How exactly is this related to Bush???
The money for this project was in the “Stimulas” package not “TARP”
“Operation Gunrunner” was started under Bush.
“Operation Fast and Furious” was its extension/modification under the Obama.
“Gunrunner” was a reasonable operation because the straw purchases were followed up with an imperative to seize the guns back after the illegal transfer had occurred - nothing crossed the border, nothing got lost, nobody went home until everything was wrapped up.
“Fast and Furious” eliminated the prior imperative - like notes in bottles tossed into the sea, they wanted to observe where the illegally-transferred arms drifted to and popped up again. Seemed nobody in charge (under THIS administration) considered that the weapons would be used for actual crimes.
What the lead article describes is Holder et al taking over the prior administration’s “Gunrunner” project; it does not describe the paradigm shift from sting to sanctioned smuggling.