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Political Animal: The reasoning behind the GOP's Holder delays
TPM Election Central: To Prosecute Torture or Not to Prosecute? Cornyn's Holder Holdup Splits GOPers
Obsidian Wings: More On Cornyn
The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan: Where The Evidence Leads
TalkLeft: Stuart Taylor Implausibly Insists Obama Is "Centrist Like Me"
The reasoning behind the GOP's Holder delays
Political Animal —
THE REASONING BEHIND THE GOP'S HOLDER DELAYS.... That Senate Republicans want to delay confirmation of Eric Holder as our next Attorney General is not surprising. It's interesting, though, what's driving the hold-up. Do Specter, Cornyn, & Co. want to talk some more about Marc Rich? Elian Gonzales? No, apparently, Republicans are concerned that Holder might prosecute a certain group of people who violated federal laws. Senate Republicans hope to delay a vote on the confirmation of Eric Holder to become attorney general in order to pressure him to say whether he will ...
To Prosecute Torture or Not to Prosecute? Cornyn's Holder Holdup Splits GOPers
TPM Election Central —
... During today's Senate vote to confirm Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, I talked to both senators. And Graham, a former attorney in the JAG Corps, has a more even-handed view of the torture-prosecutions dilemma than Cornyn's. When we spoke this afternoon, Graham echoed Judiciary panel chairman Sen. Patrick Leahy's (D-VT) judgment that Holder should not be expected to unilaterally rule out all prosecutions related to torturous interrogations. ...
More On Cornyn
Political Animal —
... has already written about Sen. Cornyn's decision to delay Eric Holder's confirmation as Attorney General for a week. I just wanted to add a couple of points. Here's what Cornyn said about his reasons for the delay: "Other GOP members of the committee, said Cornyn, are also concerned about the potential for prosecutions. The intent of the Military Commissions Act, he argued, was to provide immunity from prosecution if agents believed they were acting lawfully. "Part of my concern, frankly, relates to some of his statements at the hearing in regard to torture and what his ...
More On Cornyn
Obsidian Wings —
... about Sen. Cornyn's decision to delay Eric Holder's confirmation as Attorney General for a week. I just wanted to add a couple of points. Here's what Cornyn said about his reasons for the delay: ...
Where The Evidence Leads
The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan —
... Cornyn for delaying Holder's appointment to Attorney General. Cornyn has said that, "Part of my concern, frankly, relates to some of [Holder's] statements at the hearing in regard to torture and what his intentions are with regard to intelligence personnel who were operating in good faith based upon their understanding of what the law was." Hilzoy: ...
Stuart Taylor Implausibly Insists Obama Is "Centrist Like Me"
TalkLeft —
... It's interesting that Taylor feels Holder is with him on the war crimes question. It seems to me he should be out there denouncing Republican Senators who have put a hold on Holder's nomination precisely because they are not sure that Holder is ready to whitewash the Bush Administration's war crimes. ...
