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Whats not clear is how the fbi went about its work in getting the evidence, including securing evidence from the reporter. in 2015, the obama administration came up with a protocol that was an effort to respect both the national security and news gathering function of the press. in the spirit of the first amendment, because those two issues are so very important. and so there are some very high hurdles that prosecutors and the fbi are supposed to go through before they can obtain those materials...

Theres been claims in recent gas dais from some government officials they might hold you accountable and might try to prosecute you in some way. lets play the exchange between the chairman of the house intelligence committee mike rogers and the fbi director from earlier this week. >> there have been discussions about selling of access to this material to both newspaper outlets and other places. mr. comey, to the best of your knowledge is fencing stolen material, that is a crime? >> yes, it is. >...