Memos Show Holder Deputy Was Briefed on Gunwalker Pitfalls
Lachlan Markay

August 11, 2011 at 6:00 pm

The former number two official in the Obama Justice Department tried to put a stop to the Fast and Furious gunwalking operation months before the fatal shooting of an American border patrol agent, a batch of newly released DOJ memos show.

According to the memos and other internal communications obtained by the Los Angeles Times, DOJ Acting Deputy Director William Hoover attended a March 2010 briefing with officials from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, who said they were concerned that Fast and Furious guns would start showing up at crime scenes in Mexico and the United States.

Hoover began pushing for an “exit strategyâ€