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Published 1/16/2009 by CNN Ticker Producer Alexander Mooney at CNN Political Ticker
WASHINGTON (CNN) — Attorney General-designate Eric Holder was harshly criticized Friday for "playing Russian roulette" with the safety of Americans by making an "egregious recommendation" in 1999 of clemency for 16 members of a Puerto Rican nationalist group convicted on conspiracy and bomb-making charges.
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