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<blockquote data-quote="Babagounj" data-source="post: 820520" data-attributes="member: 12952">WASHINGTON – A senior U.S. Department of Justice official approved a&nbsp; sting operation that allowed some 2,000 guns to be smuggled into Mexico,&nbsp; a former U.S. agent told CBS News.Darren Gil, former head agent in Mexico for U.S. Bureau of Alcohol,&nbsp; Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives operations, said his direct supervisor&nbsp; in Washington told him the sting had been approved by officials of&nbsp; higher rank than ATF director Kenneth Melson.Gil said in an exclusive interview Friday with CBS investigative&nbsp; correspondent Sharyl Attkisson that he asked his supervisor if Melson&nbsp; was aware of the operation and the latter responded: “Yes, the&nbsp; director’s aware of it. Not only is the director aware of it, D.O.J.’s&nbsp; aware of it.”&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; Ex-Agent: U.S. Justice Department OK’d Flow of Guns to Mexico</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Babagounj, post: 820520, member: 12952"] WASHINGTON – A senior U.S. Department of Justice official approved a sting operation that allowed some 2,000 guns to be smuggled into Mexico, a former U.S. agent told CBS News. Darren Gil, former head agent in Mexico for U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives operations, said his direct supervisor in Washington told him the sting had been approved by officials of higher rank than ATF director Kenneth Melson. Gil said in an exclusive interview Friday with CBS investigative correspondent Sharyl Attkisson that he asked his supervisor if Melson was aware of the operation and the latter responded: “Yes, the director’s aware of it. Not only is the director aware of it, D.O.J.’s aware of it.” [B]Ex-Agent: U.S. Justice Department OK’d Flow of Guns to Mexico[/B] [/QUOTE]

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