Holder pardon makes Dems squirm (Politico)

Holder, High Achiever Poised to Scale New Heights
nytimes.com 12/1/2008 — Queens native Eric Holder, President-elect Barack Obama’s expected choice for attorney general, developed a public servant’s conscience during the racial conflicts of the 1960s. >

Eric Holder. Lawyer For The Death Squad Terrorists’ Paymasters: Our Next Attorney General?
firedoglake.com 12/1/2008 — Chiquita Banana And The Cannibals When high-powered attorney Eric Holder, partner in the high-power DC law firm Covington & Burling, chose to allow American Lawyer to profile him for a trial balloon about making him AG, he allowed American ...

Holder pardon makes Senate Dems squirm
politico.com 12/4/2008 — His role in Rich's pardon is unlikely to derail his nod, but it will make Dems uneasy.

Eric Holder's Politics
online.wsj.com 12/4/2008 — [Review & Outlook] AP Eric Holder and Barack Obama.

Can Eric Holder's role in the Rich pardon be defended?
powerlineblog.com 12/8/2008 — Can Bill Clinton's pardon of Marc Rich be defended on the merits? Seth Lipsky is a journalist whom I greatly respect, and he thinks that it can. In today's New York Times Seth makes the case for the pardon. Seth also thinks that the pardon should be ...

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NYT: Pardon back in focus for Justice nominee — msnbc.com: Politics 12/2/2008
In the career of Eric H. Holder Jr., President-elect Barack Obama’s attorney general choice, there is one notable blemish: Holder’s role in the 2001 pardon of billionaire financier Marc Rich.