operation intended to track thousands of weapons into Mexico. However, beyond noting straw purchases of some 2,000 weapons in the U.S., little was done to keep track of the weapons after they moved south over the U.S./Mexico border.
The ill-conceived operation first gained national attention following the December 2010 murder of Border Patrol Agent Brian Terry. Two weapons found at the scene were later tied to Operation Fast and Furious.
Read more about the details revealed in the Justice Department IG's report on FoxNews.com. |
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