Report says one of Holder's prosecutors behind 'Fast and Furious' leak

[Leroy N. Soetoro]

http://www.cnn.com/2013/05/20/politics/fast-and-furious/index.html

Washington (CNN) -- A former top Justice Department official in Arizona
leaked an internal memo from a federal agent who had criticized the
politically charged "Fast and Furious" gun trafficking operation, a
government report found.

Dennis Burke, who was U.S. Attorney for the state, admitted to senior
Justice Department officials in 2011 that he had leaked to the media the
memo written by John Dodson, an agent with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco,
Firearms and Explosives, according to the Justice Department inspector
general's finding on Monday.

The IG report said the leak was an apparent attempt to undermine Dodson's
credibility.

Burke resigned after making the disclosure.

The report said the memo was among documents gathered for review by
congressional committees investigating the botched ATF operation dubbed
"Fast and Furious."

The controversial program allowed 2,000 guns to cross Arizona's border
with Mexico beginning in 2009 with the intention of tracking them to
criminal gangs.

Authorities lost track of hundreds of weapons that wound up in the hands
of drug cartels and two guns wound up at the scene of a border agent's
slaying the next year although it was not clear whether they factored in
the death.

A report last September by the Justice Department's inspector general
found that the operation was marked by "a series of misguided strategies,
tactics, errors in judgment and management failures."`

According to the report, the "Fast and Furious" memo should not have been
released to the media without approval by the Justice Department's public
affairs office.

The report said Burke told a senior Justice Department official that he
didn't know the memo was only to be given to congressional investigators
and thought the member of the media who received it had already seen it.

Burke reportedly also said he didn't think he'd done anything
inappropriate.

Burke later told congressional investigators that he provided the memo to
a friend who gave it to a FOX News producer, according to the report.

Dodson's attorney complained to the DOJ Office of Inspector General in
July 2011 that someone had leaked the memo after the agent received an e-
mail from a FOX news producer asking for comment on excerpts.

According to the inspector general's report, the memo suggested an
operation using tactics similar to the ones Dodson had later criticized in
congressional testimony.

The IG report said "although Burke denied to congressional investigators
that he had any retaliatory motive for his actions, we found substantial
evidence to the contrary."

Chuck Rosenberg, a lawyer representing Burke, had no comment on the
report.

The inspector general's office said it would refer the matter to the
Justice Department's Office of Professional Responsibility to determine
whether he had violated rule of professional conduct for any state bars of
which he is a member.


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