Napolitano testifies on ATF Fast and Furious
Homeland Security Chief Janet Napolitano speaks at House Judiciary Committee Oversight hearing, Oct. 19, 2011.
(Credit: CBS News)Obama responds to questions re: Fast and Furious
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Senate nixes future gun-running stings
According to an ABC News transcript of the president's interview with Senior White House Correspondent Jake Tapper, Mr. Obama said, "Our overarching goal consistently has been to say we've got a responsibility not only to stop drugs from flowing north, we've also got a responsibility to make sure we are not helping to either arm or finance these drug cartels in Mexico."
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DOJ: No 3rd gun in "Fast and Furious" murder
The Department of Justice has denied speculation that there was a missing third weapon at the murder scene of Border Patrol agent Brian Terry, which sparked the ATF's Fast and Furious scandal.
(Credit: CBS)Congressional investigators seek DoD records
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Joint Task Force North )
Updated 10/20/2011 with a statement from Joint Task Force North
Was a Defense Department organization aware of Operation Fast and Furious? A new letter from Congressional investigators obtained by CBS News asks the provocative question.
Continue »"Gray Markets" profit from drug shortages
MIAMI - Sara Danielsen, 39, was diagnosed with a rare form of appendix cancer in March. "The tumors inside me are growing if I don't stop them," Danielsen said.
Continue »Elaborate Medicare scheme busted in Florida
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MIAMI - Twenty-four people, including a doctor, a pharmacist and two pain clinic operators in Florida were indicted Wednesday by the federal government for allegedly taking part in an elaborate Medicare scheme.
Continue »Trial opens for "Merchant of Death" Viktor Bout
Sketch of Viktor Bout in court, Oct. 12, 2011.
(Credit: Artist: Jane Rosenberg)by CBS News investigative producer Pat Milton, who was in court today
NEW YORK - A former Soviet military officer agreed to sell an arsenal of weapons to Colombian rebels to kill Americans for millions of dollars, a U.S. prosecutor charged Wednesday at the opening of the trial of the man known as the Merchant of Death.
Continue »Holder subpoenaed for documents in "Gunwalker"
Attorney General Eric Holder is seen at a press conference, October 11, 2011.
(Credit: CBS News)Today, the Republican-led House Oversight Committee sent a wide-ranging documents subpoena to Attorney General Eric Holder. It asks for all communications regarding Fast and Furious or any other Phoenix-based firearms trafficking case involving Holder and 15 other senior Justice Department officials.
Continue »AG Holder responds to critics on Gunwalker
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Leahy plans oversight hearing with Holder
Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt.
(Credit: AP Photo/Susan Walsh)CBS News has learned the Democratic Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, Patrick Leahy,D-Vt., is planning to schedule an oversight hearing with Attorney General Eric Holder.
Leahy's Republican counterpart on the Senate Judiciary Committee, Sen. Charles Grassley, R-Iowa, has been aggressively investigating the ATF "Fast and Furious" gunwalking scandal since early this year. So far, all hearings on the issue have been held in the House, where Republicans hold a majority.
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