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GOP lawmakers: Coverup attempted in death of Border Patrol agent

The U.S. Attorney's Office in Arizona tried to cover up a link between a government operation and the December 2010 death of Border Patrol Agent Brian Terry, two Republican members of Congress are telling CBS News.

Two assault rifles that the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives had allegedly allowed onto the street were found at the scene of Terry's death on the Arizona side of the border



Sen. Charles Grassley of Iowa and Rep. Darrell Issa of California say there's evidence that officials at ATF and the U.S. Attorney's Office sought to hide the link, CBS reports.

The two lawmakers say in a Sept. 1 letter to the Arizona U.S. Attorney's Office that Emory Hurley, the lead prosecutor on the "Fast and Furious" program that allowed illegal guns on the streets, learned almost immediately that firearms involved in the program had been recovered at the scene, according to CBS.

In the hours after Terry died, Hurley "contemplated the connection between the two cases and sought to prevent the connection from being disclosed," CBS reports.

Hurley could not be reached. The Justice Department had no comment.

AFT whistleblowers revealed the link to CBS and to the two lawmakers because their supervisors were attempting to cover it up, CBS reports.


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Evidence Suggests Cover-Up in ATF Scandal, as More Guns Appear at Crime Scenes

By William La Jeunesse & Laura Prabucki

Published September 02, 2011

| FoxNews.com



This picture shows part of a cache of seized weapons displayed at a news conference in Phoenix.

Just hours after the death of Border Patrol agent Brian Terry, federal officials tried to cover up evidence that the gun that killed Terry was one the government intentionally helped sell to the Mexican cartels in a weapons trafficking program known as Operation Fast and Furious.

The revelation comes just days after a huge shake-up of government officials who oversaw the failed anti-gun trafficking program and Congress renewed its demand for more answers.

Also late Thursday, Sen. Charles Grassley's office revealed that 21 more Fast and Furious guns have been found at violent crime scenes in Mexico. That is up from 11 the agency admitted just last month.

“The Justice Department has been less than forthcoming since day one, so the revisions here are hardly surprising, and the numbers will likely rise until the more than 1,000 guns that were allowed to fall into the hands of bad guys are recovered -- most likely years down the road," Grassley said in a statement released Thursday.

"What we’re still waiting for are the answers to the other questions the Attorney General failed to answer per our agreement. The cooperation of the Attorney General and his staff is needed if we’re ever going to get to the bottom of this disastrous policy and help the ATF and the department move forward.â€

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