Holder says he did not mislead Congress over reporter leak probe

Here's the way this works: you go to a judge and certify that you have sufficient evidence to believe a reporter is guilty of a crime -- conspiring to commit treason. (He becomes an "unindicted co-conspirator") Then you tap him and suck up all emails, text messages, and phone calls for anybody he's spoken to.

Then you testify before congress that you had nothing to do with persecuting journalists simply for doing their jobs.

When congress comes knocking to ask if you've lied or not, you simply say but we had no intention of charging him anyway

You get the best of both worlds. You get all the information you need, you shut down the reporter, you put fear into the other reporters, and you get to deny that you're actually prosecuting reporters for doing their jobs.

Gotta love lawyers.