Grassley calls for DOJ resignation over ‘Fast and Furious’

{mosads}The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) began a program in 2009 now known as “Operation Fast and Furious” that facilitated the export of American weapons to known Mexican drug cartels in order to map gun-running routes. Agents lost track of about 1,500 of the assault rifles, however, and one was found at the murder scene of a U.S. border agent.
 
Grassley said he was demanding the resignation because in his investigation he had uncovered that Breuer had been consulted before a letter issued by the Justice Department on Feb. 4 claimed the ATF had never walked guns. Breuer had known about the programs since at least April 2010, Grassley said.
 
“Mr. Breuer had been consulted in the drafting of that erroneous letter,” accused Grassley. “[T]his was a shocking revelation.”