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motherjones.com - 1/14/2009
Why Eric Holder Represents What's Wrong with Washington
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Eric Holder Jr., by all accounts, is a decent, smart, caring, competent fellow. President-elect Barack Obama's pick to be attorney general had a brilliant career in public service: he graduated from Columbia University law school, worked at the NAACP Legal Defense Fund, was a trial attorney at ...
tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com - 1/15/2009
Holder: "I Will Review That Determination" Not To Prosecute Schlozman
— tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com — Not that it's likely, but Brad Schlozman may want to hope that Eric Holder's confirmation somehow gets derailed. That's because Holder just told the Senate Judiciary committee that he wants to reconsider the Bush Justice Department's curious ... (more) Holder: "I Will Review That Determination" Not To ...

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Cornyn’s Absurd Hypothetical For Holder: What If Waterboarding Were Your Only Interrogation Option?
thinkprogress.org - 1/16/2009
Cornyn’s Absurd Hypothetical For Holder: What If Waterboarding Were Your Only Interrogation Option?
— thinkprogress.org — During his confirmation hearing today, Attorey General nominee Eric Holder unequivocally rejected torture . “No one is above the law,” Holder said repeatedly during the hearing. Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) could not fathom that an Attorney ... (more) Cornyn’s Absurd Hypothetical For Holder: What If ...

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Eric Holder: Waterboarding is Torture (video)
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Eric Holder: Waterboarding is Torture (video)
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Why Eric Holder Represents What's Wrong in Washington
David Corn — ... I first posted this at motherjones.com. Tried to be nuanced. But did I end up just sounding naive? Feel free to tell me. ...

The Obama Back-and-Forth (Starring Eric Holder, Rick Warren, and Assorted Neocons)
David Corn — ... Black and white may not come so easy in the Obama era. Yesterday, I noted that Eric Holder, Obama's choice for attorney general, had some heavy baggage from his days as a corporate lawyer. And I happen to think that his ...

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Freeh is testifying at Holder’s confirmation hearing. WASHINGTON (CNN) – Former FBI Director Louis Freeh said Friday that Attorney General-designate Eric Holder allowed himself "to be used" by the Clinton White House in the pardon process for ...