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A planned inquiry by a U.S. lawmaker into a tactic used by undercover investigators in money laundering cases may come to a surprising conclusion: the technique has been widely used for decades, say investigators. On Monday, Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA) announced that the House Oversight Committee would expand its investigation into the controversial 'gun-walking' tactics employed by the U.S. Justice Department to also look into whether the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) helped drug cartels launder money as part of undercover sting operations. The purported strategy, outlined Sunday in an article by The New York Times, raises "further unsettling questions about...