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Posted on 05/28/2013 10:23:04 AM PDT by Rennes Templar
Attorney General Eric Holder has been under intense fire lately, having to answer for his involvement in several scandals, including two separate media cases with the Associated Press and a Fox News reporter. But now a new report paints him as deeply convicted — even sorry — over at least one of them.
Although Holder had recused himself of the case where phone records of several Associates Press editors and reporters were obtained, he personally signed off on the search warrant that allowed emails from Fox News’ James Rosen to be released. Rosen was not made aware of the warrant for his emails, which were part of an investigation of State Department adviser Stephen Kim, who faces charges of leaking secret information about North Korea.
The Daily Beast in a recent feature said Holder is “soul searching,” wondering if he should have signed for Rosen’s emails in the first place. It stated the “gravity of the situation” to Holder didn’t really hit him until Monday last week when he read the Washington Post’s report exposing the affidavit that labeled Rosen as “at the very least … an aider, abettor and/or co-conspirator.”
“Holder knew that Justice would be besieged by the twin leak probes; but, according to aides, he was also beginning to feel a creeping sense of personal remorse,” the Daily Beast reported of Holder after he had read the Washington Post’s article.
It stated that sources close to Holder claim he is “stung by the leak controversy.”
Ideas — not excuses — for why he did sign off on the warrant for Rosen’s emails are offered by the Daily Beast, such as the pressure to investigate and prevent leaks by the administration and gaps in the DOJ’s guidelines:
But ultimately none of that fully explains why Holder would have signed off on such a controversial search warrant. Holder, his aides say, believes there may also be a cultural factor at the root of his decision. Prosecutors tend to have a somewhat insular mindset, not always able to see clearly beyond the walls of their cases. They are often dogged investigators, trained to vacuum up as much evidence as possible to sustain convictions in courts of law. That sometimes means taking maximum advantage of every law and procedural rule. It also can mean seeing every activity of those in their sights through a more sinister lens than may be justified.
Holder and the Justice Department have said they will be conducting investigations into both cases and are taking more proactive measures to restore the Justice Department’s reputation.
“While both of these cases were handled within the law and according to Justice Department guidelines,” Holder told The Daily Beast, “they are reminders of the unique role the news media plays in our democratic system, and signal that both our laws and guidelines need to be updated.”
“This is an opportunity for the department to consider how we strike the right balance between the interests of law enforcement and freedom of the press,” he said.
To start, Holder is inviting major media representatives to meet, perhaps this week, in an effort to get their thoughts and ideas about updating the department’s leak investigation guidelines.
“Look, Eric sees himself fundamentally as a progressive, not some Torquemada out to silence the press,” an unidentified friend said, referencing a famous chief inquisitor of the Spanish Inquisition.
He can have his second thoughts while sitting in a Federal Prison.
lol...will send around
Most Criminals are sorry about getting caught red handed.
Functional psychopaths are master manipulators. They learn to mimic normal human emotion and to laugh or cry on cue. Many are attracted to the legal profession and politics, roles that allow them to exercise power over others.
Well, Inspector Javert, maybe you should go jump off a bridge?
Sociopaths don’t exhibit remorse.
Cause something is happening
And you don’t know what it is
Do you, Mister Holder?
The Daily Beast in a recent feature said Holder is “soul searching,” wondering if he should have signed for Rosen’s emails in the first place. It stated the “gravity of the situation” to Holder didn’t really hit him until Monday last week when he read the Washington Post’s report exposing the affidavit that labeled Rosen as “at the very least … an aider, abettor and/or co-conspirator.”If he had to read that in the paper because it hadn't occurred to him, why is he qualified to even BE the AG?
Your Freudian Slip is showing....
I think that's supposed to be "conflicted.")
He’s searching for a way to CHA ...
Naturally the sadness and remorse he experiences in doing so will NOT be followed up with ANY type of PROSECUTION.
Exactly.
If he felt no remorse over his incineration of dozens of innocent men, women and children at Waco, he certainly has no remorse over prying into the private life of a Fox journalist.
(And make no mistake, it was Holder who as deputy Attorney General under Clinton was calling the shots, literally, at Waco --not useless figurehead Janet Reno.)
Holder’s a piece of crap, but Jamie Gorelick (same one on the 9/11 commission) who called the shot at Waco. Holder replaced Gorelick.
Correct.
Surprisingly (with)Holder got his first appointment from Reagan....
I bet he is doing a lot of soul searching. His ruse that he recused himself only covered the A P reporters. Now he can’t lie his way out of this. He also must be worried about what he told congress. I would bet he lied not expecting the Rosen case to come to light.
“But now a new report paints him as deeply convicted . . .”
Convicted!? Hmmm. . . .yes, yes I think so.
Yep. Soul-searching. It’s what ALL criminals do after they get CAUGHT! Of course, we don’t know exactly the nature of that kind of soul-searching, now do we? You know, do they regret what they did? Or do they regret that they got caught? Or maybe they regret some of the decisions they made that lead to them being caught, you know, the things they wish they had done differently as they carried out their criminal endeavors.
This clown should be in jail.....for about 10 different things!
He’s still searching but won’t find one.
A look in the mirror is all it takes.
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