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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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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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tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com - 1/27/2009

Specter: Psych! I'll Back Holder

— tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com — It may be time to coin the phrase "pulling a Specter," because Sen. Arlen Specter (PA), the senior Republican on the Judiciary Committee, just did it again . After making a huge fuss questioning the independence of Eric Holder, Specter just caved and ... (more) Specter: Psych! I'll Back Holder

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Pulling a Specter
Political Animal — ... , for crying out loud. Specter told a committee room full of people that he questioned Holder's " fitness for the job ." Specter felt it necessary to talk endlessly about the Marc Rich pardon, the Elian Gonzalez controversy, Gore's fundraising efforts in the 1996 presidential campaign, the 1993 federal siege in Waco, the espionage investigation involving Wen Ho Lee, and the 1999 clemency for members of a Puerto Rican militant nationalist group. More recently, Specter sought some kind of guarantee that Holder wouldn't prosecute Bush administration officials who committed acts of ...

Scottish Haggis Lives Up to the Name, Backs Holder
Firedoglake — ... "At no time did I challenge Mr. Holder's integrity," the Pennsylvania senator concluded. (But he sure came close, according to Holder himself.) "It was a question of judgment." ...