near the southwest border in an effort to score political points. nearly one yearning working to protect his fellow citizens, u.s. customs and border protection agent brian terry was vie rently murdered in arizona. we all should feel outrage about his death and as i have communicated directly to agent terry s family we re dedicated to pursuing justice on his behalf. the department is also working to answer questions that the terry family has raised including whether and how firearms connected to fast and furious end up with mexican drug cart cartels. in her independent review i expect the department s acting inspector-general to answer the questions. justice department employees have been working tirelessly to identify, to locate and to provide relevant information to this committee and to the two other committees that are investigating fast and furious, all while preserving the integrity of our ongoing criminal investigations and