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(EMAILWIRE.COM, May 18, 2013 ) San Francisco, CA -- The Deputy Attorney General, Jim Cole, and not U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder was the one in charge of the decision to seek the phone records of the Associated Press, according to Holden.
Holden looked to distance himself from the decision, but also underscored what he noted was a “very, very serious.” Holder made the announcement at a press conference recently held, and recused himself from the decision to avoid the conflict of interest regarding the leak investigation that targeted the AP records.
Critics have continued to denounce the decision. Many in the opposition side of the situation state that it is a impediment of the freedom of press rights. The uproar that has followed has led to questions of the overall handling of national security in contrast to privacy rights. It appears
more and more that the administration favors the former at the expense of the latter.
There is considerable anger regarding the IRS targeting conservative politicians, which has continued the fears of an overreaching government and administration under President Barack Obama.
The White House did make a statement, assuring all that the administration had no knowledge of the IRS or Justice Departments respective actions; however, that has done little to quell the anger that is brewing.
A letter that was sent to AP president Gary Pruitt, Mr. Cole defended the action of the department, and stated that it was necessary to find the source of critical leaks.
Officials stated that the probe was related to a story from 2012, which was conducted by the CIA and other agencies, which had stopped an al Qaeda plot to detonate a bomb over the United States.
Cole declines the request for the records to be returned as well.
"We strive in every case to strike the proper balance between the public's interest in the free flow of information and the public's interest in the protection of national security and effective enforcement of our laws," he wrote. "We believe we have done so in this matter."About PhoneSearchr.com
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