Here the official Congressional 51 pg. report for Rep. Issa about Fast & Furious. I’ve only read a few pages of the Executive Summary.
http://www.scribd.com/doc/86505046/Gunwalker-Operation-Report-Fast-and-Furious
An excerpt to the original justification for F&F:
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Page 11
IV. The ATF Policy on Gun Interdiction:“You Don’t Get to Go Home”
ATF’s long-standing policy has been not to knowingly allow guns to “walk” into the hands of criminals. Yet DOJ and ATF used a 1989 ATF order to help justify allowing straw purchasers allegedly connected to Mexican drug cartels to illegally buy more than 1,800 weapons during Operation Fast and Furious. While this Order permits agents—at their discretion—to allow the illegal transfer of firearms to further an investigation, it does not go so far as to permit them to pull surveillance completely and allow the guns to walk.
“A.The Justification for Operation Fast and Furious
FINDING:
DOJ and ATF inappropriately and recklessly relied on a 20-year old ATF Order to allow guns to walk. DOJ and ATF knew from an early date that guns were being trafficked to the DTOs.
Released on February 8, 1989, ATF Order 3310.4(b) explains ATF’s Firearms Enforcement Program. The Department of Justice and ATF relied on this Order to defend Operation Fast and Furious. ATF leadership in Phoenix believed a specific clause within the Order, section 148(a)(2), justified Operation Fast and Furious and its policy to allow guns to walk. The clause reads as follow...”
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