Grassley: Many 'Very High Up' in DoJ Knew of ATF Gun Sting

Saturday, 02 Jul 2011 11:39 AM

By Martin Gould and Kathleen Walter

Senior Justice Department officers were warned that plans to track guns to Mexican drug kingpins were doomed to failure, veteran Republican Sen. Charles Grassley has revealed in an exclusive interview with Newsmax.TV.

And, he said, high-ranking members of the department were briefed on Operation Fast & Furious and Project Gunrunner as far back as October 2009.

But Grassley says he does not want anyone to resign just yet until Congress has got to the bottom of the whole issue.

“I’m not asking for anybody’s resignation at this point because somebody resigns and then they want you to believe that’s the end of it,â€