Obama on "gunwalking": Serious mistake may have been made

By: Sharyl Attkisson
Topics: News

Last night, a reporter from Univision asked President Obama about the subject of a CBS News investigation: allegations that ATF allowed traffickers to send weapons to Mexican drug cartels in an operation called "Fast and Furious." Insiders call the strategy letting guns "walk."

In response, the president said neither he nor Attorney General Eric Holder approved the operation.

"There may be a situation here which a serious mistake was made and if that's the case then we'll find out and well hold somebody accountable," he added.

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Sharyl Attkisson is a CBS News investigative correspondent based in Washington. All of her stories, videos and blogs are available here.
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by Rick03466 March 31, 2011 8:18 AM EDT: Again the most anti gun administration in years is at the heart of dozens of deaths in Mexico and at least two law enforcement officers here in the US, and we are going to the Department of Justice investigate this? If ever a situation demanded a Special Prosecutor this is it!; Reply to this comment


by Ole76er March 26, 2011 2:12 PM EDT: Yes, fat chance "someone will be held accountable". Like all the other crap excreted by this Administration, this too will be quietly swept under the rug. Out of sight, out of mind.
Although the GOP has no one qualified to serve as POTUS, I cannot possibly see how the Democratic riff raff in there now can win the favor of the American voter. With Obama, Clinton, Holder, and even the Secretary of the World's Worst Education Arne Duncan working to gut the Constitution and destroy the America I grew up knowing and serving in uniform, HOW can any person calling themself a red blooded American vote to continue this destruction of America? I made the grave mistake of voting for Obama's first term; BUT, there is NO way Obama will get my Independent vote again!; Reply to this comment


by bushmaster223 March 24, 2011 7:05 PM EDT: The clown usurper in charge is a liar! There is no way the BATFE did this without orders from way way up. Now the scramble is on to find someone to sacrifice. Hey manchild why not just say Bush started the gun running program? Most of your bots will beleive it. I pray for the day this fool goes back to Chicago,Hawaii, Indonesia or wherever just be gone!!!!!; Reply to this comment


by AE2Schane March 24, 2011 6:59 PM EDT: "Sen. Grassley says ATF isn't the only guilty agency. He says Department of Justice lawyers and agents from Homeland Security also watched this debacle unfold, often hand in hand with ATF.
Grassley has lengthy correspondence and numerous documents he wants to post on the Senate Judiciary website, but sources on the Hill say Judiciary Chairman Pat Leahy won't allow it, refusing to call for an independent congressional investigation".

Will CBS pressure Judiciary Chairman Pat Leahy to call for an independent congressional investigation?

Will CBS pressure Judiciary Chairman Pat Leahy to allow lengthy correspondence and numerous documents referring to this boondoggle to be posted on the Senate Judiciary website?; Reply to this comment

by AE2Schane March 24, 2011 6:57 PM EDT

El Paso, Texas? Say isn't that where the Mexican UAV crashed Dec.10, 2010?
Why yes it is!
Golly didn't "they" say the Mexican and US authorities were working blah blah blah, nothing to see here folks move along.
Yes they did!
What are the odds US and Mexican authorities are/were using UAV's to track these weapons the ATF/DOJ were sending south to Mexico?

Golly, if I were a reporter that's a question I would ask cuz if UAV's are involved this is was no rogue operation this has to go all the way to the top!

Ya know Fox news was reporting on this for some time now, how is it CBS just "broke" this story?

Has CBS and the rest of the MSM given cover for this operation?
Is CBS aware how many people including out own BP agents have been murdered with these weapons our ATF/DOJ/Obama has supplied to Mexican drug cartels?
Is CBS and the rest of the MSM going to do their job and dig into this or are they going to ignore and provide cover for Obama?

By William Lajeunesse
Published March 09, 2011
| FoxNews.com
A major scandal is developing around a signature U.S. effort to track and stop the flow of illicit weapons to Mexico, as officials at the Department of Justice close ranks, hoping to cover up an investigation critics say is responsible for an untold number of dead.

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by jflynn5110 June 27, 2012 10:13 PM EDT: Sharyl Attkisson from CBS was royally chewed out by the White House for her reporting on Fast & Furious and began reporting on the subject around February 2011. She was recently honored with the Edward R. Murrow Award for her reporting on the subject. Foxnews is playing catchup. So kudos to CBS for actually allowing her report to air.


by RomeisBurning March 24, 2011 2:48 PM EDT: I wonder, Did he inhale when he smoked wackyweed?; Reply to this comment


by brbradbury March 24, 2011 2:31 PM EDT: I guess nobody is really running the show then. Unbelievable. This is an admission that he (Obama) is not in charge. It is his job to know and approve.; Reply to this comment


by hipshotpercusion March 24, 2011 11:27 AM EDT: What a lying sack of Fecal Matter this Bozo is. and, when it come to Eric Holder; time for a noose.; Reply to this comment


by dlyn454 March 24, 2011 11:03 AM EDT: "we'll find out and well hold somebody accountable"
You mean like was done over Waco ? And Ruby Ridge ? And the confiscations after Katrina ? Funny how these things just 'happen' and no one is responsible. And how the media could care less because its just those nasty gun owners and they deserve whatever happens to them. A surprised salute to CBS for covering this.; Reply to this comment


by Bexarpaw March 23, 2011 2:43 PM EDT: Strange how the circle always comes back to ways of taking away guns from US Citizens to save the politics of the world! Now the Prez and his yes boss man at DOJ have tag teamed the US Citizens again.....They sent guns to Mexico and then blamed the gun shows of south Texas for illegal gun trafficing. Dintcha think that some time and money sopent on sealing the border would do a lot more to solve the problem than cooking some plot to sent Americans to prison for contrived offenses. Two Border Patrolmen were sent to prison for shooting a dealer in the A$$ in the US and here we are sending guns to Mexico to kill Agents there???? What is wrong with this picture??????? Someone in DOJ needs to swing.....this rocks the highest levels of government,,,,from the OPrez to the DOJ ATF to the State Dept!; Reply to this comment