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RT @Goldwater64: NPR Shocker: Attorney General Holder Stumped By Lindsey Graham NewsBusters.org: http://bit.ly/9WBCI 11/20/2009 |
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NPR Shocker: Attorney General Holder Stumped By Lindsey Graham | NewsBusters.org: http://bit.ly/9WBCI via @addthis 11/19/2009 |
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RT: @crchair: Great article on how Sen Graham stumped AG Holder yesterday. http://tinyurl.com/ydafpyb 11/19/2009 |
today’s wedgie
Knowledge is Power —
... ERIC HOLDER, ATTORNEY GENERAL: I don’t know. I’d have to look at that. I think that, you know, the determination I’ve made -- ...
Lindsey Graham devastates Eric Holder.
Althouse —
Crushing: Holder imagines that he can hide inside that "thoughtful" routine that Obama so often relies on, but it is utterly pathetic here. Either he knows damned well what he's doing and he's lying or he's outrageously unqualified for his job. His similarity in evasive style is so similar to Obama's that he makes Obama look worse. ...
Holder v. Holder
JustOneMinute —
... November 18, 2009 Holder v. Holder Attorney General Eric Holder defends the Khalid Sheikh Mohammed decision against Lindsay Graham , ...
Attorney General Holder Stumped
USS Neverdock —
This is why the Democrats are a real danger to the world.
The prosecution of KSM: It is obvious Eric Holder has not thought it through
TigerHawk —
Watch this selection from Eric Holder's Senate testimony on the use of the civilian criminal justice system to try jihadis who kill Americans. Leaving the substantive arguments to Andy McCarthy, who has just been beating the hell out of them over at ...
Further Thoughts On The Khalid Sheikh Mohammad Show Trial
Below The Beltway —
... My understanding is that if for some reason he’s not convicted, or a judge lets him off on a technicality, he’ll be an enemy combatant, so you’re right back where you started.
In other words, the trial is a sham:
[I]f the defendants have zero chance of being released, this is a show trial and a sham. That’s frankly much worse than the status quo, much less a military tribunal.
Senator Lindsey Graham, meanwhile, did an even better job of attacking Holder and the logic behind the KSM civilian trial: ...
Graham v. Holder
Commonsense & Wonder —
... ERIC HOLDER, ATTORNEY GENERAL: I don’t know. I’d have to look at that. I think that, you know, the determination I’ve made -- ...
“CRUSHING.” “Holder imagines that he can hide inside that ‘thoughtful’ routine that Obama so often …
Instapundit —
... What’s really amazing is that Holder doesn’t even have a good bullshit answer prepared. Lame. As noted on NPR: “The exchange started with Graham stumping Holder with a question one would have thought the attorney general would have been prepared for.” You’d think. ...
Thinking It Through
Neptunus Lex —
AG Holder fails to do so.
NPR – shockingly – calls him on it.
GRAHAM: If we captured bin Laden tomorrow, would he be entitled to Miranda warnings at the moment of capture?
HOLDER: Again I’m not — that all depends. I mean, the notion that we –
GRAHAM: Well, it does not depend. If you’re going to prosecute anybody in civilian court, our law is clear that the moment custodial interrogation occurs the defendant, the ...
Sen. Graham knocks around AG Holder on KSM.
RedState —
... record*. You do not come completely unprepared for a obviously-telegraphed question like “So. What are you going to do with a captured bin Laden?” And you do not assume that Senators like being given the mushroom treatment. Because if you do any of that, you can be assured that some Senator, somewhere, will take the opportunity to introduce you to pain.
Moe Lane
PS: No, really. NPR even noticed. NPR. Via Newsbusters, via Instapundit:
The exchange started with Graham ...
Exchange of the Day
PoliPundit.com —
Lindsey Graham has his moments. Here, he exposes the absurdity of treating terrorists like criminals:
GRAHAM: If bin Laden were caught tomorrow, would it be the position of this administration that he would be brought to justice?
HOLDER: He would certainly be brought to justice, absolutely.
GRAHAM: Where would you try him?
HOLDER: Well, we’d go through our protocol. And we’d make the determination about where he should appropriately be tried. [...]
GRAHAM: If we captured bin Laden tomorrow, would he ...
So We Don’t Need To Interrogate Him …
Jules Crittenden —
... , Leahy: No need to interrogate OBL. It’s just the latest lunacy of that sort that has Khalid Sheikh Mohammed headed to the Big Apple for the jihadi grandstanding opportunity of a lifetime. Speaking of which, here’s Lindsay Graham stumping Eric Holder . * Crittenden’s own GWOT Hit Parade: ...
KSM civilian trial: Did Holder think it through?
Fausta's Blog —
Watching this video, you can’t help but wonder if Eric Holder gave much thought to the decision:
How could Holder not know the answer to this question?
Noel Sheppard (via Instapundit) has the transcript. Money quote:
The big problem I have is that you’re criminalizing the war, that if we caught bin Laden tomorrow, we’d have mixed theories and we couldn’t turn him over — to the CIA, the FBI or military intelligence — for an ...
Palin Press: Putzes in Print
The Anchoress —
... has locked the opposition party out of every policy debate (there actually is no debate, anymore) and has weakend our influence abroad and our security at home, has disrespected, snubbed or betrayed every one of our allies, cozied up to tyrants and done little in a bare year besides bankrupting the country, dissing his predecessor at every opportunity, making us wonder what sort of government he is fomenting, and whether he is in fact, actively working to tear the country apart.
In less than a year, the ...
Pat Leahy: We wouldn’t need to “interrogate” OBL if we caught him
Sister Toldjah —
... For all of Lindsey Graham’s faults – and there are many – major props for cornering Holder on this issue yesterday. ...
Obama doesn’t appoint stupid people … [Darleen Click]
protein wisdom —
… so it is time to look at the malice angle. First we have Eric Holder doing a good imitation of a gasping fish out-of-water in his non-answers to Lindsey Graham. SENATOR LINDSEY GRAHAM, (R-S.C): Can you give me a case in United States history where a enemy combatant caught on a battlefield was tried in civilian court? ERIC HOLDER, ATTORNEY GENERAL: [5 second pause with deep breath] I don’t know. I’d have to look at that. I think that, you know, the determination I’ve made — GRAHAM: We’re making history here, Mr. Attorney General. I’ll answer it for you. The answer is no. ...
Eric Holder’s Very Bad, Posterized Day
The Sundries Shack —
... , which is the most reasonable and intelligent part of Holder’s appearance. Things went downhill quickly from there. To get a good taste of how bad Holder’s appearance was, witness this rhetorical posterizing delivered by Lindsey Graham . ...
