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CNN Reliable Sources April 20, 2014 15:27:00

presumably interested in basic press freedoms. brian, this is one of the most important things i think happened in the story which is it wasn't just david gregory, it was a series. it escalated with people like peter king and james clapper and peter alexander, explicitly calling me personally and my colleagues criminals for reporting on the story, and they wanted to create this climate where there was a serious possibility that those of us doing the reporting could be criminally prosecuted. i think one of the reasons why i was willing to come back to the united states when i did because i knew the pulitzers were this week and it would make them very difficult to follow through on those threats. but that climate of fear was cultivated at the highest levels of the u.s. government and i think they did respond to that resoundingly. >> when we spoke on this program before, you came to us from brazil where you spent most of your time. you hadn't come to the united

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