Mr Netanyahu has now set up a committee of senior officials to vet the timing of such announcements.

BBC: Obama aide condemns 'destructive' Israeli homes plan

But by the time the planning committee considered the Shepherds' new applications in September 1997, two of the senior planning officials who had opposed their plans the previous year had left the council.

ECONOMIST: Newcastle: The best laid plans | The

Last month, Boehner, other House GOP leaders, and Issa sent Holder a letter saying the committee had narrowed the scope of its request to documents showing internal discussions among senior DOJ officials and any materials generated after February 4, 2011, when the Justice Department initially gave Congress what Issa calls misleading accounts about the operation.

CNN: SHARE THIS