Senators Introduce Resolution Calling for Independent Special Counsel to Investigate Leaks

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A sizable group of Republican senators have introduced a resolution in the Senate calling for Attorney General Eric Holder to appoint an independent special counsel to investigate high-level national security leaks to the media.

The special independent counsel “should investigate any and all unauthorized disclosures of classified and highly sensitive information on which such recent publications were based and, where appropriate, prosecute those responsible,” the resolution states.

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