The whole DOJ snooping story is an intentional leak designed to intimidate.
Likewise, a Republican fundraiser caller to Rush this morning said the IRS story was drying up funds. Rush saying the IRS story was deliberately leaked by Sarah Ingram (the former person in charge of approving tax-exempt organizations and the new IRS head of Obamacare) as a way to intimidate future donors because the donor then would likely face an audit.