he got the same briefing that the congressman bought from the same person as kenneth nilsson and he has indicated that at the time that he did that briefing he was not aware of the gun blocking techniques and he didn't know as best i can remember until march of 2011 when he talks about his stomach turning. >> thank you, senator. chairman lee he has got a vote which members of the committee are asked so i'm going to begin a second round of questions from me and then we have other centers will be returning to ask additional questions. one of the central issues he spoke about in the previous statement was the law enforcement and one of the things of great concern to me is officer safety. you had spoken earlier about how we are seeing significant reductions in the crime overall coming yet increase in violence directed against officers. obviously as has been discussed tragic losses in the line of duty of officers. i wondered if he might comment on what sorts of programs the department is currently funding, what sort of funding challenges the programs face particularly in the officer best pro

holder said in my office and i handed him two letters of and had written to the acting director kenneth nilssonatf. my letter mentioned before -- the death of border patrol perry. the allegations of to those weapons had been founded the scene at aged perry's death, and the whistleblowers who were providing information of this incident were already facing retaliation. "jtf makes every effort to interject weapons the have and purchased illegal improve the transportation to mexico." in the nine months since then, mounting evidence has put the lie to that plane. denials came to light. atf agents testified powerful yet to go house oversight hearings. they also confirmed that gun walking occurred in operation fast and furious. just last week, assistant attorney general many brewer admitted in this room that the letters to me or false. but it gets worse. mr. brewer also estimated that he knew all that it was false. he could not recall whether he helped edit it. however, he knew that it was false because he was aware of previous gun walking operations called wide receiver. he remained silent for nine m

attorney-general holder sat in my office and i handed him two letters i had written to acting director kenneth nilsson of atf. my letter mentioned one, the death of border patrol agent terry, the allegations that atf sank in the sale of hundreds of assault weapons to straw buyers, allegations that two of those were found at the scene of agent kerri's death and the allegations that whistle-blower provided disinformation were already facing retaliation from the agency. four days later the reply from the department explicitly stated that the whistleblower allegations were false. it also claimed, quote, atf makes any effort to interdict weapons that have been purchased illegally and prevent their transportation to mexico. in the nine months since then, mounting evidence put lie to that claim. documents contradicting department denials came to life. six atf agents testified powerfully to house oversight hearings. they also confirmed gun walking occurred in operation fast and furious. last week assistant attorney general lanny brewer admitted the department letters were absolutely false but it gets worse. m