Department of Justice Names Two Special Prosecutors in Leak Case
- Posted on June 8, 2012 at 9:21pm by
Mytheos Holt
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Apparently the pre-emptive statements by the Department of Justice that they would not be doing probes into the recent leaks of sensitive national security information were premature. Attorney General Eric Holder announced today that he would be appointing not one, but two special prosecutors to lead probes into the leaks. Politico reports:
Attorney General Eric Holder on Friday named two federal prosecutors to oversee investigations into leaks of classified information that have roiled Congress and led to calls for a special prosecutor.
His decision came hours after President Barack Obama denounced the notion that the White House was engaging in politically motivated leaks and declared that he had “zero tolerance” for such national security breaches.
Holder tapped U.S. attorney for Washington, D.C,. Ronald Machen and U.S. attorney for Maryland Rod Rosenstein to head up the probes.
Ronald Machen
Rod Rosenstein
“These two highly-respected and experienced prosecutors will be directing separate investigations currently being conducted by the FBI,” Holder said in a statement Friday evening. “I have every confidence in their abilities to doggedly follow the facts and the evidence in the pursuit of justice wherever it leads.”
Holder indicated that the two prosecutors were “fully authorized to prosecute criminal violations discovered as a result of their investigations and matters related to those violations, consult with members of the Intelligence Community and follow all appropriate investigative leads within the Executive and Legislative branches of government.”
Read Holder’s full statement below:
Attorney General Eric Holder issued the following statement today on the assignment of U.S. Attorneys to lead investigations of possible unauthorized disclosures of classified information:
“Today, I assigned U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia Ronald C. Machen Jr. and U.S. Attorney for the District of Maryland Rod J. Rosenstein to lead criminal investigations into recent instances of possible unauthorized disclosures of classified information.
“These two highly-respected and experienced prosecutors will be directing separate investigations currently being conducted by the FBI. I have every confidence in their abilities to doggedly follow the facts and the evidence in the pursuit of justice wherever it leads.
“In carrying out their assignments, U.S. Attorneys Machen and Rosenstein are fully authorized to prosecute criminal violations discovered as a result of their investigations and matters related to those violations, consult with members of the Intelligence Community and follow all appropriate investigative leads within the Executive and Legislative branches of government.
“I have notified members of Congress and plan to provide more information, as appropriate, to members of the Judiciary and Intelligence Committees.
“The unauthorized disclosure of classified information can compromise the security of this country and all Americans, and it will not be tolerated. The Justice Department takes seriously cases in which government employees and contractors entrusted with classified information are suspected of willfully disclosing such classified information to those not entitled to it, and we will do so in these cases as well.”
With any luck, this will lead to answers as to the identity of the people involved in these unacceptable leaks.
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Comments (157)
ricckky
Posted on June 9, 2012 at 12:15amThey are all in cahoots to save their asses–nothing but a bunch of no count lying disgraceful bums!!! God help us from these sleazebags!!!!!! I can’t even watch any of these crooks–they make me physically ill!!!!
Report Post »The-Monk
Posted on June 9, 2012 at 12:18amOnce again, Holder appoints his own people to oversee the wrongs that he and his staff have committed.
One black and one white,
I guess that makes it all alright…
Holder needs to be ………………. all right.
Report Post »Jaycen
Posted on June 9, 2012 at 1:04amHey, Mytheos. Would you mind doing a little bit of digging on this comment, please?
“These two highly-respected and experienced prosecutors will be directing separate investigations currently being conducted by the FBI.”
Are they highly-respected?
Are they experienced?
Report Post »Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Posted on June 9, 2012 at 2:40amTrue, there will be no discovery made, or a lowlife scapegoat blamed in the end; this is just being done to create a cover for Obama’s treason.
Report Post »GETLIFE
Posted on June 9, 2012 at 3:16am@ JAYCEN, from the AP:
” Currently, Machen is leading a high-profile political corruption probe of officials in the District of Columbia. The latest development in that investigation came this week when District of Columbia Council chairman Kwame Brown resigned after being charged with lying about his income on bank loan applications.
Before becoming U.S. attorney, Machen helped lead the white-collar and internal investigation practices at the prominent Washington law firm of WilmerHale. He served as an assistant U.S. attorney from 1997 to 2001.
Rosenstein was an associate independent counsel who worked for Whitewater prosecutor Ken Starr from 1995 to 1997. He was co-counsel in the fraud trial of Jim and Susan McDougal, the former real estate partners of Bill and Hillary Rodham Clinton. Both of the McDougals were convicted in a trial that also resulted in the conviction of then-Arkansas Gov. Jim Guy Tucker.”
Report Post »Bill Rowland
Posted on June 9, 2012 at 6:24amHey this is great.
Two Lawyers answerable to Epic Holdup to conduct an investigation of Sweet Old Barack and Michelle. This way he can cover for them and his High School buddy Axelrod and Fat Janets buddy Violent Jarrett.
I’m sure they will conduct a fair and unbiased investigation.
Now if you believe that I have some farm land in Death Valley you might be interested in.
Its called stone walling, if they can keep the investigation going long enough without any results people will forget about it.
OMG Nov 6, 2012
Report Post »HKS
Posted on June 9, 2012 at 7:03amThe fox is guarding this hen house.
Report Post »disenlightened
Posted on June 9, 2012 at 7:37amOf course we know this will go nowhere….but reluctant hats off to John McCain and Goober Graham for pushing this issue.
Report Post »Want our country back
Posted on June 9, 2012 at 8:02amHighly respected, independent….. are they Liberal is all we need to know….. if so, CASE CLOSED.
Report Post »starman70
Posted on June 9, 2012 at 8:04amIt’s time to appoint a couple of prosecutors to try Holder in the“Fast and Furious” Scandal.
Report Post »OhSuzieQ
Posted on June 9, 2012 at 9:00amMe too
Report Post »drbage
Posted on June 9, 2012 at 12:26pmI wouldn’t take a bet that the intense investigation will produce any results before November 6th. Probably they have been ordered to go as slowly as Rep Maxine Muddy the Waters’ ethics investigation(now there’s an oxymoron: Waters and ethics).
Report Post »Bluebonnet
Posted on June 9, 2012 at 1:00pmI taut I taw a puddy cat a cweeping up on me, I did I taw a puddy cat wit a nite tick in hez paw.
Report Post »Busybea007
Posted on June 9, 2012 at 1:51pmExactly. An Absolute Joke! Great idea to keep this “tapped down” til after the election. Only a fool
Report Post »would believe this doesn’t go right to the top!!!
RJL
Posted on June 9, 2012 at 3:31pmIs it by accident or design that Holder looks like Hitler?
Report Post »Cymry
Posted on June 9, 2012 at 4:43pmAgreed. These two “prosecutors” harken back to Lewis Carroll’s works…….Tweedle Dum, Tweedle Dee.
Actually, on second thought, Tweedle Dum and Tweedle Dee, even though they are fictional characters, stand a better chance of finding any criminal activity and I appologize for comparing them to the establishment “prosecutors.”
Report Post »Chancellor
Posted on June 9, 2012 at 12:10amMicky Mouse and Goofy……right and what do you want to bet they find nothing
and we never hear about it again!
Report Post »castuslonginus
Posted on June 9, 2012 at 8:32amDon’t be surprised if a patsy is already designated. A body will turn up with undeniable “proof” of guilt. The true guilty party will get smooth away and the administration will crow about how though they are on national security. Who said“When treason prospers none dare call treason”? Pardon my cynicism.
Report Post »Wakeup Maggie
Posted on June 9, 2012 at 12:02amRiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiight
Report Post »rickc34
Posted on June 9, 2012 at 12:00amI have seen Iranian used car salesmen that looked more honest than these guys. Just look the slooping foreheads the beady eyes , hey wait a minute these guys are used car salemen. Unjustice is served Holder style. Holder would steal a blind old womans seeing eye dog just to serve it up to Obama for dinner.
Report Post »Juniemoon
Posted on June 8, 2012 at 11:30pmWonder if they cleared it with Val? I don’t think Obama wants another term more than she does. Wouldn’t put it past that Iranian.
Report Post »Elvis
Posted on June 8, 2012 at 11:21pmI feel better now! I am sure they will wrap the case up soon. It’s pretty sad when our DOJ Boss is a bald face liar!
Report Post »dealer@678
Posted on June 8, 2012 at 10:43pmLooks to me they both have worms growing in their anus
Report Post »marhee9
Posted on June 8, 2012 at 10:56pmFunny how fast things change with this administration when the American people throw the BS flag. I’ve never witnessed anything like The Obama administration, and hope I never witness it again. This is bizarro world. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ovzRxR4PI0
Report Post »rickc34
Posted on June 8, 2012 at 11:55pmHey dealer. Just watch out for Obama‘s index finger cuz he’s the devil.
Report Post »NOBALONEY
Posted on June 8, 2012 at 10:40pmRumor has it, the alternate is Attorney Malik Zulu Shabazz, leader of the New Black Panther Party. In case something happens to either of these two. I‘m just sayin’
Report Post »yougottabekidding
Posted on June 8, 2012 at 11:18pmLets hope it wasn’t a black on white crime. We know what Holder said about that.
Report Post »Does any one hold any thought that they will find the truth or anything for that matter?
Fast and furious should ring a very large cracked bell!
Rufusnatr
Posted on June 8, 2012 at 10:40pmI just want to posit some speculation here. Eric Holder never said that both of these prosecutors would be assigned to finding out who leaked the information to the press. What he said was: “Today, I assigned U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia Ronald C. Machen Jr. and U.S. Attorney for the District of Maryland Rod J. Rosenstein to lead criminal investigations into recent instances of possible unauthorized disclosures of classified information.
I bet only one of them will be looking into the leaked information to the press. I believe the second one will be assigned to ferret out who released to the Congress the wiretap applications which would fall under his definition of “unauthorized disclosure of classified information.
He does not care one wit about the former, but I bet he is burning with anger to find out who the mole in his department is. The former is just cover for him to find out who the mole is, he could not very well go after him without at least a pro forma “attempt” to find the leaks to the press.
Report Post »yougottabekidding
Posted on June 8, 2012 at 11:20pmBoth these guys wouldn’t happen to be Dems would they?
Report Post »WIjoyzie
Posted on June 9, 2012 at 11:45amIt’s like obama (the farmer) asked holder (the fox) to appoint special prosecutors to “look into it” (who’s taking the chickens out of the chicken coop). It’s stonewalling at best!
Report Post »Silversmith
Posted on June 9, 2012 at 1:02pmI think you’re right. Never trust an administration investigating ITSELF for wrongdoing. They will find the Fast and Furious wire tap leak and they will burn. They will find no one, or a patsy for NY times story.
Silversmith
Report Post »HowardSternIsABigot
Posted on June 8, 2012 at 10:27pmEven though this will go no where it might stop the leaks from here forward. Romney isnt giving me warm and fuzzies either. Is he going to comment even?
Report Post »LAWDOGG
Posted on June 8, 2012 at 10:45pmI think although the leaks are very much against our great nations laws, this one seems to have exposed those who are supposed to enforce our laws. Sometimes, exposing government sponsored lies, is a good thing.
Report Post »oneshiner
Posted on June 8, 2012 at 11:16pmSomehow I think they’ll find a patsy or manage to cover it up and never get to the bottom of it.
Report Post »Paul
Posted on June 8, 2012 at 10:13pm@Inlightofthings
Posted on June 8, 2012 at 9:59pm
Write Boehner…he’s the hold up. At this point he can decide to hold the DOJ in contempt…
Yea right , good ole Jone Boehner, he‘s another azz that’s nothing but a wuss that can’t think for himself, Our Hero ! You must be proud john…
Report Post »Inlightofthings
Posted on June 8, 2012 at 10:03pmRome (DC) is burning with many a turncoat in the past few weeks. I see the loyalty to the current admin dwindling to the point where people will start looking to see what their future holds in the next admin if they do not protect the laws and constitution fully.
Report Post »SanDiegoCountyCitizen
Posted on June 8, 2012 at 9:54pmI guess there is no chance of him appointing a team or two to investigate Fast & Furious and Gun Walker, eh?
Report Post »Inlightofthings
Posted on June 8, 2012 at 9:59pmWrite Boehner…he’s the hold up. At this point he can decide to hold the DOJ in contempt…
Report Post »jhrusky
Posted on June 8, 2012 at 10:33pmLooks like Holder just raised your bet, Issa … isn’t it time to raise and call him? This crap must stop. If you cannot do it, then you all need to be tried for not standing up and enforcing the laws of this country.
Report Post »RJJinGadsden
Posted on June 8, 2012 at 9:48pmIt’s funny how Rush was pointing out near the beginning of his show today how 0bama was insulted over the accusations but showed no interest in having Holder appoint a special prosecutor to get the ball rolling. Then, voila’ , we get two special prosecutors by the end of the same day.
Report Post »Let’s watch the media treat them like Star….oops, that won’t happen. Sometime around mid to late October we’ll hear that their is no leak from the White House. Not that they are closing in on the source of the leaks, they will just clear the WH.
Gonzo
Posted on June 9, 2012 at 8:35amThey are not independent prosecuters. They are a black guy and a Jewish guy from inside the DOJ…think they might be Obama supporters? Just maybe?
Report Post »scuba13
Posted on June 9, 2012 at 10:06amIs this worse than when L.B.J. appointed Allen Dulles to investigate J.F.K’s assassination, when Kennedy fired him before his death?
Report Post »RJJinGadsden
Posted on June 9, 2012 at 8:15pmSCUBA13, Nah, it’s along the same line of BS that we can expect over and over from the Dems.
Report Post »RJJinGadsden
Posted on June 9, 2012 at 8:22pmSCUBA13, LOL you just reminded me of the era of LBJ and when he ran for his next term after finishing the JFK term. Our state was totally a Southern Democrat only state and we never had a Republican governor until well into the ’80s because of Reconstruction. They had those stamped car tags of a strained Jackass (the mascot of the DNC) blowing a fart from it’s rectum with the statement“ LBJ Has Spoken” emblazened below it. That is how much that man was hated here, and those things showed up before the Civil Rights Bill. That in itself is a funny thing considering how much of a racist LBJ was. Try convincing a liberal of that now, but all you have to do is watch and listen to his speeches. Especially prior to his becoming the Vice President.
Report Post »ALL4FREEDOM
Posted on June 8, 2012 at 9:47pmYeah, right. This will go exactly the same way as Issa vs. Holder in the never ending saga of ‘Fast and Furious’.
Report Post »CatB
Posted on June 8, 2012 at 9:56pmExactly .. nothing but more smoke and mirrors .. we need REAL INVESTIGATIONS .. like Watergate…. Nixon was a choir boy compared to these crooks .. he must be spinning in his grave.
Report Post »inblack
Posted on June 8, 2012 at 9:56pmYeah I smell Eric Holder coordinate cover-up.
These guys are fakes and will “find” nothing.
Report Post »Inlightofthings
Posted on June 8, 2012 at 9:57pmThat is Boehners fault…he needs a spine.
Report Post »chips1
Posted on June 9, 2012 at 12:51pmWhen going after Obama and Holder, we don’t need Issa. We need TARZAN! He can get the job done!!!
Report Post »13th Imam
Posted on June 8, 2012 at 9:43pmLet me guess
Report Post »Sandy Berger and Sen. Leaky Leahy
RLTW
Posted on June 8, 2012 at 10:15pmAnd here I thought for sure it would be Abbot and Costello or Laurel and Hardy, at least with them we’d have subjectivity.
I guess 2 obama liars works…for them.
Report Post »chips1
Posted on June 8, 2012 at 9:35pmYou mean to tell me that Holder appointed Algonquin J Calhoon and my cousin Vinney to investigate? Well, folks!!! It’s the comedy channel at the White House, again!!!
Report Post »Pappypatriot
Posted on June 8, 2012 at 9:46pmI’m very skeptical to say the least, we shall see maybe one or both of them may surprise us, but sure am not holding my breath.
Report Post »Popp40
Posted on June 8, 2012 at 9:35pmSo we have Huey and Luey with Eric Holder being Dewey…..oh wait sorry didn’t mean to insult Huey, Luey and Dewey like that….they would actually do a better job.
Report Post »jerryod1627
Posted on June 8, 2012 at 9:34pmYou have to assume that because these two were appointed by a radical, socialist, anti american, that they are the same and will continue to cover up the truth for comrade obama! If they were not fellow criminals holder would have never appointed them. Do they really think that we are that stupid?
Report Post »mayihelpyou
Posted on June 8, 2012 at 9:28pmI’m guessing Donald & Goofy.
Report Post »Popp40
Posted on June 8, 2012 at 9:38pmThis was meant to be for MAYIHELPYOU….it is more like having Huey and Luey with Eric Holder being Dewey…..oh wait sorry didn’t mean to insult Huey, Luey and Dewey like that….they would actually do a better job.
Report Post »lukerw
Posted on June 8, 2012 at 9:28pmHolder… is playing Pocket Pool… with his appointments!
Report Post »Cheetosareus
Posted on June 8, 2012 at 9:27pmEric Holder may be the most prolific mass murderer in our history. He’s not worried about a little leak.
Report Post »Puddle Duck
Posted on June 9, 2012 at 10:31pmHe’s got a long way to go to ovecome MAO in that regard……
Report Post »Cheetosareus
Posted on June 8, 2012 at 9:26pmEric Holder may be the most prolific mass murderer in our history. He’s not worried by a little leak. He works for the big guy.
Report Post »chips1
Posted on June 8, 2012 at 9:40pmThat TARP money sure gets around!!!
Report Post »possom
Posted on June 8, 2012 at 9:25pmWhat a croc!
Report Post »Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra
Posted on June 8, 2012 at 9:24pmSo, Tweedledee and Tweedledum will investigate The Queen of Hearts. The penalty will be severe if they cross the queen, “Off with their heads…….”
At the end of the day, The Mad Hatter will dismiss all of the charges.
Report Post »Rayford
Posted on June 8, 2012 at 10:04pmExactly
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