
Sri Srinivasan is the first D.C. Circuit nominee confirmed since 2006. (Image: U.S. Justice Department)

Sri Srinivasan is the first D.C. Circuit nominee confirmed since 2006. (Image: U.S. Justice Department)

A page from a U.S. Justice Department memo obtained using the Freedom of Information Act. The entire document was redacted. (Image: U.S. Department of Justice)

"We have known for some time that weapons brought to Mexico from Operation Fast and Furious would contribute to significant death and carnage,” Rep. Darrell E. Issa said Wednesday. “Univision’s new findings add details and faces to what occurred as a result of a reckless initiative, mismanagement and lack of leadership within the U.S. Justice Department.” (Associated Press)

"We have known for some time that weapons brought to Mexico from Operation Fast and Furious would contribute to significant death and carnage,” Rep. Darrell E. Issa said Wednesday. “Univision’s new findings add details and faces to what occurred as a result of a reckless initiative, mismanagement and lack of leadership within the U.S. Justice Department.” (Associated Press)

** FILE ** South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson, here with Gov. Nikki Haley in June, argues in a lawsuit filed in February that the U.S. Justice Department erred in blocking the state from requiring voters to show government-issued photo identification to vote. The requirement "will not disenfranchise any potential South Carolina voter," he said. (Jeremy Lock/Special to The Washington Times)

** FILE ** Then-Maricopa County Attorney Andrew Thomas (foreground), with Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio, speaks at a news conference in Phoenix in July 2010 about the U.S. Justice Department's suit against Arizona's immigration law. (AP Photo/Rick Scuteri, File)

** FILE ** South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson, here with Gov. Nikki Haley in June, argues in a lawsuit filed in February that the U.S. Justice Department erred in blocking the state from requiring voters to show government-issued photo identification to vote. The requirement "will not disenfranchise any potential South Carolina voter," he said. (Jeremy Lock/Special to The Washington Times)

U.S. Attorney Zane David Memeger smiles after speaking during a news conference about Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corp., Thursday, Sept. 30, 2010, in Philadelphia. The U.S. Justice Department says the pharmaceutical maker has agreed to pay $422.5 million stemming from illegal marketing of the anti-epileptic drug Trileptal and five other drugs. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)