FOXNews.com: Graham wants special counsel to probe feds looking at Fox reporter's phone logs

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Graham wants special counsel to probe feds looking at Fox reporter's phone logs May 26th 2013, 13:49 Published May 26, 2013 FoxNews.com June 7, 2012: Attorney General Eric Holder testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington.AP A top Senate Republican on Sunday called for a special or independent counsel to investigate the Justice Department tracking the phone calls and emails of a Fox News reporter, saying Attorney General Eric Holder was too involved in the process to be objective. President Obama asked Holder last week to investigate the matter involving Fox reporter James Rosen, who in 2009 was reporting on North Korea's efforts to acquire a nuclear weapon. Holder "signed off on the affidavit," Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, told "Fox News Sunday."  "This would be a good time for a special counsel or independent counsel. ... This is clearly an overreach."  The Justice Department search warrant stated investigators had probable cause to think Rosen had violated the federal Espionage Act and that he might have aided or abetted others or was a co-conspirator. "James Rosen is a lot of things, but not a criminal co-conspirator," Graham said. Holder has already recused himself from an investigation into the Justice Department looking into the phone records of the Associated Press, related to a May 2012 story that included information about a foiled plot in Yemen to bomb a U.S.-bound airliner. That Holder approved the Justice Department searches appears to contradict earlier statements before Congress in which he said accessing reporters' phone logs was "not something I've ever been involved in, nor would I think is a wise policy." Graham also called for a special counsel to investigate the IRS flagging Tea Party groups and other politically conservative-leaning organizations seeking tax-exempt status.

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