Just in: Holder lashes out at Congress over "Fast & Furious" scandal.

[SteveM]

"In a letter to Congress, Attorney General Eric Holder has gone on the record with the most details yet about what he and other Justice Department officials knew about ATF's Fast and Furious operation, even though memos surfaced earlier this week showing multiple briefing memos mentioning Fast and Furious were sent to him as early as July of last year.

"Holder says that his testimony to Congress, stating he first heard of Fast and Furious earlier this year, 'was truthful and accurate... I have no recollection of knowing about Fast and Furious prior to the public controversy about it.'"

A.G. Holder said further he cannnot sit idly by...

"as law enforcement and government employees who devote their lives to protecting our citizens be considered 'accessories to murder'."

Tellingly, Holder accused Congress of not acting to stop the "flow of guns to Mexico."

"Holder blamed Congress for failing to consider whether 'additional tools are needed to stem the flow of guns to Mexico' and warned 'until we move beyond the current political climate..nothing is going to change.'"

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Attorney General Holder seems to be locked into his position that there is a "flow of guns to Mexico" which must be acted upon, but does not indicate how such a flow would have been theoretically stopped even if these various BATF schemes had "succeeded."

He also speaks of a "political climate," but doesn't elaborate how this "climate" would prevent a "flow of guns." Given the amount of documentation, number of meetings concerning the "flow," and Holder's emotional investment in this issue, I don't find it credible when Holder claims he "has no recollection."

http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-31727_162-20117477-10391695.html