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So if they in deed looked for phone records for years or e-mails for years that says theyre looking for a long-term pattern of conduct. and they would have had, i expect, significant evidence to lead them to seek such a broad request for that kind of discovery. >> the justice department report says james wolfe was entrusted to classified and secret and top secret information provided by the executive branch, including the u.s. intelligence community. and it says wolfe is alleged to have lied to ...

Veteran of the senate staff, a veteran of the senate intelligence committee. someone you would think would have known better than to ever find himself in a position where hes being charged with lying to the fbi about his contacts with reporters. and gene, if he had played it straight with the fbi, he would apparently, according to the justice departments release tonight, be in effect at that moment confessing to crimes, but the trouble hes in tonight seems even worse than it would have been. >> ...

Tailored request for phone records. so if they in deed looked for phone records for years or e-mails for years that says theyre looking for a long-term pattern of conduct. and they would have had, i expect, significant evidence to lead them to seek such a broad request for that kind of discovery. >> the justice department report says james wolfe was entrusted to classified and secret and top secret information provided by the executive branch, including the u.s. intelligence community. and it sa...

The title says former u.s. senate employee indicted on false statement charges. the long-time director of security for the senate select committee on intelligence is accused of lying to the fbi about repeated contacts with reporters. james a. wolfe, 58, of ellicott city, maryland was indicted by a federal grand jury on three counts of violating federal law at the time he made the alleged false statements to the fbi. i want to go to congressman adam schiff of california, the ranking democrat on t...

The obama administration did conduct more of these justice department leak investigations than all previous administrations put together. that began what seems to be a trend that may well have intensified under -- its worrisome -- under the trump administration. jeff sessions says he now has three-times as many leak investigations going on as were left open by the obama administration. that tends to suggest that this -- this is intensifying. and it does have a chilling effect. this particular ca...

Conduct more of these justice department leak investigations than all previous administrations put together. that began what seems to be a trend that may well have intensified under -- its worrisome -- under the trump administration. jeff sessions says he now has three-times as many leak investigations going on as were left open by the obama administration. that tends to suggest that this -- this is intensifying. and it does have a chilling effect. this particular case seems to have all sorts of...

Year staffer being indicted tonight by the fbi. what do you know at this point? we know the name of the staffer is james wolfe, senate intelligence committee, he was in charge of maintaining the security and secrecy of documents on the committee. hes charged now with lying repeatedly to fbi agents in december of 2017 about repeated contacts with three reporters, including through his use of encrypted messaging applications? >> reporter: thats right, lawrence. we also know hes being charged with ...

Times" is reporting that one of its own reporters had her telephone and electronic communication seized by the justice. we understand thats ally watkins, shes someone who cover the same beat i do. we know they cover the robert mueller investigation. so i dont think they can be taken separately. first, yes, someone in wolfes position is supposed to be sensitive about the way they handle materials and certainly they can be charged with lying to the fbi. weve seen people like andrew mccabe being ta...

These people are now going to be arrested for that, as weve seen tonight. so its a big message, and i think that people on my beat, on allys beat now will be possibly very cautious going forward. i think this could have a chilling effect. >> the "new york times" reporter involved, ally watkins who has been a reporter at other news organizations prior to the "new york times," shes the one subject to this subpoena at the "new york times." and the justice department release on this says that james ...

That tonight the "new york times" is reporting that one of its own reporters had her telephone and electronic communication seized by the justice. we understand thats ally watkins, shes someone who cover the same beat i do. we know they cover the robert mueller investigation. so i dont think they can be taken separately. first, yes, someone in wolfes position is supposed to be sensitive about the way they handle materials and certainly they can be charged with lying to the fbi. weve seen people ...