crackdown on dissent. we begin with today s dramatic, intensely partisan confrontations between senate republicans and attorney general of the united states. a feisty appearance before the senate judiciary committee, attorney jenner i can holder refused demands that he apoint special counsel to investigate recent leaks of sensitive national security information. two people i pointed to look into matters are first rate prosecutors. special counsel, somebody new other than the two people that all of us could buy into? senator, i think you re missing something here. i think you re missing something here. i think you re missing the fact that this is a very big deal, and you re handling it in a way that creates suspicions where there should not be. republicans also confronted the attorney general over a program called fast and furious, it was designed to trace weapon smuggling, but ended up helping mexican drug cartels get guns from the united states, one of the guns f