acslaw.org - 11/19/2008
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gatewaypundit.blogspot.com - 11/23/2008
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Barack Obama's Attorney General candidate Eric Holder was
grilled in Congress after the Clinton Administration pardoned FALN
terrorists before leaving office. This testimony on the Clinton pardons of the 16 FALN terrorists took place in front of the ...
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Eric Holder Caught on Tape Defending the FALN Terrorist ...
dcexaminer.com - 11/23/2008
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dcexaminer.com —
Byron York, Examiner Contributor - 11/22/08 I spent
several years of the Clinton administration writing about one
scandal or controversy after another. There was, of course, the Whitewater affair and the fight over the independent counsel, Kenneth ...
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Sunday Reflection: Have We Changed Yet?
corner.nationalreview.com - 11/25/2008
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Eric Holder on CNN in 2002: One of
the things we clearly want to do with these
prisoners is to have an ability to interrogate them and find out what their future plans might be, where other cells are located; under the Geneva Convention that you ...
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Holder On the Geneva Conventions
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Eric Holder: A Rebuke Of Bush-League Justice
Think Progress —
... On Torture: “The notion that the Department of Justice would in essence sanction the use of torture as part of the President’s plenary power over military operations is as wrong as it is shortsighted. This position flies in the face of the entire history of American law, helping to create a climate in which unnecessarily abusive conduct can somehow be considered legitimate.” [Remarks to ACS Conference, 6/19/04] ...
Rolling Back the Fog at Justice
democracyarsenal.org —
... On Torture: “The notion that the Department of
Justice would in essence sanction the use of torture as part of the
President’s plenary power over military operations is as wrong as it is
shortsighted. This position flies in the face of the entire history of
American law, helping to create a climate in which unnecessarily
abusive conduct can somehow be considered legitimate.” [Remarks to ACS
Conference, 6/19/04] ...
Obama refuses to rule out investigation of the left’s alleged ‘crimes of the Bush administration’
RedState: Conservative News and Community —
... Allegations of Torture: “The notion that the Department of Justice would in essence sanction the use of torture as part of the President’s plenary power over military operations is as wrong as it is shortsighted. This position flies in the face of the entire history of American law, helping to create a climate in which unnecessarily abusive conduct can somehow be considered legitimate.” [Remarks to ACS Conference, 6/19/04] ...
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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 ...
How Much Opposition to Eric Holder Is Enough?
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... . . .
Yet Another Holder Holdup
firedoglake.com 11/24/2008 —
In case you thought Chiquita and Marc Rich were Eric Holder's only stumbling blocks on his way to being nominated as Barack Obama's Attorney General, Stephanie Mencimer at Mother Jones revealed yet another reason why Senate GOPs might go to town ...
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 ...
GOP Forming United Opposition To Holder Nomination
huffingtonpost.com 12/12/2008 — More signs have emerged that Eric Holder's nomination for Attorney General will face a bitter committee fight as Republican Senators on Thursday criticized Holder's work in the Clinton White House and even attempted to tie him to disgraced Illinois ...
Los Angeles Times: Eric Holder pushed for controversial clemency
latimes.com 1/9/2009 — http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/washingtondc/la-na-holder9-2009jan09,0,6643509.story Eric Holder pushed for controversial clemency By Josh Meyer and Tom Hamburger January 9, 2009 Reporting from Washington — Attorney general nominee Eric H. ...
While We're on the Subject of Holder
corner.nationalreview.com 11/26/2008 — ... I think occasional excerpts from the House Committee on Government Reform's lengthy and enlightening report on the Clinton pardons should be required reading -- given not only President-elect Obama's decision to nominate Holder for AG but the ...
Eric Holder and the FALN Pardons:
volokh.com 1/9/2009 — The LA Times reports that Eric Holder actively sought to blunt opposition to President Clinton's pardon of members of two pro-Puerto Rican independence terrorist groups....
Holder omitted Blagojevich link from questionnaire
suntimes.com 12/17/2008 — Before Eric Holder was President-elect Barack Obama's choice to be attorney general, he was Gov. Blagojevich's pick to sort out a mess involving Illinois' long-dormant casino license.
In Transition: Janet Napolitano —
Wash Post Federal Page 11/17/2008
JANET NAPOLITANO Current job: Governor of Arizona (D). Credentials: Former U.S. attorney and state attorney general; first woman to head of the National Governors Association; lawyer for Anita Hill in her sexual harassment case against Clarence ...