The Los Angeles Times reports:

Reporting from Washington— The claim by senior ATF officials that none of the weapons lost in the botched Fast and Furious sting operation were used in the shooting of a Border Patrol agent is not supported by FBI ballistics tests, according to a copy of the FBI report on the shooting.

Last week, spokesmen Scot Thomasson and Drew Wade of the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives told The Times that the FBI had assured them that neither of the two Fast and Furious weapons found at the scene of Border Patrol Agent Brian A. Terry’s death were the ones that killed the agent.

“We’re not aware of any forensic evidence that would link these guns to the homicide,” they said.

A copy of the FBI report obtained by The Times’ Washington bureau shows ballistics tests did not rule out the Fast and Furious guns.

The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) had previously sent a letter to Senator Chuck Grassley (R-IA), strongly denying allegations that a “Fast and Furious” weapon had been used to murder Terry.

That letter, sent in response to an inquiry from Grassley, was sent back in January. The letter neglected to mention that weapons from “Fast and Furious” had been found at the scene.

And now we know that, contrary to claims by the ATF, the FBI was never able to rule-out the implication of “Fast and Furious” weapons in Terry’s murder. The Justice Department’s agency lied…again.