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artappraiser — Tue, 14 May 2013 20:56:06 +0000

In reply to AP: Justice Department seizure of phone records an unprecedented intrusion

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Holder recused himself from DOJ decision to seize AP records

Daniel Strauss and Jordy Yager - 05/14/13 03:23 PM ET

Deputy Attorney General James Cole signed off on the subpoena authorizing the seizure of the AP's phone records last year.…

US attorney general defends

artappraiser — Tue, 14 May 2013 20:45:56 +0000

In reply to AP: Justice Department seizure of phone records an unprecedented intrusion

US attorney general defends AP seizure citing major security threat to public

Eric Holder says story related to subpoena of phone records was 'very, very serious' while Obama faces scrutiny on press rights

By Ewen MacAskill in Washington, guardian.co.uk, 14 May 2013

[....] Holder, speaking at a press conference at the Department of Justice on Tuesday, said an AP story published last year about an alleged Yemeni terrorist plot to blow up a US plane was the result of "a very, very serious leak" that justified "very aggressive action" [....]

Holder said the decision to seize the phone records was connected to a criminal investigation into the leak that led to the AP's story about the Yemeni terror threat. "It put the American people at risk and that is not hyperbole," Holder said. "Trying to determine who was responsible required very aggressive action."

The AP story was embarrassing for the Obama administration as it contradicted a White House claim that there had been no plots to coincide with the first anniversary of the killing of Osama bin Laden.

Holder said he had recused himself from the investigation into the leak last year and had left it to the deputy attorney general. Holder knew the people involved and was confident they had done things properly, abiding by department rules, he said. [....]

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