Fast and Furious document settlement shoots holes in executive privilege

After six years of legal wrangling, the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform has reached a settlement with the Department of Justice in their dispute over the release of documents related to the controversial “gun-walking” program known as Operation Fast and Furious.
Beginning in November of 2009, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives used straw purchasers to pass guns to suspected criminals, hoping to track the firearms as they were moved into Mexico