The Fast and Furious operation blew up, because the Arizona Justice Department and the Federal Justice Department weren't on the same page, and 2,000 guns got away and could not be traced.
But the operation started under the Bush Administrations as WIDE RECEIVER. It apparently continued under Obama's term as the ATF changed the name of the operation to FAST and FURIOUS. Eric Holder nor Obama didn't even know about the operation until it was already in the hands of the inspector general. The inspector General ruled that those operations were too big a risk and did not have the proper methods in place to track the guns once they left the country.
When Eric Holder found out about the ATF's Fast and Furious operation- HE SHUT THE FUCKING THING DOWN!
NEXT!
https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo...-administration-used-fast-and-furious-tactics