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(CBS News) Congressional Republicans say a secret wiretap application and
testimony from the former head of ATF contradict key claims by Attorney General
Eric Holder on whether Justice Department officials knew guns were being
"walked" in ATF's Fast and Furious case. Some details of the wiretap
application, which are technically under court seal, are revealed for the first
time in today's Congressional Record.
The Justice Department approved the wiretap application on March 15, 2010. It
includes a lengthy affidavit giving details of the case. Rep. Darrell Issa
(R-CA) contends that was enough to alert anyone who read it that a massive
amount of "gunwalking" was going on. The affidavit describes in detail how ATF
agents had surveilled multiple suspected gun traffickers for Mexican drug
cartels, but made no arrests or interdictions. Previously, Holder had testified
that the wiretap application gave no hint of gunwalking.
"Contrary to the Attorney General's statements, the enclosed wiretap
affidavit contains clear information that agents were willfully allowing known
straw buyers to acquire firearms for drug cartels and failing to interdict
them-in some cases even allowing them to walk to Mexico. In particular, the
affidavit explicitly describes the most controversial tactic of all: abandoning
surveillance of known straw purchasers, resulting in the failure to interdict
firearms," says Issa.