Apparently a Univision reporter was willing to ask the President directly about this:
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-31727_16...-10391695.html
Short summary:
Serious mistakes MAY have been made and IF so, people will be held responsible. AG Holder and the President did not authorize such an operation and presumably will not be among those "held responsible."
It does lead me to wonder how you get multiple federal agencies and an AUSA working on this when nobody at the top authorized or supported it.