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... . . .

Time to put a "Hold" on Holder
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 ...

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. ...

Pardon Attorney Blasts Eric Holder on Clinton's Shameful 1999 Terrorist Pardons
corner.nationalreview.com 1/10/2009 — From the Los Angeles Times: Attorney general nominee Eric H. Holder Jr. repeatedly pushed some of his subordinates at the Clinton Justice Department to drop their opposition to a controversial 1999 grant of clemency to 16 members of two violent ...

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. But right as that came out, the ...

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 ...

Atty Gen'l Eric Holder: 'This is our time'
swamppolitics.com 3/28/2009 — by Mark Silva "Like me, Eric married up,'' President Barack Obama said of Eric Holder, his attorney general, ceremonially installed today. President George W. Bush used to say the same of himself and Laura Bush and commend others around him for ...

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 ...

Eric Holder: 'Waterboarding is torture'
crooksandliars.com 1/22/2009 — Download | Play    Download | Play In a statement certain to send Bill O'Reilly round yet another bend, Attorney General nominee Eric Holder made plain he considered waterboarding to be torture: Attorney General-nominee Eric Holder Jr. ...

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 ...

Holder Calls Waterboarding Torture — WSJ.com: Politics And Policy 1/15/2009
In confirmation hearings, Eric Holder, the nominee for attorney general, declared that waterboarding is torture.

Holder: 'Waterboarding is torture' — First Read 1/15/2009
From NBC's Domenico MontanaroAt halftime of the Eric Holder hearing, President-elect Obama's pick to be attorney general marked a sharp break from the policies of the Bush administration and the previous attorneys general, particularly John Ashcroft ...

Holder: We were at war years before we knew it (AP) — Yahoo! News: Politics News 1/15/2009
AP - Attorney General-nominee Eric Holder says the U.S. was at war years before it even realized it.

Holder: Gun control options 'narrowed' after high court ruling — CNN Political Ticker 1/15/2009
WASHINGTON (CNN) — Attorney General-designate Eric Holder conceded during his confirmation hearing Thursday that the government's options for regulating the possession of firearms have been narrowed in the wake of the Supreme Court's 2008 ruling ...

CIA director: Harsh interrogations were effective (AP) — Yahoo! News: Politics News 1/15/2009
AP - CIA Director Michael Hayden strenuously defended the effectiveness of the CIA's harsh interrogation techniques Thursday, only moments after Attorney General-designate Eric Holder said the use of waterboarding was torture. Though U.S. ...