The U.S. Department of Justice may try seeking out the source of a bombshell article that revealed National Security Agency surveillance of millions of Americans, according to NBC News Justice correspondent Pete Williams.
On Thursday’s "Morning Joe," New York City Deputy Mayor Howard Wolfson asked if [The Guardian's Glenn] Greenwald would be investigated and suggested the White House would face many questions about the Guardian story.
“They may not be prepared to answer that question,” Wolfson said. “But given what happened with Fox, given what happened with AP, that will be a very hot topic today.”
Williams, a well-sourced reporter who just interviewed Attorney General Eric Holder last night about the leak investigations, jumped in with an answer.
“I was told last night: definitely there will be a leak investigation,” he said.
On MSNBC's "Daily Rundown" later Thursday morning, Williams slightly walked back his earlier comments from certainty to near certainty. "It seems highly likely this will trigger a leak investigation," he told host Chuck Todd.
While no investigation is yet underway, Williams said, "It just seems very likely, given the sensitivity of this document, that there will be one."
