were threatened, to have this go on and have a justice department decides to put politics ahead of protecting all americans' rights. this isn't a democratic issue or republican issue, this is an issue about america in its fundamental and eric holder ought to go over this. it's inexplicable and unbelievable. >> pat, let me read to you what the department of justice stage says. after a thorough review, the top career attorney in the civil rights division determined that the fact and the law did not support pursuing claims against the other defendants. a spokeswoman there, what do you make of that? >> well, i think it's one of the great newsspeak comments of our time. we see the tape. we know what happened. they had already been convicted in court when they dropped the case. the fact of the matter is, the charge being made by the whistle blower here who by the way, resigned his job over this. a career civil servant is that the department has orders