Saxby Chambliss: “Well, I am dying to hear his explanation too, let me say that. First of all, let me say that I join in with everything…”

“Well, I am dying to hear his explanation too, let me say that. First of all, let me say that I join in with everything my two colleagues have said with respect to, No. 1, the volume of the leaks that have come out in recent weeks. We all know this town has a tendency to leak information from time to time, but never in the volume and never with the sensitivity of the leaks we have read about on the front page of newspapers around the country as we have seen in the last few weeks. Irrespective of where they came from, to have folks who may be implicated in the White House, and the White House appointing the two individuals who have been charged with the duty of prosecuting this investigation, reeks of ethical issues. I don't know these two U.S. attorneys, but everything I know about them is they are dadgum good prosecutors and they are good lawyers. But why would we even put them in the position of having to investigate in effect the individual who appointed them to the position they are in? That is why we are arguing that a special counsel is, without question, the best way to go. I am interested to hear the response from my friend from Illinois to that issue. Let me talk about something else for a minute, and that is the impact these leaks have had on the intelligence community. The No.…”