Graham Calls For Special Counsel To Investigate IRS Targeting of Conservative Groups

well it's been a busy week here in Washington with new developments and several scandals and

Republican senator Lindsey Graham from Columbia South Carolina senators I want to start with the justice department targeting

risk not reporters who %HESITATION gathering this information that should not be the focus of these matter of the end of these investigations but

it turns out that holders signed off on an affidavit for a search warrant in one leak

case and I want to bring that up with you here's what that affidavit sad there is probable cause to believe the reporter in this case fox news's James Rosen in this case fox news's James Rosen has

committed a violation of the espionage act either as an aider a better and or co

conspirator and yet that senator Graham despite that clear contradiction between what holder said and what he actually did president

Obama is asking the Attorney General to investigate his own action well that's a bigger time to have a special counsel come forward are some

independent group to look at it chain throws an is a lot of things but a crumb of co conspirator conspirator

he is not we're beginning to criminalize %HESITATION journalism and I think that should worry us all but having said that unclassified

that too but this is clearly an over reach it senator Durbin how can we expect %HESITATION Attorney

conflict of interest well it's interesting that the Attorney General recused himself from the other case involving Associated Press because

someone working for our government on our side violated their oath and disclose that information to the press and

it happens with some frequency I might add but having done that what is the government to do if in

fact that disclosure could endanger our military forces are those who are cooperating with us to

we see playing out both the Associated Press case and the sparks case but you talk about Morial day weekend it's also about the first amendment and the role the very important role that the media plight honestly

are you comfortable with the idea that the president has asked the Attorney General to review but to do if

fight terrorism it is a constant tension between the government and our freedoms under the civil right under the bill of rights that

we see playing out both the Associated Press case and this fox case but you talk about Morial day week and it's also about the first amendment and the role the very important role that the media plight honestly

are you comfortable with the idea that the president has asked the Attorney General to review as the Attorney General to review the

like to know if holder a has any conflict in her beyond what we've heard %HESITATION when it comes to the fox case but

but here's the bottom line the media shield law which show I am prepared to support and I know senator Graham supports still

know it's someone who works for fox RAP but doesn't include a blogger does include someone who was tweeting or

these people journalists and entitled to constitutional protection we need to ask twenty first century questions about

a provision in our constitution that was written over two hundred years ago gentlemen let's turn to the IRS scandal as as had we got a lot of ground to cover here a