| − | On March 10, 2011, Holder made his first of many comments about the Justice Department's internal investigation, telling Texas Senator [[Kay Bailey Hutchison]] that he had "asked the Inspector General to try to get to the bottom of it." Inspector General Cynthia Schnedar was asked to head an independent investigation. Holder was in effect was Schnedar's boss from 1994 until 1997 when she served as assistant U.S. attorney in Washington, D.C. in the 90s. During Ms. Schnedar's tenure the two had worked a number of cases together.<ref>[http://www.americanthinker.com/2011/10/fast_and_furious_in_a_rotten_nutshell.html#ixzz27iRBCN28 Fast and Furious in a Rotten Nutshell], Ronald Kolb, American Thinker'', October 7, 2011,</ref> | + | On March 10, 2011, Holder made his first of many comments about the Justice Department's internal investigation, telling Texas Senator [[Kay Bailey Hutchison]] that he had "asked the Inspector General to try to get to the bottom of it." Inspector General Cynthia Schnedar was asked to head an independent investigation. Holder was in effect was Schnedar's boss from 1994 until 1997 when she served as assistant U.S. attorney in Washington, D.C. in the 90s. During Ms. Schnedar's tenure the two had worked a number of cases together.<ref>[http://www.americanthinker.com/2011/10/fast_and_furious_in_a_rotten_nutshell.html#ixzz27iRBCN28 Fast and Furious in a Rotten Nutshell], Ronald Kolb, ''American Thinker'', October 7, 2011,</ref> |