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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 -- it's 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 special circumstances. there was the alleged lying to the fbi, also an alleged relationship betwee...

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. he's 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: that's right, lawrence. we also know he's being charged with improperly handling sensitive committee materials. they say this represents a major breach. obvio...

Times" is reporting that one of its own reporters had her telephone and electronic communication seized by the justice. we understand that's ally watkins, she's someone who cover the same beat i do. we know they cover the robert mueller investigation. so i don't think they can be taken separately. first, yes, someone in wolfe's position is supposed to be sensitive about the way they handle materials and certainly they can be charged with lying to the fbi. we've seen people like andrew mccabe being taken down. lying in that position is something that's not tolerated. but in this case it seems i...

These people are now going to be arrested for that, as we've seen tonight. so it's a big message, and i think that people on my beat, on ally's 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," she's the one subject to this subpoena at the "new york times." and the justice department release on this says that james wolfe was arrested today, or tonight, he will make his first appearance tomorrow in federal dist...

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 that's ally watkins, she's someone who cover the same beat i do. we know they cover the robert mueller investigation. so i don't think they can be taken separately. first, yes, someone in wolfe's position is supposed to be sensitive about the way they handle materials and certainly they can be charged with lying to the fbi. we've seen people like andrew mccabe being taken down. lying in that position is something that's not tolerated. ...