The Smoking Gun

October 6, 2011
by Ben Crystal


Documents obtained by CBS News reveal U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder received detailed briefings about Operation Fast and Furious as early as July 2010.

On May 3, U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder told a House Judiciary Committee hearing: “I’m not sure of the exact date, but I probably heard about [Operation] Fast and Furious (OFF) for the first time over the last few weeks.â€