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Gunwalker: the perimeter is being overrun

Count upon the New York Times and WashPo to give an idea of where the coverup is going. First, it was "this was an abberant operation of ATF's Phoenix Field Office. Now, it's falling back to "it was an abberant operation of ATF HQ, but didn't involve anyone higher."

"Criminal division officials learned about the details of Wide Receiver in late 2009, after a prosecutor from its gang unit was sent to Arizona to help bring charges in the case. She learned about the tactics, and word reached a deputy to Mr. Breuer {assistant Attorney General], Jason Weinstein, who pronounced himself “stunned” in an April 2010 e-mail.

A.T.F. supervisors, however, were less alarmed. After Mr. Breuer’s aides briefed him, William G. McMahon, the deputy director of A.T.F. at the time, wrote to a colleague: “Some surprises but nothing terrible.”"

· BATFE