to her for years while she reported on serious national security matters for a number of different u.s. publications. reporters do not expect that to happen to them in this country. joining us now is matt miller. former justice department spokesman under eric holder. thank you for joining us on short notice. we called you when you saw this. you ve only had as much time to digest it as i have thanks for being with us. of course. the times notes in the second appraise of the story that under president obama there had been aggressive tactics to crack down on leaks, including tactics that made some reporters uncomfortable and some news organizations unhappy with the way that reporters were were pursued essentially ford to track down leaks. is this a continuation of that or is this a depart yur? it s a continuation of what happened early in the obama administration. basically exactly what the justice department has done here it did to one of the reporters who wrote this story adam g