"What's the controversy over the Justice Department's Feb. 4, 2010 letter to Sen. Grassley?
In
its earliest response to Sen. Grassley's questions about the gunwalking
operation, the Justice Department sent a letter that contained
inaccurate information. The letter, signed by Assistant Attorney General
Ronald Weich, stated that ATF never "knowingly allowed the sale of
assault weapons to a straw purchaser who then transported them into
Mexico." Ten months later, the Justice Department withdrew the letter
acknowledging that it contained inaccuracies. In April 2012, Weich
announced his intention to resign from the Justice Department to become
dean of the University of Baltimore Law School. Documents subpoenaed by
the House Oversight Committee, but not turned over, include Justice
Department communications after the Feb. 4, 2010 letter leading up to
the Dec. 2010 retraction of the inaccurate letter. Republicans in
Congress want to see who-knew-when that the Feb. 4 assertion denying
gunwalking was false, and why it took ten months for the
administration's retraction."
For more from CBS on the controversy and the source of this quote see this article.