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Is rarely used. looking over the attorney generals opening statement, we dont have a clue to whether hes going to talk a lot about this stuff, you be its plausible at least based on some of his previous conversations about that, he could explore the issue of civil rights violations. on the issue of secret justice department subpoenas, the associated press in a leak investigation, holder is expected to stick to his story of disclosure of sense information in that case a year ago was so unusual th...

Public decide. because as we learned during the the monica scandal there is a point where the public starts pushing back and saying enough already. i think they have to be a little bit more delicate here. and hearing chairman darrell issa talk about benghazi, you can see that hes pulled back. he said this isnt about president obama. this isnt about hillary clinton. this is about getting to the bottom of things. so hes not out there saying this is watergate or iran contra. >> gloria borger, thank...

That is not hyperbole. it put the american people at risk. and trying to determine who was responsible for that, i think required very aggressive action and as i said, im the subpoena as formulated, based on the people that i know, i dont know about the facts but based on people i know, that subpoena was done in conformance with doj regs. jon: lets take closer look at all this. peter barnes is live for us in washington. peter? >> reporter: hey, jon, thats right. the house judiciary committee has...

This is among, if not the most serious, it is within the top two or three most serious leaks that ive ever seen. it put the american people at risk and that is not hyperbole. >> using the strongest possible terms, thats attorney general eric holder on the stunning revelation that the justice department seized phone records from the associated press. holder under fire for this scandal says hes announcing a criminal investigation. back on the grill tonight is laney davis. one final question that s...

Is one of the top two or three most serious links ive seen. it put the american people at risk and that is not hyperbole. it put the american people at risk. trying to determine who is responsible for that, i think, required very aggressive action. >> a.p. officials, however, say there has been a failure to provide a reason for the scope of the subpoenas. of course investigators decision to keep it secret. this is a lawyer for the news agency. >> one was the massive nature of what was done. ther...

Information about a failed al-qaeda plot and one that could have put american lives at risk. >> ive been a prosecutor since 1976 and i have to say that this is among if not the most serious. it is the top two or three most serious leaks that ive ever seen. put the american people at risk. that is not hyperbole. it put the american people at risk and trying to determine who was responsible for that, i think required very aggressive action. >> two sides to every story. ap officials say that doesnt...

About the details of this scandal. >> this is unacceptable and its immoral. its the kind of behavior we associate not with the greatest democracy in the world, but with corrupt, tin pot dictators. >> at his news conference, holder hardly had time to respond to questions on the irs as he was repeatedly challenged about the justice departments decision to track the phone calls of ap reporters and editors and its a decision he defended. >> ive been a prosecutor since 1976 and i have to say that thi...

Hours. >> i dont know all that went into the formulation of the subpoena. this was a very serious leak. youre getting into matters beyond my knowledge. i was recused in the matter so i dont know. >> joining me now is shawn spicer, communications director for the republican national committee, the head of the rnc, reince priebus is calling for holder to resign. as were seeing the attorney general going on to describe the leak saying its one of the most serious hed ever seen. i want to play for ev...

Jetliner. >> reporter: the a.p. says the government obtained logs of calls of more than 20 phone lines last april and may including some home and cell numbers and the general switchboard lines of its offices in new york, washington, and hartford, connecticut. >> more than a hundred journalists for the a.p. work at the places whose phone numbers and phone records were -- were seized by the justice department. >> reporter: attorney general eric holder said that he was not involved in the decision ...

Word im looking for? >> its clear they were on a jihad. >> right. jihad. thats the word. joining us now is representative john yarmouth, democrat of kentucky. good afternoon, sir. >> hello, martin. >> were not even a full week into this story about the irs and already mr. mcconnell is describing that agency in terms which are usually reserved for al qaeda. whats your reaction to that? >> well, its certainly hyperbole as dramatic as you could possibly imagine. i didnt think anybody died in this i...