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Now, this is interesting

According to the Washington Times, Issa's latest committee report "divulged for the first time that Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr.’s office originally planned for him to go to Arizona to announce the results of the Fast and Furious investigation before Justice Department officials abruptly dropped the idea when guns from the operation showed up at the murder scene of the border agent."

This confirms that the operation was being treated as a media matter; the logical purpose of an AG press conference is not merely to announce arrests (that could be done in a press release) but to push the theme of "we need more gun laws because American guns are going to Mexican cartels." That wouldn't prove that the AG knew that guns were being walked... those setting up the gun walking would have figured to get praise, promotions, and bonuses for the PR outcome, without mentioning that little detail, or mentioning it only after

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