. >> so you're relyingen 0 the office of the inspector general to investigate his statements and whether or not it's true that agents working under him were aware of the fact that gun running was taking place? because, in fact, we know was taking place. so it's not all that surprising that some dea agents might know what was going on with regard to atf activity, it was in the same reason, but at the same time, our greater concern is, why supervisors might have told the agents to "back off" when they raised concerns about the wisdom of sending guns to drug dealers and others in mexico that ultimately resulted in the death of a border patrol agent? so you will report back to this committee once you flare the oig, and let us know what actions have been taken to make sure that when people find out that wrongdoing is taking place, that they're freely able to report it to their superiors, and then have some inner agency discussions between atf and dea to say, hey, guys, what are you doing here? giving guns to people that we're trying to stop from smuggling drugs into the united states is not a