department. but the justice department wasn t just trying to catch a leaker. a government affidavit describing rosen as at the very least either as an aider, abettor, and/or co-conspirator. the justice department was alleging that the reporter in question, our colleague, james, had engaged possibly in a conspiracy, a criminal conspiracy, which means, martha, that the obama/holder justice department is now prepared to treat the ordinary news gathering activities of rompers trying to seek information from government officials as a possible crime. fox s lawyers have asked rosen not to discuss the case, but he did say this. as a reporter i will always honor the confidentiality of my dealings with all of my sources. yeah. justice department says it doesn t anticipate bringing any charges beyond the indictment of steven kin, the state department official being prosecuted in the leak case. joining us now in new york kelly goff, special correspondent for the root.com. and here in was