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Did Holder Promise No Torture Prosecutions?
emptywheel.firedoglake.com - 1/28/2009
Did Holder Promise No Torture Prosecutions?
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As I posted, both Sheldon Whitehouse and Pat Leahy suggest that--even though John Cornyn and others made an inappropriate demand that Holder promise not to prosecute any Bushies--Holder did not make that promise. But right as that came out, the Moonie Times came out with a Kit Bond interview ...
washingtontimes.com - 1/28/2009
EXCLUSIVE: Holder assures GOP on prosecution
— washingtontimes.com — By: ErikTheDread It's hard to believe Bond. Even if what he's saying is true (which I find hard to believe), do Republicans REALLY want to go down this road? Extracting pre hoc promises from nominees that would be binding after confirmation? Does Bond ... (more) EXCLUSIVE: Holder assures GOP on prosecution

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Talking Points Memo | Holder Aide: We Made No Special Promises to Bond
tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com - 1/28/2009
Talking Points Memo | Holder Aide: We Made No Special Promises to Bond
— tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com — My colleague Zack at TPMmuck just heard from an aide to Attorney General nominee Eric Holder. The aide definitively denied Sen. Kit Bond's (R-MO) claim that Holder had given him "assurances" of avoiding future prosecutions of Bush intelligence ... (more) Talking Points Memo | Holder Aide: We Made No Special ...

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huffingtonpost.com - 1/28/2009
Aide: Holder Has Made No Decisions On Prosecuting Bush Officials
— huffingtonpost.com — An aide to Eric Holder rejected a report Wednesday suggesting that the Attorney General nominee had pledged not to prosecute members of the Bush administration officials who were complicit in illegal harsh interrogations or torture. "Eric Holder ... (more) Aide: Holder Has Made No Decisions On Prosecuting Bush ...

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100 Days Of Grace? No Chance!
Newshoggers.com — ... for those carried out torture and perhaps even for those who ordered it. It doesn't matter which part of that Holder meant if he meant any of it - the law is the law and a superior's orders are no excuse. To take that course would be to throw away what is right for what is simply politically expedient, and I will not assent to it by silence or by  ...

Morning Skim: The Stimulus Vote . . . and a Holder Deal?
Opinionator — ... that prevailed before Sept. 11, 2001.” Firedoglake : Emptywheel reads various news stories and tries to determine if Attorney General nominee Eric Holder privately promised Senators there would be no torture prosecutions of former Bush Administration officials. Bonus link: Marc Ambinder says that ...

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Did Holder Make a Telecom Immunity Promise to Senator Bond? — TPM Election Central
We were amused to find yesterday that no one except Sen. Kit Bond (R-MO) was buying the claim that Eric Holder made Republicans a secret promise not to prosecute Bush intelligence officials -- not senior Democrats and not Holder himself. But Bond made another assertion to the Washington ...
Holder's Promise — Taylor Marsh
BY TAYLOR MARSH There’s a story today in the Washington Times that Eric Holder promised personally that there would be no prosecutions looking backwards on interrogation. Sen. Christopher "Kit" Bond, Missouri Republican and vice chairman of the Senate Select Committee on ...