ATF recordings: Border agent was "collateral damage"

September 21, 2011 12:40 PM

In secretly-recorded conversations obtained by CBS News, two individuals deeply entwined in the ATF's controversial "Fast and Furious" operation describe the murder of Border Patrol Agent Brian Terry as "collateral damage."

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