because that is the seriously, that is some next level edward snowden like homeland spy craft. how did she get that to happen? people running into her at clubs, posting pictures of her on facebook and twitter. it s a testament to how much that industry has change. every time it leak, that s money that you know, there was this amazing stuff about how kanye had like a nuclear football. no, he did. for the last album. the master was in a suitcase that had a titanium nuclear football or something because there s millions of dollars. getting them money directly as opposed to the record companies kind of filching it. i wonder sometimes if tv is headed where the record industry is headed, which would mean a lot less money in it, but a lot more interesting things happening. that s my ten second version of what s happening pop culture.
you don t flag people based on identity but basis of behavior. that s the fair way to do it whether it s police work or tax work. let s move on here. my question to you, jonathan alter. by the way, good luck on the big book that s coming out. i ve been reading it. it s fabulous. thanks, chris. let s go on here. this white house, the thing that scares me, they think they did this right. they think the lawyer did it right at the white house. dennis mcdonough did it right. the trouble with that is, if they think this was a success, they ain t going to change for the next four years. they re going to be what they were and they walked right into this. that s my view. what s yours? i just don t think they reacted right in terms of their own political self-interest. when this came to the attention of the white house, there was a delay. they should have gotten all the information out quickly. by the way, even now all the information is not out. it turns out from the new york times and
rather than having it leak, i think they would have been better off. well, i m not sure of the facts yet because i still believe are you sure you re right about this, that mostly they were the tea party and patriot groups? it was mostly. i ll tell you why, chris. it s because after the tea party became a big a big deal in the united states, there were hundreds if not thousands of tea party organizations. it was a decentralized movement. yeah. but if you put party in your name or something that sounds political, it s reasonable to expect that the irs will interpret it as a liberal organization. john, if you re right, the ig was wrong. that s not the ig s report. the ig s report was there s bias here. they targeted improperly the right wing groups. i m not saying they were targeted properly. i don t like the way they handled this. it needs to be put in its context. quickly, chris, in 2010, crossroad gps, karl rove s organization, made a filing, an official filing to the
of this members of the national security team with him in meetings in the situation room. question for you, senator lieberman, do you have any thoughts about who was leaking the stories and why? i don t have any thoughts about who was leaking the stories but we ought to try to find out and that is what the investigation and the justice department ought to do. there is nothing new here about leaks in washington. this happened during the clinton, bush and earlier obama administration and bob woodru f woodruff s books for instance. the recent series of leaks are the worse in the a long time. people think there is no accountability if you leak. and we have to change that. i think we to change the law that is applied here. the last person to be convicted of a crime for leaking to the media was more than 25 years ago. we are are still using a 1917 espionage act that requires some showing of intent, a knowledge that it leak would
of this members of the national security team with him in meetings in the situation room. question for you, senator lieberman, do you have any thoughts about who was leaking the stories and why? i don t have any thoughts about who was leaking the stories but we ought to try to find out and that is what the investigation and the justice department ought to do. there is nothing new here about leaks in washington. this happened during the clinton, bush and earlier obama administration and bob woodru f woodruff s books for instance. the recent series of leaks are the worse in the a long time. people think there is no accountability if you leak. and we have to change that. i think we to change the law that is applied here. the last person to be convicted of a crime for leaking to the media was more than 25 years ago. we are are still using a 1917 espionage act that requires some showing of intent, a knowledge that it leak would