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Prior to my brother getting killed. if there was a wall, he would have had a harder time getting across the border to commit crimes on other people. if we had a serious wall, not barbed wire or chain-link fence, something impossible to get across. my brother would probably still be alive and a lot of these agents would still be alive. rob: the fast and furious scandal, this was an atf operation that allowed illegal weapons to be bought in the united states. one of those illegal guns being bought...

In the killing of a u.s. border patrol agent that also exposed the bungled atf operation known as fast and furious. agent brian terry was killed in december of 2010 by a u.s. government-issued firearm. during a gun fight between border patrol agents and a five-man group, the rip crew, that robs drug dealers. the fifth member of the group remained at large until his arrest on a mexican ranch yesterday by u.s./mexico task force. the other four men involved have already been convicted or they plead...

His murder exposed the botched fast and furious gun-running operation. the atf operation meant to track gun sales to drug traffickers instead wound up losing track of thousands of weapons, two of them found at the scene of brian terrys murder in southern arizona. and a 15-year-old california boy pleads not guilty to hurding an 8-year-old -- murdering an 8-year-old girl. a.j. gonzalez accused of beating and raping maddie middleton and dumping her in a recycling bin. the judge set an october pre...

>> can you imagine if mexico had a program or canada had a program where they let guns walk into america what our state department would have done. >> sean: welcome back. the botched atf operation not only let guns walk into mexico it also cost border agent brian terry his life. reaction of two people that have been following the story, kerry picket and katie pavlitch is with us. lets watch through this. so our government gave guns to drug dealers, cartels, kidnappers and they gave them the guns...

>> can you imagine if mexico had a program or canada had a program where they let guns walk into america what our state department would have done. >> sean: welcome back. the botched atf operation not only let guns walk into mexico it also cost border agent brian terry his life. reaction of two people that have been following the story, kerry picket and katie pavlitch is with us. lets watch through this. so our government gave guns to drug dealers, cartels, kidnappers and they gave them the guns...

That this was not just a doj/atf operation. homeland security was involved, the f.b.i. was involved. the irs was involved and so moving forward -- jenna: as far as, does involve mean an email passed someones desk. this report seems particularly bad for the atf, but its difficult from the outside looking in what it means for the department of justice or even the white house. what would you say about that? >> we are talking about extensive involvement, about the same reports filed with atf being f...

Government. this issue with bureaucracy. this is issue with very flawed operation that wasnt just flawed or botched in its execution but was flawed by design. americans still want more answers when it comes to that. jenna: get cory in on that point, hadley. that is certainly comes up a lot, cory. when it comes to leadership, accountability, all lawmakers despite what party theyre a part of. five atf workers were apparently covered up something part of this report or part of this operation, shoul...

The political posturing associated with this issue by the majority on the committee we have three reports, not just one of the if we have all the facts, if we have all the findings release them all at one time. why are we ink having this out? jenna: but the president could step out in front of this. >> put all the information out at one time. this is very serious matter and we need to get to the bottom of it. jenna: cory, quick final thought here. hadley i will get yours, well have to say good-b...

This operation and not one person has been fired yet. that is really at issue. i do agree with cory, that we do need to see more information but i hope the president will be more forthcoming and stop using executive privilege, makes it look like unless he has compelling reason keeping this information from the public why is he involved keeping information from the public? jenna: look forward to having you both back. >> thank you. >> thank you very much. rick: who could forget this guy? former gs...

Firearms for drug cartels and failing to interdict them. in some cases even allowing them to walk into mexico. joining me now to try to explain this is brad blakeman the former deputy assistant to president george w. bush and a senior adviser to four presidential campaigns and dick ha harpootlian, chairman of the democratic party. what did issa put in the congressional record. just so our viewers know the doj says it was an atf operation. the question is did the atf allow guns to walk, how high ...