Monica - QUESTION 7 (20 POINTS) Research Operation Fast and Furious and analyze the following scenario using the 5Ps Model, Cause & Effect Diagram, Pareto Chart, and Force Field Analysis. You must include the most recent information. GOOGLE SEARCH: fast furious gun running, etc.

When Eric Holder was attorney General, Operation Fast & Furious was enacted as a way to trace gun smugglers to higher level drug cartels and make more arrests at a higher level. The idea was to allow guns to walk across the border by suspected gun smugglers in order to track them to the cartels. Thousands of guns were allowed to walk across the border into Mexico without the proper number of people to efficiently and effectively track them. ATF agents in the Mexico field office began confiscating guns that were used in violent crimes and traced them to the Operation Fast & Furious case in Phoenix, Arizona. Agents in the Phoenix field office lost 100s of guns in Mexico and put innocent civilians in danger on both sides of the border. Field agents in Mexico made several complaints and inquiries through the ranks of the ATF, but these were not addressed by higher level authorities. When an order was made to end Operation Fast & Furious, it was not carried out in a timely manner. As a result, the operation did not cease until a U.S. Border Patrol Officer was killed. Operation Fast & Furious did not lead to higher levels of arrests as was planned to due to poor

planning and execution.