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Eric Holder: It Wasn't Me!

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Says his deputy signed off on AP search.

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Scapegoat or guilty party? Grilled on Capitol Hill today, Attorney General Eric Holder confirmed that it was his No. 2, Deputy Attorney General James Cole, who gave the order to subpoena the Associated Press's phone records, an intrusion that has set off a scandal for the Obama administration.

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