DEA acknowledges supporting role

The head of the Drug En­force­ment Ad­min­is­tra­tion has ac­know­ledged to con­gres­sion­al in­vest­ig­at­ors that her agency provided a sup­port­ing role in the ill-fated Op­er­a­tion Fast and Furi­ous run by the group’s coun­ter­parts at the ATF.