mr. monty wilkinson may have informed you of agent terry's murder in a timely fashion. is that true? >> he may v i know the murder occurred december 14th. i heard about it probably within 24 hours. i don't know if it came from monty wilkinson or somebody else from my staff. i knew about the murder within 24 hours of its occurrence. >> when you were informed about that within 24 hours, did anyone inform you or allude to the fact that weapons found at the scene were from fast and furious? >> no. i didn't know about operation fast and furious until the beginning parts of 2011 after i received that letter from senator grassley at the end of january. that was about operation gun runner. i learned about the fast and furious operation in february of that year. >> would you make available to us, through whatever records can you find, the name of the person who informed you, so we can ascertain why that individual would not or did not tell you what was widely known almost immediately, that in fact law enforcement allowed weapons walked, that basically these were fast and furious weapons. e-ma

mr. monty wilkinson may have informed you of agent terry's murder in a timely fashion, is that true? >> he may have. i know the murder occurred december 14th. i heard about it, i think, probably within 24 hours. i don't know if it came from monty wilkinson or some other member of my staff, but i knew about the murder within 24 hours of its occurrence. >> when you were informed about that within 24 hours, did anyone inform you or allude to the fact that the weapons found at the scene were from fast and furious? >> no. i didn't know about operation fast and furious until the beginning parts of 2011 after i received that letter from senator grassley, i guess, at the end of january and then that was about operation gun runner. of i actually learned about the fast and furious operation in february of that year. >> would you -- >> 2011. >> would you make available to us through whatever records you can find the name of the person who informed you so that we can ascertain why that individual would not or did not tell you what was widely known almost immediately that, in fact, law enforcemen

mr. monty wilkinson may have been formed to of agent terry's murder in a timely fashion. is that true?> i know the murder occurred december 14. i heard about probably within 24 hours of its occurrence. >> we were informed about that within 24 hours, did anyone inform you or allude to the fact that the weapons found at the scene were from fast and furious creston or >> know, i did not know about operation fast and furious until the beginning part of 2011 after received that letter from senator grassley and at the end of january. that was about operation gun runner. i actually learned about fast and furious in february of that year. >> would you make available to us through whatever records you can find the name of the person who inform you, so that we can ascertain why that individual would not or did not tell you what was widely known almost immediately, that in fact, law enforcement allow weapons to walk, that basically these were fast and furious weapons. the emailed we have received through whistle-blower show extensively that law enforcement was aware and concerned about it. we wou