'Things have got a little out of whack'

[Police Moderator]

'Things have got a little out of whack': Eric Holder admits failings on secretly pulling records on reporters but says he has no intention of standing down
By Daily Mail Reporter
PUBLISHED: 01:19 EST, 6 June 2013

Attorney General Eric Holder has admitted that investigators may have gone too far in their recent attempts to prevent leaks to the media and he said the Justice Department needs to do a better job of balancing national security with press freedom.

‘I'm a little concerned that things have gotten a little out of whack,’ Holder told NBC on Wednesday. ‘I think we can do a better job than we have. We can reform those regulations, reform those guidelines to better reflect that balance.’

Holder has been embroiled in a media storm over a Justice Department subpoena of Associated Press phone records and, in particular, an investigation into leaks to Fox News correspondent James Rosen.

He said he was ‘not comfortable’ approving a search warrant affidavit for Rosen’s emails that characterized him as a criminal conspirator and would change the process.

Read more: Daily Mail

[JC]

"Despite calls by some congressional Republicans for his resignation, Holder said he has ‘no intention’ of resigning now.

‘There are some things that I want to do, some things I want to get done that I have discussed with the president,’ Holder said."


With the gun smuggling and First Amendment violations out of the way, he'll finally have time to devote to the more pressing issues at hand.
Things like targeting more Americans with drone strikes.

Yay.