(CNSNews.com) — The White House will not answer questions about when President Barack Obama first became aware of  “Operation Fast and Furious,” a botched sting operation along the southern border in which U.S. officials knowingly allowed 2,000 guns to flow to Mexican criminals
The operation was halted shortly after two of the guns from the operation were found at the murder scene of U.S. Border Patrol agent Brian Terry in December 2010. It was an operation ran primarily through the Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco Firearms and Explosives (ATF).
The Justice Department in Washington, D.C., the U.S. attorney’s office for the District of Arizona, the FBI, and the Drug Enforcement Administration were also involved, according to findings by congressional investigators.
On June 27, CNSNews.com asked White House Press Secretary Jay Carney, “Could you tell me what is the exact date that the president learned about the Justice Department ATF operation to allow guns to flow into Mexico?”
Carney apparently had trouble understanding the question, saying,  “I mean, I think I’ve answered this question a bunch about — about what he learned?”
CNSNews.com said, “What is the exact date that he learned about it?”
Carney apparently still did not understand. “The exact thing that he learned?”
CNSNews.com again clarified, “Exact date — date.”
Carney finally responded, “I’ll have to get back to you. I don’t have an exact date for you.”
The White House has since not responded to questions about an exact date or approximate date when Obama learned about the operation.  (read more)