atf s knowing failures in both of these operations to interaddict firearms illegally destined for mexico and for pursuing this risky strategy without adequately taking into account the significant danger to public safety that it created. shep: the report claims the attorney general, eric holder, who was the main target of the republican-led inquiry, did not know anything about the operation. james rosen live in dc. the inspector general however, did find direct fault with lannie brewer. he is the assistant attorney general in charge of d. o.j. s criminal division. he found fault for what did he or didn t do after he learnd about operation wide receiver. that s the similar gun walking operation that the atf field office in phoenix conducted in 2006 and 07. what we found is to mr. brewer was frankly of whether he read the letter, given what he knew about wide receiver, his responsibility