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southwest, then those guns, thousands of them, were allowed to walk or be smuggled into mexico with an eye towards tracing their way through the cartels. instead as we, the house oversight committee and ore news organizations were led to believe, the atf lost track of those weapons. some made it back into the country. two were found at the scene where border agent brian terry was gunned down. that was the story as we and nearly everyone thought we knew. now tonight, though, after six months of reporting, "fortune" magazine reveals a very different fast and furious. the bottom line --...

toward tracing their way through the cartels. instead, as we, the house oversight committee and other organizations were led to believe, the atf lost track of those weapons. some were brought back into the country. two were found at the scene were border agent brian terry was gunned down. that was the story as we and nearly everyone thought we knew. now, tonight though, after six months of reporting, "fortune" magazine reveals a very different fast and furious. the bottom line, letting guns walk was not -- i repeat, not part of the plan. she writes, five law enforcement agents direct...

trard toward tracing their way through the cartels. instead, we, the oversight committee lost track of those weapons. some made them back into the country. two were found at the scene were border agent brian terry was gunned down. that was the story as we and nearly everyone thought we knew. now, tonight though, after six months of reporting, "fortune's" magazine reveals a very different fast and furious. the bottom line, letting guns walk was not -- i repeat, not part of the plan. she writes, five law enforcement agents directly involved in fast and furious tell fortune that the atf...

story. just hours from whether to cite attorney general eric holder for contempt of congress, a heavily researched story suggests that the scandal at the center of tomorrow's vote may not have been a scandal at all, or at least not the scandal we've been led to believe it is. here's what they thought we knew about the atf operation known as fast and furious. so-called straw buyers from mexican drug cartels were allowed to buy guns in the southwest. then those guns, thousands of them, were allowed to walk or be smuggled into mexico with an eye of tracing them through the cartels. inst...

Is they want to distract the attorney general from those lawsuits? >> i don't subscribe to that. i think it's an effort in an election year to put the heat on the attorney general and thus obama. there was a predicate called wide receiver. the same program did not result thankfully in the death of a border agent. it could have but it didn't. and of course we hardly heard anything about it at the time. we didn't hear people going after the bush administration for it. there seems to be a double standard. megyn: as far as i know no american was killed as a result of operation wide receiver. but i...