Oh, very convenient.
Issa was supposed to issue a subpoena to Holder, so Holder makes this announcement about a guy who was arrested Sept. 29, with not a word being issued about the arrest at the time. Then Fast and Furious heated up, Holder announces the arrest, and suddenly everything else is off the front page.
"To 'wag the dog' means to purposely divert attention from what would otherwise be of greater importance, to something else of lesser significance. By doing so, the lesser-significant event is catapulted into the limelight, drowning proper attention to what was originally the more important issue.
The expression comes from the saying that 'a dog is smarter than its tail', but if the tail were smarter, then the tail would 'wag the dog'."