That issue surged to the fore in Washington last year, amid a U.S. congressional inquiry into "Operation Fast and Furious, " an operation run by U.S. federal agents.
Leahy has said the measure would help prevent repeats of deadly bungles that occurred during the notorious "Operation Fast and Furious" by giving border patrol agents a solid legal framework for catching smugglers.
Specifically, Issa's panel is seeking documents showing why the Justice Department decided to withdraw as inaccurate a February 2011 letter sent to Congress that denied any major flaws in Operation Fast and Furious.
Specifically, Issa and other Republicans are seeking documents showing why the Justice Department decided to withdraw as inaccurate a February 2011 letter sent to Congress that denied any major flaws in Operation Fast and Furious.
He also said the law would help prevent repeats of the deadly bungles that occurred in Arizona along the border with Mexico during Operation Fast and Furious by giving border patrollers a solid legal framework to catch smugglers with.
These documents are all after the fact and do not pertain to who designed, approved, or employed the tactics used in Operation Fast and Furious or Operation Wide Receiver, or any of the other operations from the Bush administration.
"While the Committee has subpoenaed documents that address what senior officials were told about controversial gunwalking tactics during Operation Fast and Furious, the Justice Department pointedly refuses to provide them or to deny senior officials were given information in the course of the Operation indicating the existence of reckless tactics, " a spokesman for Issa said Wedneday.
But it is simply a matter of chronological observational fact that documents created prior to that time that had to do with the actual operation -- who designed it, who approved it, how it was employed in both Operation Fast and Furious and in Operation Wide Receiver -- had been provided because they predated that period.
My guess is that whoever buys Newsweek will do so for its name and its website and shutter the increasingly unsustainable print operation as fast as they possibly can.
One reason the IRS monitors return preparation is that the revenue losses from a bad operation add up fast.
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Representative Issa is certain that most top Justice Department officials knew about the Fast and Furious operation.
What I can tell you is that there is nothing in these documents that pertains to the Fast and Furious operation.
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It is important for the public to know -- the public, by and large, is not particularly aware of this matter -- that every document related to the Fast and Furious operation has long since been provided to congressional investigators.
And I think, again, in answer to Ed's question about why is he doing it just now: Because we have been working so hard to cooperate and reach agreement with congressional investigators as they pursued their legitimate oversight into the Fast and Furious operation.
This, in the world of Dole, is a lightning-fast, flawlessly coordinated operation.
Investors also stand to profit from PPPs -- that's why they invest in the first place -- so it's in their interest to attract motorists through efficient operation, rigorous safety standards, and fast, thorough repairs.
In the area that is covered by the regulations, about 30 square miles, there are an estimated 1, 000 fast-food restaurants already in operation.
Consider the Fast and Furious debacle, an operation that was represented to be all about targeting bad guys who are committing violent crimes on both sides of our border with Mexico.
If it decides not to, the country which has led Europe in designing and implementing criminal-justice policies risks losing not only rapid co-operation and information but also influence over a fast-growing body of EU law.
Asked about the Terry family's statement Thursday, Carney recited the steps Holder took to end Fast and Furious and to cooperate with the investigation of the operation and said the inspector general has "full access to all documents" sought by Republicans.
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However, Fast and Furious lost track of more than 1, 000 firearms it was tracking in the operation, and two of the lost weapons turned up at the scene of the 2010 killing of U.S. Border Patrol agent Brian Terry.
The US military has defended its handling of the rescue operation at the airport, saying it was doing "everything in our power to speed aid to Haiti as fast as humanly possible".
Not so fast, says Karsten Voigt, the government's co-ordinator of German-American co-operation.
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