justice department tenure into the awkward role of supervising the mueller investigation after he wrote the memo justifying comey s firing that sources say he crafted voluntarily. now, critics have argued that the comey memo makes rosenstein a potential witness in the obstruction case. so it is interesting to note, anderson, then in the following days after comey s firing rosenstein was involved in these discussions with other fbi officials and was at the very least aware that the fbi was opening this probe into trump for the firing of comey. it s not clear why the fbi first moved to open up this case just before the appointment of a special counsel. however, the investigation of the president could have been seen as an impetus for having an independent team investigate given the sensitivities, anderson. pam brown, appreciate it. we should note rod rosenstein is right now at the white house in that picture at a hanukkah reception. we ll get reaction now from someone who had a front r
anddrea mitchell there is reason to think that the pakistani spy agency intentionally outed the identity of a station chief. the official calls that unacceptable. it would be the second time pakistan has done so in the past five months. the washington post reports the leak may be retaliation for last week s raid on the osama bin laden compound, which pakistan was not told about. democratic senator dianne feinstein who chairs the senate intelligence committee says she plans to have her own team investigate what pakistan knew about bin laden and will hold classified hearings on the breakdown in u.s. park stanny relations. joining me now nbc news national investigative correspondent. thanks for joining us. michael, finding their ways of getting back at the u.s. here. they are doing their own leaking. leaking one conflicting
to think that the pakistani spy agency intentionally outed the identity of a station chief. the official calls that unacceptable. it would be the second time pakistan has done so in the past five months. the washington post reports the leak may be retaliation for last week s raid on the osama bin laden compound, which pakistan was not told about. democratic senator dianne feinstein who chairs the senate intelligence committee says she plans to have her own team investigate what pakistan knew about bin laden and will hold classified hearings on the breakdown in u.s. park stanny relations. joining me now nbc news national investigative correspondent. thanks for joining us. michael, finding their ways of getting back at the u.s. here. they are doing their own leaking. leaking one conflicting indicator of what happened
agency intentionally outed the identity of a station chief. the official calls that unacceptable. it would be the second time pakistan has done so in the past five months. the washington post reports the leak may be retaliation for last week s raid on the osama bin laden compound, which pakistan was not told about. democratic senator dianne feinstein who chairs the senate intelligence committee says she plans to have her own team investigate what pakistan knew about bin laden and will hold classified hearings on the breakdown in u.s. park stanny relations. joining me now nbc news national investigative correspondent. thanks for joining us. michael, finding their ways of getting back at the u.s. here. they are doing their own leaking. leaking one conflicting indicator of what happened during that raid. they re saying to abc news that
off-putting, do you? well, i mean, have you watched chris christie over the last year and a half? this is very chris christie. the last part of what he said is the most important part. what i heard when i read that or what i saw is i would run for president if i thought i could win, but i m not ready. it s not off-putting, because that s chris christie. al checkie, who ran for governor some years back that you had some acquaintance with. i remember before he actually ran, he had his team investigate whether the governship had adequate powers to mare the deployment of talents such as his. i remember when i first heard that, he had a lot of good qualities, and i thought this was an arrogance that doesn t work. i actually don t have any recollection that he had that kind of investigation. he really wanted to be governor. i think he would have been an excellent governor, but chris