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The Department of Justice’s Operation Fast and Furious:
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JOINT STAFF REPORTPrepared forRep. Darrell E. Issa, ChairmanUnited States House of RepresentativesCommittee on Oversight and Government Reform&Senator Charles E. Grassley, Ranking MemberUnited States SenateCommittee on the Judiciary112
th
CongressJuly __, 2011
 
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Table of Contents
I.
 
Executive Summary ............................................................................................................... 4
 
II.
 
Findings ............................................................................................................................... 6
 
III.
 
Weapons Traced to the ATF Phoenix Field Division ..................................................... 7
 
IV.
 
Fast and Furious Weapons Recovered at Crime Scenes ................................................ 8
 
A.
 
Tracing the Recoveries................................................................................................. 16
 
B.
 
The Naco, Mexico Recovery ........................................................................................ 17
 
C.
 
The Mexicali Recovery................................................................................................. 17
 
D.
 
The El Paso, Texas Recovery ...................................................................................... 18
 
E.
 
Tuesday Briefings at ATF Headquarters ................................................................... 19
 
F.
 
January 5, 2010 Briefing .............................................................................................. 20
 
G.
 
March 5, 2010 Briefing ................................................................................................ 23 V.
 
Kept in the Dark............................................................................................................... 27
 
A.
 
Volume of Weapons Raises Eyebrows in Mexico ...................................................... 28 B.
 
Reassurances from Phoenix and Washington, D.C. .................................................. 29 VI.
 
More Complaints and More Reassurances.................................................................... 32
 
A.
 
Concerns Raised up the Chain of Command ............................................................ 32 B.
 
A “Good Investigation”
.............................................................................................. 37 C.
 
Lanny Breuer and the Department of Justice .......................................................... 39 D.
 
Still in the Dark ............................................................................................................ 40 E.
 
Told Operation Fast and Furious Being Shut Down ................................................ 43 F.
 
Concerns Communicated to Deputy Assistant Director McMahon ........................ 45 VII.
 
Reaction of ATF Officials in Mexico .............................................................................. 48 
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