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what, if any, overseas connections he might have. joining us also fran townsend. so, brian, this was an fbi sting. what do we know about how it went down? it appears to have been a very elaborate string. authorities were tracking mr. ferdaus for the better part of this year. they do indicate that he began some of his various plotting last year but they have tracked him at least since january. they have used undercover agents and at least one cooperating witness who started taping conve...

authorities were tracking mr. ferdaus for the better part of this year. at least since january of 2011. they do indicate that he began some of his various plotting last year but they have tracked him at least since january. they have used undercover agents and at least one cooperating witness who started taping conversations with him earlier this year. so this was a fairly elaborate sting operation that lasted until today when they actually sold him what he thought was some explosive m...

been a very elaborate sting. authorities were tracking mr. ferdaus for the better part of this year. at least since january of 2011. they do indicate that he began some of his various plotting last year but they have tracked him at least since january. they have used undercover agents and at least one cooperating witness who started taping conversations with him earlier this year. so this was a fairly elaborate sting operation that lasted until today when they actually sold him what he...

what do we know about how it went down? it appears to have been a very elaborate string. authorities were tracking mr. ferdaus for the better part of this year. they do indicate that he began some of his various plotting last year but they have tracked him at least since january. they have used undercover agents and at least one cooperating witness who started taping conversations with him earlier this year. so this was a fairly elaborate sting operation that lasted until today when th...

Every person responsible for all of this, no matter where they are, are brought to justice. >> sean: welcome to this special edition of hannity. tonight we investigate operation fast and furious. the controversial program initiated by the justice departments bureau of alcohol, tobacco and firearms. it grew out of the border initiative call project gun runner. when the program began under the bush administration in 2006, the purpose was to reduce firearms and explosives related to violent crime a...

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>> prior to coming to phoenix i never heard of an operation which law enforcement officers let guns walk. the idea is unthinkable to most law enforcement. i and other field agents repeatedly raised these concerns with our supervisors. in response we were told we did not understand the plan. >> sean: july 4th, facing mounting scrutiny over the botched operation and calls for his resignation, melson appeared secretly before congressional investigators from the house oversight committee and senate ...

Promised to get to the bottom of the problem. we know now that rick holder has been the source of the problem all along. >> sean: june 13th, first hearing on operation fast and furious was held by the house oversight . at the hearings committee chairman darrell issa grilled the an is -- at assistant ag. >> you said atf makes every effort to interdeck -- interdict weapons. isnt that statement false now with what you know? >> obviously, there have been allegations that call into serious question -...

Gun shops that line our shared border. >> the gun dealers themselves were warning these top officials things had gone wrong. >> obvious that the largest supplier to the mexican gun violence is not the dealers. they are using dealers as the scapegoats. >> sean: the atf an the sale of -- allowed the sale of 2220 firearms. 590 have been linked to criminal activity, including the december 2010 murder of border agent brian terry who was killed by suspected operatives of a mexican dug smuggling organi...

Every person responsible for all of this, no matter where they are, are brought to justice. >> sean: welcome to this special edition of hannity. tonight we investigate operation fast and furious. the controversial program initiated by the justice departments bureau of alcohol, tobacco and firearms. it grew out of the border initiative call project gun runner. when the program began under the bush administration in 2006, the purpose was to reduce firearms and explosives related to violent crime a...