Fox News Is Attending The Controversial Eric Holder Meeting That Others Are Boycotting

Business Insider ^ | 5-30-2013 | Brett LoGiurato

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Fox News Is Attending The Controversial Eric Holder Meeting That Other Media Organizations Are Boycotting

Brett LoGiurato
May 30, 2013, 9:30 AM

A Fox News spokesperson told Business Insider that the network will attend an off-the-record meeting with Attorney General Eric Holder to discuss the Department of Justice's guidelines for handling leak investigations.

The meeting has been pushed back against by other news organizations because of its off-the-record nature.

CNN, the New York Times, the Associated Press, and the Huffington Post have all said they will not attend the meeting unless it is on the record. In addition to Fox News, the Washington Post and Politico are attending.

The Department of Justice came under scrutiny, in part, because of recent renewed attention to a leak investigation involving Fox News reporter James Rosen.

In an application for a search warrant, FBI agent Reginald Reyes wrote that there was probable cause Rosen had violated the Espionage Act by soliciting classified information from Stephen J. Kim, a former State Department official. Reyes wrote that Rosen was an "aider and abettor and/or co-conspirator" in leaking the information.

Holder reportedly played a role in approving the search warrant.

[Cyber Liberty]

CNN, the New York Times, the Associated Press, and the Huffington Post have all said they will not attend the meeting unless it is on the record.

I call HYPOCRITES! They were just fine when the closed-door off-the-record meeting was with Carney a few weeks ago.

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Back to you Velveeta. Thanks Bill.

[SaraJohnson]

They might need Holder’s spin for their upcoming law suit against Holder’s abuse of power.