Written on May 4, 2011 at 8:27 am by V2A

Congressmen Accuse White House of Gun Smuggling Cover-Up
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A pair of Republicans in Congress have fired off a letter to AttorneyGeneral Eric Holder, accusing the administration of lying to cover up a government program that allegedly allowed American firearms to pass into Mexico.

Sen. Charles Grassley, R-Iowa, and Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Calif., had sharp words for the Department of Justice after Holder sent a recent letter denying that the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobaco, Firearms and Explosives, or ATF, had knowingly authorized the sale of weapons to gun smugglers as part of what has become known as “Project Gunrunnerâ€