5 ATF officials singled out in GOP report

Published July 31, 2012 1:12pm ET



WASHINGTON (AP) — Five officials at the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives share much of the blame for what went wrong with the Arizona gun-smuggling probe called Operation Fast and Furious, a Republican congressional draft report concludes.

After an 18-month probe, the first of what will be three reports says “many people up and down the chain of command in ATF share the blame for the case’s tragic failures.”

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