thinkprogress.org - 1/15/2009
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In October 2007, during his confirmation hearings, Attorney General Michael Mukasey refused to call waterboarding torture and to this day has not called it torture. In his confirmation hearing today, Attorney General nominee Eric Holder clearly said that he believes waterboarding is torture:
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tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com - 1/15/2009
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Not that it's likely, but Brad Schlozman may
want to hope that Eric Holder's confirmation somehow gets
derailed. That's because Holder just told the Senate Judiciary committee that he wants to reconsider the Bush Justice Department's curious ...
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Holder: "I Will Review That Determination" Not To ...
thinkprogress.org - 1/16/2009
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During his confirmation hearing today, Attorey General nominee
Eric Holder unequivocally rejected torture . “No one is
above the law,” Holder said repeatedly during the hearing. Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) could not fathom that an Attorney ...
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Cornyn’s Absurd Hypothetical For Holder: What If ...
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The End Of Waterboarding
The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan —
America may have an attorney-general soon who actually believes in the rule of law. Imagine.
Holder answers the waterboarding question
Political Animal —
... waterboarding as torture, or even addressing whether the practice is legal. Michael Mukasey's A.G. nomination was nearly detailed by his unwillingness to address similar questions. It wasn't a trick question. Today, Eric Holder answered it . Holder's response was both unequivocal and encouraging: "If you look at the history of the use of that technique, used by the Khmer Rouge, used in the Inquisition, used by the Japanese and prosecuted by us as war crimes. We prosecuted our own soldiers for using it in Vietnam. I agree with you, Mr. Chairman, waterboarding is torture." ...
Obama Leaves Door on Torture Prosecutions Ajar
Library Grape —
... . During his Senate confirmation hearing, Holder said that the President cannot "immunize" torture and must enforce the law in all cases: ...
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astuteblogger.blogspot.com 1/26/2009 — Aside from the aforementioned abomination of a "stimulus" package , a great place for the Republicans to actually grow a pair would be to focus on derailing the Eric Holder nomination; Here is a letter that is a good template for what could (and ...
Did Holder Promise No Torture Prosecutions?
emptywheel.firedoglake.com 1/28/2009 — 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.
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campaignspot.nationalreview.com 1/13/2009 — Erick Erickson of RedState comes out, guns blazing, against the NRA for not using everything in their arsenal (no pun intended) against the nomination... . . .
Last Try on Holder Nomination, Part I
firedoglake.com 11/29/2008 —
As you may recall, I expressed some dismay upon learning of the Eric Holder nomination for AG. Back in June of this year, Kirk Murphy had done a piece on Holder's involvement in negotiating a plea deal for Chiquita that included no criminal ...
Leahy wants Holder hearings in early January
politico.com 12/8/2008 — Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) wants to move swiftly to bring Justice about, he said after meeting with Obama's nominee for Attorney General, Eric Holder, this afternoon.
The Judiciary Committee chairman said he will schedule confirmation hearings in ...
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