Charlie Savage
Tuesday, July 30, 2013 - 13:39
The Obama administration announced Friday that it was reviving the repatriation of low-level detainees from the prison at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, which had dried up after Congress imposed strict limits on transfers.
Tuesday, July 10, 2012 - 00:00
One of the agents, Brian Terry, was fatally wounded, and it later emerged that two guns found at the scene had been bought by someone suspected of being a straw buyer for a smuggling network in the Operation Fast and Furious investigation.
Friday, June 1, 2012 - 00:00
With Washington's attention swinging from Iraq and Afghanistan - and with budget dollars similarly flowing in new directions - the United States is expanding and unifying its antidrug efforts in Central America.
Thursday, May 17, 2012 - 00:00
One of the fights, which occurred last week, left as many as four people dead and has set off a backlash against the American presence there.
Wednesday, April 25, 2012 - 00:00
Allegations of widespread bribery at Wal-Mart's Mexican subsidiary continued to reverberate on Tuesday, with the company beginning a campaign to limit the damage.
Friday, February 3, 2012 - 00:00
Republicans ripped into Mr. Holder, accusing the Justice Department of a "cover-up" and declaring that senior officials either knew or should have known about the use of "gunwalking."
Tuesday, January 31, 2012 - 00:00
The Democratic staff portrays Fast and Furious as the fourth investigation, dating back to 2006, in which Arizona-based agents of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives employed the tactic "gun-walking."
Friday, December 9, 2011 - 00:00
Mr. Holder said Thursday that he agreed that Fast and Furious had been deeply flawed and that it was likely the missing guns would be used in crimes for years to come
Monday, November 7, 2011 - 00:00
The D.E.A. now has five commando-style squads it has been quietly deploying for the past several years to Western Hemisphere nations — including Haiti, Honduras, the Dominican Republic, Guatemala and Belize - that are battling drug cartels, according to
Wednesday, July 27, 2011 - 00:00
Republicans sparred extensively with Democrats about another dispute: whether their close look at gun trafficking along the Southwest border had demonstrated a need for tighter gun control laws.