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Firing those who screwed up. >> how many more border patrol agents would have had to die as part of operation fast and furious for to you take responsibility. >> as a member of congress, really, is that the way in which you want to be seen you want to be known? i should be held accountable for my role in whatever i did or didnt do in connection with the supervision of fast and furious. im attorney general of the united states, and i should be held accountable and perhaps even given some credit. ...

Megyn: you and i talked about whether somebody should be held accountable. >> he removed the head of atf and changed him to another position. the u.s. attorney who authorized this. megyn: he transferred to the office of legal policies still working for the government on our dime. >> the u.s. attorney that authorized this action had to resign under considerable pressure. megyn: he resigned, he wasnt fired. >> the reason other personal actions have not been taken is because this is under investiga...

Brian terry would likely not have been shot had this been stoppedder to people arrested early on. megyn: brian terrys family demanding a hefty settlement from the feds. he was killed by two mexican bandits carrying ak-47 rifles that had been part of "operation fast & furious." his family said they had to struggle to learn just what happened to him. >> brian did ultimately come home that christmas. we buried him not far from the house that he was raised in just prior to christmas day. megyn: terr...

>> the fact of the matter is we learned there was a memo to attorney general mccasey about expanding the guns walking program that existed under the bush administration. why is the committee giving the bush administration a total pass. why is there no investigation into the fact that the bush administration. are you saying this is an acceptable policy? if nobody is killed to let guns walk? >> no. megyn: what they say -- what the critics say is this one is different. in operation wide receiver we...

suggest. we have will cain who is a columnist for "the blaze." i like the tweed. >> thank you. >> the actual professor though is next to you and that would be the former virginia congressman tom davis is back with us. i said a long good-bye to you yesterday and im like, oh, hes back. we loved having you. he is also the former chair of the republican house campaign committee. and he teaches political science now. and ron brownstein is the editorial director of the "national journal" and...

This regardless of what the facts are as presented in the report. whether or not they were fair with the investigation. they will have the contempt vote and then nothing will happen. just another day of theater. >> did anybody mention this bombshell report in "fortune" magazine? >> no but they mentioned the democratic committee report that said there are 100 errors of fact in the majority report. the democrats accept that something was wrong with this gun walking program. there was a problem tha...

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Shootout that guns involved were part of the fast and furious operation. republicans are putting this at the feet of the obama administration. but congressman peter welch wanted to know why the committee did not question anyone who started the program. >> it would seem to me very reasonable in pursuit of a full investigation that we would want to have those folks in, ask what happened and get the complete picture, allow us then to have that as part of our investigation. >> it was attorney genera...

Privilege. president george w. bush did it six times. president clinton used it 14 times. but republicans are making sinister allegations against attorney general eric holder and the president of the united states. >> theres no question in anybody pfsz mind thats been involved in this investigation that the attorney general has been stonewalling this committee. now the president of the united states has claimed executive privilege. that brings into question whether or not eric holder knew about ...

Anybodys mind thats been involved in this investigation that the attorney general has been stonewalling this committee. now the president of the united states has claimed executive privilege. that brings into question whether or not eric holder knew about it and how much did the president know about this? >> but republicans are refusing to ask anyone on the bush administration who knew about the operation and when it started to come forward and testify. the so-called gun walking program was star...