Attorney General Eric Holder has appointed two U.S. attorneys to lead investigations into the possible unauthorized disclosure of classified information. A statement from the Justice Department says the prosecutors assigned to direct criminal probes already being conducted by the FBI are Ronald C. Machen Jr., the U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia, and Rod [...] full story ![]()

Attorney General Eric Holder told the press on Tuesday that his Department of Justice obtained two months worth of records of telephonic communications from the Associated Press in order to identify a leak of grave importance. Holder said that, while he could not go into details, it was “not hyperbole” to say that the leak “put the American people at risk.”
mediaite.com (7 days ago)
May 14 - U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder defended the seizure of the Associated Press' phone records, saying it was necessary to determine the source of a news leak in a critical investigation of a plot that put the nation "at risk." Rough Cut (no reporter narration)
reuters.com (7 days ago)
Attorney General Eric Holder is expected to face pointed questions following his defense of the Justice Department subpoenas. Holder said a leak of secret information to Associated Press reporters created a national security threat. CBS News' Bob Orr reports.
cbsnews.com (6 days ago)
From one farce to another: *HOLDER SAID TO RECUSE HIMSELF FROM AP PHONE RECORDS CASE *HOLDER SAID TO RECUSE HIMSELF BECAUSE HE WAS QUESTIONED IN CASE Yesterday, the Associated Press revealed the Department of Justice had been secretly monitoring both the personal and work phones of numerous AP editors and reporters. So just what did Holder know? For now, it is not known if...
zerohedge.com (7 days ago)
Attorney General Eric Holder has recused himself from the Associated Press leak investigation. He will officially announce his recusal at a press...
townhall.com (7 days ago)

Atty. Gen. Eric H. Holder Jr., recused from the Justice Department investigation into who tipped off the Associated Press about a CIA operation, says the 'very serious' leak endangered American lives.WASHINGTON - Atty. Gen. Eric H. Holder Jr. on Tuesday strongly defended the criminal investigation into the leak of classified details about a successful U.S. undercover...
latimes.com (7 days ago)
Joel Gehrke Attorney General Eric Holder told Congress that he doesn’t know why the Justice Department seized Associated Press phone records in the manner that it did because he wasn’t involved in the preparation of the subpoena because he was interviewed as a possible source of the national security leak. “I am not familiar with why the subpoena was prepared the way it...
washingtonexaminer.com (6 days ago)
Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. said Tuesday that he recused himself from involvement in a Justice Department leak investigation that secretly acquired telephone records of Associated Press journalists.
washingtonpost.com (7 days ago)

Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. said that the leak in question was among the two or three most serious leaks he had seen since the 1970s.
nytimes.com (7 days ago)
Attorney General Eric Holder says the Justice Department decided to subpoena phone records of AP citing one of the "most serious leaks" he's ever encountered.
palmbeachpost.com (7 days ago)
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