at this stage. reporter: right. well, it would be rare to make a search warrant affidavit public, but we are at a point where there is a push for transparency, not just on capitol hill, but the media, including cnn. in court the justice department made a set of arguments and really a couple little details about this investigation that they re saying should keep this affidavit secret, confidential, only for their eyes and for the judge s eyes. in their filing yesterday, they wrote if disclosed, the affidavit would serve as a road map to the government s ongoing investigation, providing specific details about its direction and likely course in a manner that is highly likely to compromise future investigative steps. we know too they have disclosed in this filing yesterday that they are using witnesses already, that they have spoken with, they re using a grand jury in this investigation, and that they also are looking for to make sure there aren t future witnesses whose infor
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