instead of closing doors others would open. investigators could unafter vail their story. remember during this period of time from february to december, ken melson and u.s. attorney dennis burke were both still in the mix. they were still in office. would their e-mails support this contention that the department of justice was entirely ignorant of the tactics of fast and furious ? and that officials under burke and melson intentionally misled washington? that is basically the allegation. and would these deliberative materials support the ag s contention or would they suggest something was wrong? the irony is, us guys, those under scrutiny that drafted and approved the february 4th letter, had nothing to do with fast and furious . they may never have even been to arizona. back to you. jenna: william, stand by if you will. this is big story we ll cover throughout the day. back to william in los angeles as we get more on this. gregg: stunning developments today. the for eight long month