Outrageous: Did Justice Department seize phone records of James Rosen's parents?

The net cast by the Department of Justice into the media pool just keeps getting bigger. The original story of Associated Press phone records being seized alone was enough to qualify as the Obama administration’s third big scandal of the moment, right up there with Benghazi and the IRS’ targeting of conservative groups. Then we learned that the Justice Department had looked into not only the work calls of Fox News’ James Rosen, but his personal cell phone, his movements and his Google emails as well. And now, reports say that the DOJ looked into his parents’ phone records too.

Per @BretBaier Parents of @JamesRosenFNC had their phone records obtained by DOJ. Nothing to see. Plead the 5th on this too?

— RobinTSmith (@robints) May 21, 2013

https://twitter.com/AprilThorn2/status/336976809935650816

@JamesRosenFNC If I were your parents I would SUE the DOJ & FBI tapping my phones! #MadAsHell

— Steve (@MACHTink) May 21, 2013

https://twitter.com/jessicarights/status/336976964055343105

Out. Of. Control. RT @NolteNC: Bret Baier just reported that the freakin' DOJ seized the phone records of James Rosen's PARENTS!

— Pundit Review (@PunditReview) May 21, 2013

@brithume Did I just hear @BretBaier say @JamesRosenFNC 's PARENTS phone records were also seized by DO? #AbuseOfPower #FirstAmendment

— Harriet Baldwin Text Trump 88022 (@HarrietBaldwin) May 21, 2013

Chicagoland politics unfettered. RT @NoleNC: Bret Baier just reported that the freakin' DOJ seized phone records of James Rosen's PARENTS!"

— Josh Jordan (@NumbersMuncher) May 21, 2013

on Special Report: DOJ also took phone records from the parents of @JamesRosenFNC !! To quote a senator: #IsThisAmerica?

— I Told You So #EndtheShutdown (@get2thegulch) May 21, 2013

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https://twitter.com/Rschrim/status/336980910517911552

It will be interesting to see if other news outlets pick up this story — they certainly ought to be concerned.

https://twitter.com/TheAmishDude/status/336978771913617408

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Update: Here’s video of Bret Baier dropping the latest bombshell.