president look for your sake, for the country's sake we really ought to have an independent look at this, not something that comes back to e me. >> shannon: do you think even for appearances sake this administration would be willing to do that or if it would feel like it was caving to public calls from gop senators like senators mccain and graham who said they want to see this done? >> i don't think caving is the way to put it. senator barack obama called for a special prosecutor in situations far less serious. these were serious national intelligence leaks and a, we need to get to the bottom of t it. and b, we need to avoid any appear pobst of politics. the best way for the president to to that is make sure there is a special prosecutor that has nothing to do with the department of justice and eric holder. >> shannon: do you have any feeling or belief in your educated about what you know about where you think the leaks may have come from? >> the reporters have basically told us top administration ai e