mr. melson said he never justified gun walking. he wasn't aware of it in the fast and furious operation. and he never briefed the attorney general or anybody else about it. i think that is pretty dire information. this interview took place seven months ago. chairman issa refused to let him answer the questions. we can draw conclusions dwr twht is the case. so that leaves with us only i guess to find out whether or not there were any bad actions by people of higher levels of asking you yet again. mr. attorney general, did mr. melson, the director of atf ever raise the issues of gun walking or the conduct of fast and furious? >> no. >> do you think he should bring significant issues to your attention? >> sure. that's one of the responsibilities they have. i hope they feel free to bring to my attention issues like that. >> you are surprised that mr. nelson or anyone else at atf raised concerns about fast and furious to your attention? >> i'm disappointed in not only mr. nelson but other people within the department who were seized wit

mr. melson's interview with some seven months ago to a direct quote from you, mr. chairman, on a show, a radio factor, you said and i quote, atf people and justice people are telling us this goes all the way to the very top. it goes all the way to the atf office and the drug and goes to the office of the attorney general. this is the approved a plan. to that unit is basically at the highest levels of the obama appointees, closed quote. those are allegations you're going to make, and to be important mr. melson coming year and testified as part of that instead of blocking his testimony and continue to make those assertions which now apparently are obviously not correct. >> i appreciate the gentleman giving roger hitchcock a plug. the fact is that those allegations were made, with a number of other false allegations, i might note for the record that we were given statements, allegations that atf director was viewing on closed-circuit internet connection the actual purchases being made after receiving testimony and multiple, we discovered that although he inquired abou