cartel, we're told. at this point right now, authorities in the u.s. have traced back at least one firearm from the scene of this shootout back to this fast and furious operation. this is something obviously the atf knows has been going on and will probably keep going on for many, many years. they issued a statement to us, which i'll read right now. the atf has accepted responsibility for the mistakes made in the fast and furious investigation and at the attorney general's direction, we have taken appropriate and decisive action to ensure that these errors will not be repeated. we acknowledge that regrettably firearms related to the fast and furious investigation will likely continue to be recovered at future crime scenes. now, this is obviously something that was very controversial, as you member. the republicans voted to censure the attorney general in a fight over documents when this whole