Mark Knoller ✔ @markknoller

DOJ to create News Media Review Committee to advise when DOJ investigating unauthorized disclosures involving reporters.

With nearly all eyes trained on the George Zimmerman trial in Sanford, Fla., late Friday afternoon, the Obama administration found a good opportunity to announce the results of Attorney General Eric Holder’s exhaustive investigation into … Eric Holder. President Obama had directed Holder to look into the Justice Department’s investigation of Fox News reporter James Rosen, which included the DOJ secretly gaining access to Rosen’s personal email account and tracking not only his phone records but those of his parents.

The DOJ was able to read Rosen’s emails by naming him a co-conspirator under the Espionage Act. Holder himself vetted and signed the warrant, so it was unlikely the report would hold Holder’s feet to the fire. Instead, the DOJ has decided to create a News Media Review Committee to handle future cases like Rosen’s and spread the responsibility around.

Mark Knoller ✔ @markknoller

New DOJ policy promises advance notice to press when Dept seeks access to their newsgathering files, "in all but most exceptional cases."

Mark Knoller ✔ @markknoller

New DOJ policy will require Attorney General approval for search warrants * court orders directed at members of news media.

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Read more:http://twitchy.com/2013/07/12/ministry-o...view-committee/