By Dan Calabrese ——Bio and Archives--October 31, 2014
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In the course of seeking Rosen's emails, an FBI agent submitted an affidavit claiming there was evidence that Rosen broke the law, "at the very least, either as an aider, abettor and/or co-conspirator." The affidavit went so far as to invoke the Espionage Act -- pertaining to the unauthorized gathering and transmitting of defense information. On Wednesday, Holder said that application could have been done "differently" and "better." "I think that I could have been a little more careful looking at the language that was contained in the filing that we made with the court -- that he was labeled as a co-conspirator," Holder said, while claiming they did that "as a result of the statute." Rosen, who serves as chief Washington correspondent for Fox News, said in response that the attorney general's comments "scarcely address" his role in the case. "Throughout this ordeal for my family and me, I have tried to keep my head down and continue covering -- and breaking -- the news. I consider myself blessed to have an employer in Fox News, and a boss in Roger Ailes, who have stood by me and enabled me to remain focused on what matters most to me in professional terms: first-rate journalism," Rosen said in a statement. "At some later point, I may have more to say about this entire controversy, which -- as commentators from across the ideological spectrum have noted -- does indeed raise serious concerns about the state of press freedoms under the present administration. Suffice to say for now that the attorney general's latest comments about my case, like his previous remarks, scarcely address the relevant facts of his conduct."Holder regrets the Rosen subpoena for the same reason Annise Parker regrets the subpoena against Houston pastors. It's not that people's constitutional rights were violated in a situation in which they had done nothing wrong whatsoever. Neither cares a whit about that. The regret stems from the blowback. The move backfired, and whatever either party hoped to gain through the abuse of power in punishing perceived political enemies, it became more trouble than it was worth. That's what the regret is all about. Nothing more. Holder's entire tenure was about one thing and one thing only, which was manipulating legal constructs to the extent possible to protect Obama and aid Democratic Party allies while harassing anyone who pursued an agenda averse to them. It was certainly not about enforcing real criminal laws or protecting anyone's rights. And hey, in his mind, he was darn near perfect! He only made one mistake, and even that was just a matter of parsing the words differently. What a great attorney general. He is, in that respect, much like his boss.
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