So is the Justice Department investigating the breach of Barack Obama’s (and Hillary Clinton’s and John McCain’s) passport files or not? CNN quotes a Department spokesman as saying that prosecutors have “met with officials from the State Department Inspector General’s office on this matter, and are coordinating with the Office of Inspector General on its investigative efforts.”
But at this point, the Department of Justice can’t be said to be actually investigating, just sort of keeping stock of things, apparently. “A knowledgeable official” tells CNN that it’s too much to call this a “joint investigation” — which is the same stance that the State Department had on Friday.