This is their message after revelations from none other than NBC News revealed that AG Holder personally signed off on warrants that allowed the DoJ to search Fox News reporter James Rosen’s personal email.
NBCNews: Attorney General Eric Holder signed off on a controversial search warrant that identified Fox News reporter James Rosen as a “possible co-conspirator” in violations of the Espionage Act and authorized seizure of his private emails, a law enforcement official told NBC News on Thursday.Yeah, I bet Obama's troubled. Please. One thing's for certain, there's no blaming this one on lower level 'rogue' employees. We now know this one goes all the way to the top...although, you probably already figured that one out as soon as Holder recused himself.
The disclosure of the attorney general’s role came as President Barack Obama, in a major speech on his counterterrorism policy, said Holder had agreed to review Justice Department guidelines governing investigations that involve journalists.
"I am troubled by the possibility that leak investigations may chill the investigative journalism that holds government accountable," Obama said. "Journalists should not be at legal risk for doing their jobs."
Obama's comments follow a firestorm of criticism that has erupted over disclosures that in separate investigations of leaks of classified information, the Justice Department had obtained private emails that Rosen exchanged with a source and the phone records of Associated Press reporters.
