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Holder: Granting clemency to Puerto Rican FALN members 'reasonable'
politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com - 1/16/2009
Holder: Granting clemency to Puerto Rican FALN members 'reasonable'
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Holder: granting clemency to Puerto Rican FALN members "was reasonable" WASHINGTON (CNN) — Attorney General designate Eric Holder said during his confirmation hearing Thursday that President Clinton's 1999 decision to grant clemency to 16 convicted FALN Puerto Rican prisoners who had committed acts of violence "was reasonable." Holder noted that there were "a lot of people in support of that [...]
tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com - 1/15/2009
Holder: "I Will Review That Determination" Not To Prosecute Schlozman
— tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com — 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 ... (more) Holder: "I Will Review That Determination" Not To ...

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Cornyn’s Absurd Hypothetical For Holder: What If Waterboarding Were Your Only Interrogation Option?
thinkprogress.org - 1/16/2009
Cornyn’s Absurd Hypothetical For Holder: What If Waterboarding Were Your Only Interrogation Option?
— thinkprogress.org — 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 ... (more) Cornyn’s Absurd Hypothetical For Holder: What If ...

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Holder breaks with Mukasey, says ‘waterboarding is torture.’
thinkprogress.org - 1/15/2009
Holder breaks with Mukasey, says ‘waterboarding is torture.’
— thinkprogress.org — 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 ... (more) Holder breaks with Mukasey, says ‘waterboarding is torture.’

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Political Punch:  Some Thoughts on Holder and the FALN

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Some Thoughts on Holder and the FALN
Political Punch — ... . During yesterday's confirmation hearing, Holder said that Clinton granting clemency was "reasonable" since those FALN members released had not been officially tied to violent acts that harmed anyone, though that has been disputed by some in the FBI. -- jpt January 16, 2009 | ...

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