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Eric holder recused himself and knows nothing about the ap investigation but in the james rosen investigation your colleague at fox the department of justice what they are doing is outrageous and now the president is calling on the department of justice to investigate themselves. the fbi is already investigating the irs and that is because no one claims knowledge of anything that is in senior leadership including the president and his attorney general. if the president and attorney general do no...

To great lengths to keep the search warrants secret. the government asks the judge "the fbi is currently engaged in an ongoing investigation of the leak that will be substantially and adversely affected if they were to become aware of the specific details known to the fbi." critics are deriving th -- calg it case of the attorney general investigating himself. author ron kessler believes holder is trying to strike a balance. >> so far as i can see the actions he has taken have been justified when...

Look into emails and listen into your parents phone calls it makes you uneasy clay invasion of the press. >> anna: what about the all the other sources we have gone through. wasnt just james rosen emails that was hacked into, phone lines from fox news channel and all of that how is this going to be effecting us even the associated press and everybody else for that matter in trying to get information. we are just doing our jobs. were. >> clayton: whether you have a leak at the center of this. the...

Been justified when it comes to a leak such as the a.p. leak where sources were compromised. but, on the other hand, with the james rosen leak, it was not a serious compromise. it didnt compromise future assets or information, and so you do have to wonder whether there was some effort, perhaps at a lower level to target fox because clearly stands out as being in contrast to other leak investigations which were about much more serious compromises. >> mike: it just looks like an excuse to investig...

"washington post" this week pointed out that the original a.p. leak was a serious one and even though the administration went public with it and briefed the president on it after the fact, they lost the asset of a covert operative inside yemen and someone who might have been more useful had the story not begun to bubble up. >> i read walters column, hes a fabulous reporter and you know ive got to believe that there was, if he said there was damage done by this, there probably was some. if you he...

Those cases that i have actually signed off on. i take them very seriously. i know i have refused to sign a few. pushed a few back for modifications. >> when asked how many requests for search warrants or subpoenas of journalists he had turned down, couldnt remember that would seem to be something i would want to know if i knew i was on the defensive and the president had just expressed -- to me. this is truly amazing. >> late today fox news obtained court documents which show the government wen...

Security and press freedom. >> so far as i can see, of the actions he has taken have been justified when it comes to a leak such as the a.p. leak where sources were compromised. but, on the other hand, with the james rosen leak, it was not a serious compromise and so you do have to wonder whether there was some effort perhaps at a lower level to target fox. >> doj said in its statement today it followed all applicable laws and that a federal magistrate okayed it determining there was probable ca...