US officials implicated in gun-running probe

Report cites 14 people for allowing thousands of guns to fall into hands of Mexican drug cartels.

An independent investigation has cleared Eric Holder, the US attorney general, of covering up a botched anti-gun running operation.

But the report by the justice department’s internal watchdog cited 14 officials for allowing thousands of guns to fall into the hands of Mexican drug cartels.

Al Jazeera’s Tom Ackerman reports from Washington.

Source: Al Jazeera