Just got this from my -press contact at CBS--don't have time right now to do anything but post it here in its entirety--please spread the word asap:
March 4, 2011
TONIGHT ON THE "CBS EVENING NEWS WITH KATIE COURIC":
Sister of Slain Border Agent Murdered by Guns Linked to ATF Reacts to CBS News’ Interview with Agent
Tonight on the CBS EVENING NEWS WITH KATIE COURIC (6:30 PM ET), Kelly Willis, the sister of murdered U.S. Border Patrol Agent Brian Terry, responds to John Dodson, the ATF agent who risked his job to speak with CBS News about the agency’s practice of letting guns “walk.” Investigative Correspondent Sharyl Attkisson uncovered “Fast and Furious,” a secret case in which the ATF allowed guns to be purchased in order to track them, build a big case, and take down a major Mexican drug cartel. Two assault rifles the ATF let go as part of this strategy were found nearly a year after purchased at the scene of Terry’s murder.
Agent Dodson spoke out in an exclusive interview that broadcast on the CBS EVENING NEWS WITH KATIE COURIC on March 3. When asked by Attkisson about what he would say to Terry’s family, Dodson said, “First of all, I'd tell them that I'm sorry. Second of all, I'd tell them I've done everything that I can for them to get the truth. After this, I don't know what else I can do. But I hope they get it."
Tonight, Terry’s sister responds. Following are advance excerpts from tonight's broadcast. MANDATORY CREDIT: THE CBS EVENING NEWS WITH KATIE COURIC.
Kelly Willis: “You know, within the first five minutes after that was finished airing, my whole family members, we all called each other just in tears that somebody, sorry I'm going to cry…that somebody would put their job on the line like that for my family to give us the information that we need. And that right there was the whole break in the case for us. Sometimes you can't believe everything you read but when someone actually puts the truth to it in person like that it shows us that all our thoughts and speculations are true.”
Sharyl Attkisson: “What have you been told officially about what happened to your brother, where the guns came from, what bullet killed him?”
Kelly: “Nothing. We have been told nothing. Every time we have a question they can't answer it. Nothing.”
Sharyl Attkisson's follow-up report broadcasts tonight on the CBS EVENING NEWS WITH KATIE COURIC, and can be found online at www.cbsnews.com.
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