Erroneous Gun Letter Based on U.S. Attorney, Documents Show
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The U.S. Justice Department sent an inaccurate letter about a gun operation to a Republican Senator after relying on the assertions of the former U.S. attorney for Arizona, according to documents released today.
The department released about 1,400 pages of e-mails and draft letters to demonstrate that officials did not deliberately mislead Congress about the law enforcement program, known as Fast and Furious, which allowed illegal gun purchases in the U.S. in an effort to link the weapons to Mexican drug cartels.