mr. cunningham has taken the fifth, i would say none of us have that direct authority. to add to that would you make all information on mr. cunningham unredacted so we may evaluate to a great extent what you know about why he took the fifth? go ahead. i yield back. >> in terms of making available, i'm not sure where you get the number of 93,000 documents. the redactions that occurred are only because there are things that are either not relevant or are protected by grand jury secrecy rules, court orders that have sealed material. we have provided to this committee material that is relevant and only redacted that that is necessary. there's a key that tells you why something was redacted. with regard to the two people you talked about, mr. hurley is a line prosecutor. we never make line prosecutors available. that is every attorney general i know has followed that policy. mr. cunningham no longer works in the justice department, so i don't have the ability to compel him to testify. he left the justice department this past monday or friday. >> you asked him to leave, i gue

mr. cunningham that entails about 387 pages of material. we'll continue to look at that material, and to the extent that there is information that is relevant, we'll provide it to the committee. >> i thank you. we now recognize the other former chairman of the committee, mr. towns, for five minutes. >> thank you very much, mr. chairman. this committee has not obtained one shred of evidence that would contradict your testimony, mr. attorney general. not up one witness, not one document, not one e-mail. and still some continue to suggest that you did personally authorize gun walking and the tactics in operation fast and furious. i hope this will be the last time you have to answer this question. did you, mr. attorney general, ever authorize gun walking? be. >> um, i did not, and i'll say it that way. i'm from new york, and i would say it in a different way, but i'm going to have great respect for this committee and simply say i did not. >> i'm from new york, so i would understand your answer. [laughter] and, of course, my colleague next to me

mr. cunningham so we can know what it is that he feels the need to invoke his fifth amendment right to not say? have you discussed granting him immunity, and thhas there been discussion about the grant of immunity? >> we have not discussed immunity or a special prosecutor. that will be for you all to ask us, if that is something you want to have considered. i will say that, you know, i don't know exactly why he invoked his fifth amendment privilege, but i can say that in the preparation of that february 4th letter that he was involved in, i don't have any basis to believe he knowingly provided us with false information. again, i don't know why he invoked his privilege. he has a lawyer from a good law firm in d.c., and i'm not sure why he did that. >> the gentleman's time has expired. >> just five seconds. i wanted to say we've answered all your questions that you asked about winestein in our reports and it comes from document that were during the testimony and before our staffs. >> i thank the gentleman. we now go to the gentleman from oklahoma, mr. langford. >> mr. attorney general, thank

mr. cunningham and hillary clinton is pinkie. >> bob: that was the shortest open you have ever had on theup obama just briefly on that. he is talking to a hispanic audience and the republicans blown it when it comes to hispanics. romney support base is 18%. george bush understood this. he got 45% of the vote. the republicans are going to get killed and they deserve it. >> eric: president obama has a plan to solve the energy crisis. because gas is getting expensive. listen to obama. >> not feed the wind, solar, battery industry, china or germany because some politicians refuse to make the same commitment in america. we are making new invest in the the development of gasoline and diesel and jet fuel made from a plant like substance. algae. you got a bunch of algae out here. all right? >> bob: you are on, eric. >> eric: i know. we spend $700 billion a year. we use 20 million-barrels of oil per day. he is going to solve it with algae? >> kimberly: i have algae i can sell. >> bob: you are the gas man. if we're so worried about gas, why do american refineries ship gas overseas? >> eric: they do

mr. cunningham has now taken the fifth, i would say none of us have the direct authority, but would you make all testimony and information of mr. cunningham's immediately available to us, unredacted, so we may evaluate what you know about why he took the fifth? i yield back. >> in terms of making available, i am not sure where you get the number of 93,000 documents. the reactions that have occurred are only because there are things that are either not relevant or are protected by a grand jury secrecy rules, court orders that have sealed material. we have provided to this committee material that is relevant and only redacted that which is necessary. with regard to the two people you talked about, mr. hurley is a line prosecutor and we never make them available. every attorney general i know has called that policy. mr. cunningham no longer works in the justice department and i don't have the ability to compel him to testify. he left the justice department this past monday. >> you ask him to leave, i guess. >> know. he had planned to leave well before he invoked the fifth amendment privilege to

mr. cunningham has now taken the fifth, i would say none of us have the direct authority, but would you makell testimony and information of mr. cunningham's immediately available to us, unredacted, so we may evaluate what you know about why he took the fifth? i yield back. >> in terms of making available, i am not sure where you get the number of 93,000 documents. the reactions that have occurred are only because there are things that are either not relevant or are protected by a grand jury secrecy rules, court orders that have sealed material. we have provided to this committee material that is relevant and only redacted that which is necessary. with regard to the two people you talked about, mr. hurley is a line prosecutor and we never make them available. every attorney general i know has called that policy. mr. cunningham no longer works in the justice department and i don't have the ability to compel him to testify. he left the justice department this past monday. >> you ask him to leave, i guess. >> know. he had planned to leave well before he invoked the fifth amendment privilege to t