Attorney General Eric Holder personally signed off on the warrant, allowing the Justice Department to search Fox News reporter James Rosen's personal email. The warrant Holder approved named Rosen as a "co-conspirator" in a leak investigation, warning that the Justice Department was potentially criminalizing journalists from doing their job, which is news gathering.
Actor Steve Forrest, who played Lieutenant Dan "Hondo" Harrelson on "S.W.A.T.", the 1970s series, has died in Thousand Oaks, California, his family said, as reported by UPI. He was 87. He died on May 18, and while The Hollywood Reporter confirmed his death, the magazinedid not give a cause.
Actress Catherine Zeta-Jones has returned home from treatment for her Bipolar II disorder, after having checked herself into a facility last month. Her husband Michael Douglas described it as a "10,000 mile check-up." Zeta-Jones, an Oscar-winning actress, told the magazine that before her treatment that "this is a disorder that affects millions of people and I am one of them. If my revelation of having Bipolar II has encouraged one person to seek help, then it is worth it. There is no need to suffer silently and there is no shame in seeking help."
Despite letters from singers Paul McCartney, Peter Gabriel and Patti Smith, a Russian court denied parole on Thursday to Pussy Riot band members Maria Alekhina and Nadezhda Tolokonnikova serving a two-year sentence, the Associated Press reported on Thursday.
