Darrell Issa Pressed To Add BUSH Administration Program To Fast And Furious Investigation

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Darrell Issa Pressed To Add Bush Administration Program To Fast And Furious Investigation

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The second story to emerge on Tuesday provided some relief for the administration. The Associated Press reported that a program similar to Fast and Furious had been implemented under the Bush administration.

Far less is known about that program, Operation Wide Receiver -- which also allowed guns to be transferred to suspected traffickers for the purposes of tracking their movement -- mainly because it remained a secret during the previous administration. But to the extent that it was similar to Fast and Furious, it helped defuse the current controversy.

The chief driver of the Fast and Furious investigations, House Oversight Committee Chairman Darrell Issa (R-Calif.), had pledged to look into the Bush administration when circumstances demanded it, noting, "many of the issues we’re working on began with President Bush or even before, and haven’t been solved."

And during a CNN interview on Tuesday evening, he was pressed for the first time to address the work done by Obama's predecessor on arms trafficking.

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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/10/05/darrell-issa-fast-and-furious-department-of-justice_n_995940.html

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1. BushCo* holdovers at the ATF?

It's little wonder that they'd repeat a spectacularly failed program.