'''Operation Fast and Furious''' was an [[Obama administration]] program, approved at the highest levels of the [[White House]],<ref>[https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/12/17/AR2010121706598.html White House delayed rule meant to stop gun flow to Mexico], Sari Horwitz and James V. Grimaldi, ''[[Washington Post]]'', December 17, 2010</ref> authorizing the illegal sale in the [[United States]] of high powered assault rifles and other firearms, to purchasers and intermediaries of Mexican [[drug cartels]]. | '''Operation Fast and Furious''' was an [[Obama administration]] program, approved at the highest levels of the [[White House]],<ref>[https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/12/17/AR2010121706598.html White House delayed rule meant to stop gun flow to Mexico], Sari Horwitz and James V. Grimaldi, ''[[Washington Post]]'', December 17, 2010</ref> authorizing the illegal sale in the [[United States]] of high powered assault rifles and other firearms, to purchasers and intermediaries of Mexican [[drug cartels]]. |