so they are saying because eric holder signs off on an fbi subpoena and then he says i never even heard of it. never been involved in it. never heard of it. nothing. they say it is consistent because he never brought charges. you thoughts? a clinton-like hair splitting defense that doesn t even work on its own terms. he didn t say he never heard of a prosecution. he said he never heard of a potential prosecution. and getting a search warran ses the first step you take when you are going to engage in a prosecution. they told the federal court that is the reason they needed this information. so theying to the court when they asked for the search warrant or they were not being honest with congress when attorney general holder said what he did. megyn: they talked in the fbi affidavit accusing rosen of
he is the top in this country. recuse himself write a memo saying why so everybody knows it number two, it isn t about national security with james rosen. it s about accusing rosen in a stupid affidavit which i hope you have read it s stupid of being part of a conspiracy to out a source in north korea. when everybody knows that s hellacious and dumb yet he signed off on it come on. let me respond here. one, this is really an outrage to call any journalist but especially james rosen who has a lifelong career in journalism and works for a mainstream news organization. here is the thing, bill. you have got to distinguish between a julian assange and wikileaks case or daniel ellsberg and pentagon papers case. these people are leakers. rosen is a real journalist. bill: what are you saying now? are you saying that holder made a foolish mistake and your defense of holder is
bill: he is not a judge. he is the top in this country. recuse himself write a memo saying why so everybody knows it number two, it isn t about national security with james rosen. it s about accusing rosen in a stupid affidavit which i hope you have read it s stupid of being part of a conspiracy to out a source in north korea. when everybody knows that s hellacious and dumb yet he signed off on it come on. let me respond here. one, this is really an outrage to call any journalist but especially james rosen who has a lifelong career in journalism and works for a mainstream news organization. here is the thing, bill. you have got to distinguish between a julian assange and wikileaks case or daniel ellsberg and pentagon papers case. these people are leakers. rosen is a real journalist. bill: what are you saying now? are you saying that holder made a foolish mistake and your defense of holder is
bill: he is not a judge. he is the top in this country. recuse himself write a memo saying why so everybody knows it number two, it isn t about national security with james rosen. it s about accusing rosen in a stupid affidavit which i hope you have read it s stupid of being part of a conspiracy to out a source in north korea. when everybody knows that s hellacious and dumb yet he signed off on it come on. let me respond here. one, this is really an outrage to call any journalist but especially james rosen who has a lifelong career in journalism and works for a mainstream news organization. here is the thing, bill. you have got to distinguish between a julian assange and wikileaks case or daniel ellsberg and pentagon papers case. these people are leakers. rosen is a real journalist. bill: what are you saying now? are you saying that holder made a foolish mistake and
i didn t know all that stuff about accusing rosen of being a criminal. what do you think? the only thing criminal about james rosen is, perhaps, his woody allen impersonation. awful. other than that, he seems to be on the level on this. holder can say whatever he wants. but the reporters in this town know what that what was done here was egregious and that somebody is going to have to pay and it may be the attorney general himself. maybe holder was just asleep when they taught that at columbia claw school. i don t know. chris styer walt. good to see you. other developments ongoing controversy for the white house right now. the irs at the center of the irs targeting scandal won t go away. her name is lois learner. she has refused to resign despite the demands from the new acting commissioner of the irs, so now lerner, you may be surprised to learn is on paid administrative leave. you are paying her. she was the director of the