The Bush Administration's Own Fast and Furious

File photo: Alleged drug traffickers of the Sinaloa Cartel are presented to the press in Mexico City after their arrest, 11/14/10. (photo: Ronaldo Schemidt/AFP/Getty Images)

By Tim Mak, Politico

08 January 12

The Justice Department released documents Thursday on the Bush-era Wide Receiver gun-walking operation that suggest the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives was aware that guns were likely flowing into Mexico but allowed it to continue in the hopes of penetrating deeply into U.S.-Mexico gun trafficking networks.  READ MORE