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Policy. >> trace: last week the justice department confirmed the attorney general had been in discussions to approve a warrant request to search james rosen's phone records and personal emails and now the same committee investigating whether the attorney general lied under oath. shannon bream is live in our d.c. newsroom. tell us more about the letter. >> in that letter, the chairman of the house judiciary committee, republican from virginia is giving the attorney general one week to answer for inconsistencies in holder's sworn testimony asking how can you claim to have never been involved in ...

Fox news now confirms the house judiciary committee is investigating whether attorney general eric holder lied under oath to congress about leaks involving journalist. it has to do with his testimony during a hearing two weeks ago. >> with regard to the potential prosecution of the press for the disclosure of material, that is not something that i've ever been involved or heard of or would think would be a wise policy. >> but the justice department confirmed last week attorney general holder himself approved a warrant request to search fox news correspondent james rosen0s phone records and per...

Watched them operate the last ten, if someone had a problem like the one described in this memo, the way to deal with it is to go to the judge who heard this warrant request, write to the i.g. of the justice department, and to the attorney general. that's the way it's always been done. and the only thing that's wrong with breaking from that precedent -- because as you say, people can get all caught up in process here. >> yes. you're saying that there is a remedy already in the process for that. >> there is a remedy. and by breaking from it, it has turned what was intended to be a nonpartisan i...

Memo which might be related to the fisa warrant request. that's what this is about. somewhere in the campaign, the fbi, the department of justice decided they had enough information to go to a judge in the fisa court and say that page was, could have been either witting or unwitting an agent -- >> carter page. the former campaign aide. >> yes. so there are a lot of plates on sticks. they won't necessarily all tie together. why today? why all the mystery? somebody could have had a long conversation and say this is distracting and you have to deal with an i., good investigation. you're taking aw...

If someone like me who's been overseen by intelligence committees for 30 years and watched them operate the last ten, if someone had a problem like the one described in this memo, the way to deal with it is to go to the judge who heard this warrant request, write to the i.g. of the justice department, and to the attorney general. that's the way it's always been done. and the only thing that's wrong with breaking from that precedent -- because as you say, people can get all caught up in process here. >> yes. you're saying that there is a remedy already in the process for that. >> there is a rem...