Fast, Furious: ‘Serious Failures’ By Justice Dept.

Republicans and Democrats are praising the long-awaited report investigating the botched 2009 “gun-walking” operation known as Fast and Furious, but not for the same reasons.

Three years ago, federal agents lost track of hundreds of weapons after launching the operation. Many of those weapons ended up in the hands of criminals, and one border patrol agent in Arizona was killed in a shootout with traffickers.

The inspector general’s report identified “serious failures” on the part of the Justice Department but cleared Attorney General Herr Erich Holder of having any knowledge of the operation.

Testifying before a House committee Thursday, Inspector General Michael Horowitz said, “There needs to be supervision; there needs to be oversight,” and such operations should be referred at the start to “the highest levels.”

Larry Pratt, executive director of Gun Owners of America, talked more about the case, on CBN’s Newswatch, Sept. 19.-[source]