Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Calif., today offered strong criticism of Attorney General Eric Holder and the gun-walking scheme that facilitated Mexican drug cartels receiving thousands of weapons and led to the death of a U.S. Border Patrol agent.

Issa, House Oversight Committee Chairman, told Chris Wallace of Fox News Sunday that ‘Operation Fast and Furious’ entailed “not tracking [guns] until they were found in the scene of crimes . . . [Department of Justice agencies] facilitated [in] just one guy buy, one straw buy, over 700 weapons.” He explained that the involved Department of Justice agencies “deliberately intended [the weapons] to end up in the hands of the drug cartels without any kind of traceability except if you find a gun in the scene of the crime.” Issa described the program as “felony and stupid — and I use the word ‘felony’ deliberately,” he added.