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  • ATF Gunwalking docs show Justice Dept. feared bad press [CBS]

    11/01/2011 2:29:47 PM PDT · by brityank · 30 replies · 1+ views
    CBS News ^ | 1 November, 2011 | Chris Scholl
    ATF Gunwalking docs show Justice Dept. feared bad pressBy Chris SchollAn e-mail exchange among Justice Department officials in 2010 shows some in the Department worried about bad press if reporters knew the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives let guns "walk" into the hands of drug cartels. The e-mail exchange occurred in October 2010, almost four months before the gunwalking scandal broke publicly. DOJ official knew of ATF gunwalking in April 2010 It's included among more than 500 pages of documents released Monday by the Justice Department in response to a Congressional subpoena. The exchange is especially revealing...