Attorney General Eric Holder said he was willing to revise guidelines for investigations of journalists in leaks of classified information but offered no specific changes. He met with media representatives in an off-the-record session to discuss how to balance national security issues with the public’s right to know. (Politico, May 30, 2013, by Dylan Byers)
While some attending the meeting with Holder felt it was constructive, other members of the press continued to criticize it for being 0ff-the-record at time when public trust in the news media was low. (The Poynter Institute, May 31, 2013, by Andrew Beaujon)
In a rundown of the controversy, Tom Cohen of CNN, May 30, 2013 wrote that as Congress continues to investigate whether Holder misled or withheld information from Congress, Holder could became a costly political liability to President Barack Obama. -db