NPR Shocker: Attorney General Holder Stumped By Lindsey Graham
NewsBusters.org - Exposing Liberal Media Bias — During Wednesday's Justice Department oversight hearing by the Senate Judiciary Committee, Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) stumped Attorney General Eric Holder on what should have been a fairly routine question for America's top law enforcement official. Maybe more surprisingly, NPR reported it at its website. As NPR's Frank James noted, "The exchange started with Graham stumping Holder with a question one would have thought the attorney general would have been prepared for." I quite agree (video embedded below the fold with partial transcript, h/t Steve ...

today’s wedgie
Knowledge is Power — give a listen...this is goooood SENATOR LINDSEY GRAHAM, (R-S.C): Can you give me a case in United States history where a enemy combatant caught on a battlefield was tried in civilian court? ERIC HOLDER, ATTORNEY GENERAL: I don’t know. I’d have to look at that. I think that, you know, the determination I’ve made -- GRAHAM: We’re making history here, Mr. Attorney General. I’ll answer it for you. The answer is no.

Lindsey Graham devastates Eric Holder.
Althouse — Crushing: Holder imagines that he can hide inside that "thoughtful" routine that Obama so often relies on, but it is utterly pathetic here. Either he knows damned well what he's doing and he's lying or he's outrageously unqualified for his job. His similarity in evasive style is so similar to Obama's that he makes Obama look worse. ...

Eric Holder Looks Amateurish and Unprepared
Wizbang — There's been a lot of discussion here at Wizbang and across the country about the Obama administration decision to try Khalid Sheik Mohammed in a federal court. If you haven't seen it, here is a video of Lindsey Graham taking Holder to task for the decision. I'm no fan of Graham but in this video he shows a knowledge of history and the damage being done to it. Holder shows himself to be nervous and unprepared to attend the hearing let alone make critical executive decisions. Ann Althouse is spot on ...

Reading Bin Laden His Rights
Power Line — Lindsay Graham frequently drives us crazy, but it can't be denied that he has his moments. In today's Senate Judiciary Committee hearing, he took Eric Holder to the woodshed: Graham is right, of course. Under the Obama administration's policies, if we capture Osama bin Laden tomorrow, the first thing we will have to do is read him his rights, and the second is get him a lawyer at taxpayer expense. The argument that Holder tries to interpose--maybe we won't have to Mirandize bin Laden because the evidence of his guilt is "overwhelming"--is pathetic. Can you ...

Oh, Snap! Graham Slams Holder
THE ASTUTE BLOGGERS — Graham damn near redeemed himself today. Classic. Holder's a troofer. His argument that KSM should be tried in civilian court because he killed civilians is simply false. That's 100% legally irrelevant. You don't get sent to juvenile court if you kill a child. Furthermore, KSM attacked the Pentagon, which is US military headquarters, so Holder's non-point is further nullified by his own non-argument in favor of it. He's doing this because he's a troofer and a typical leftist terrorist-lover. ...

Lindsey Graham Utterly Destroys The Obama Administration Decision To Try KSM In Civilian Court
Flopping Aces — Senator Lindsey Graham of all people destroys Our Attorney General (and Obama) on their idiotic decision to fight this war as a law enforcement issue: ...

The prosecution of KSM: It is obvious Eric Holder has not thought it through
TigerHawk — Watch this selection from Eric Holder's Senate testimony on the use of the civilian criminal justice system to try jihadis who kill Americans. Leaving the substantive arguments to Andy McCarthy, who has just been beating the hell out of them over at The Corner for days, how is it possible that Holder was not ready for the Miranda question? Boggles my mind. 0 Comments: Post a Comment This page is powered by Blogger. Isn't yours? Weblog Commenting and Trackback by HaloScan.com [image] [image]

Further Thoughts On The Khalid Sheikh Mohammad Show Trial
Below The Beltway — It’s becoming more and more apparent that the Obama Administration’s decision to try Khalid Sheikh Mohammad in a civilian court has little to do with actual justice. Consider for example this exchange between Senator Chuck Grassley and Attorney General Holder: Sen. Charles Grassley (R., Iowa): “I don’t think you can say that failure to convict is not an option, when we have juries in this country.” Attorney General Eric Holder: I have thought about that possibility. Congress has passed legislation that would not allow the release of these individuals in this country. If there is not a successful conclusion to this ...

Graham v. Holder
Commonsense & Wonder — SENATOR LINDSEY GRAHAM, (R-S.C): Can you give me a case in United States history where a enemy combatant caught on a battlefield was tried in civilian court? ERIC HOLDER, ATTORNEY GENERAL: I don’t know. I’d have to look at that. I think that, you know, the determination I’ve made -- GRAHAM: We’re making history here, Mr. Attorney General. I’ll answer it for you. The answer is no. (H/T/ KisP) ...

Graham v. Holder -- By: Jonah Goldberg
The Corner on National Review Online — For those of us frustrated with Graham, this makes up for a lot.

Thinking It Through
Neptunus Lex — AG Holder fails to do so. NPR – shockingly – calls him on it. GRAHAM: If we captured bin Laden tomorrow, would he be entitled to Miranda warnings at the moment of capture? HOLDER: Again I’m not — that all depends. I mean, the notion that we – GRAHAM: Well, it does not depend. If you’re going to prosecute anybody in civilian court, our law is clear that the moment custodial interrogation occurs the defendant, the criminal defendant, is entitled to a lawyer and to be informed of their right to remain silent. The ...

Lindsey Graham gives Eric Holder a law lesson
neo-neocon — This is a very different Lindsey Graham from the one we’re used to. This Lindsey Graham is sharp and articulate, charged with righteous outrage at Eric Holder and Barack Obama’s unjustifiable decision to try KSM in a civilian criminal proceeding. Heck, Holder doesn’t even really make an attempt to justify it. Even if you didn’t think much of Holder before, it remains shocking to see how extraordinarily little he appears to have thought about the legal issues involved. He has no answer for Graham, and he seems to sense early on in the questioning that he’s caught in a trap, and can find no way out. It’s ...

Lindsay Graham (Yeah, I Know) Destroys AG Eric "Nation Of Cowards" Holder On Civilian Trials For Terrorists
Ace of Spades HQ — Lindsay Graham (Yeah, I Know) Destroys AG Eric "Nation Of Cowards" Holder On Civilian Trials For Terrorists I'm second to no one in my loathing of Lindsay Graham's style of 'make a deal and get something done' politics but my guess is he's a hell of a lawyer. There are a lot of knocks on Eric Holder but no one really thinks he's a stupid man. Misguided? Sure. Diagnosably retarded? No. Watch this exchange between Graham and Holder. Graham leaves Holder stammering like a fool. Here's the crap Holder is trying to sell that Graham won't let him get away with...Holder says, 'we don't need to question bin Laden because we have so much evidence already so we won't question ...

Sen. Graham knocks around AG Holder on KSM.
RedState — I know that Senator Lindsey Graham (R, SC) is not on a lot of people’s Christmas card lists, but this exchange between him and Attorney General Eric Holder was four minutes, forty seconds’ worth of pure schooling: Not filmed was the bit in the end where Holder was on the floor, looking for his teeth. You do not walk into a situation like that without an elementary knowledge of the relevant historical record*. You do not come completely unprepared for a obviously-telegraphed question like “So. What are you going to do with a ...

Eric Holder Pwned: M..m....M, .m, m... Miranda?
Riehl World View — Tell me these incompetent political hacks like Obama and Holder aren't putting America at greater risk? Our enemies have to be laughing their azzes off in their caves at the crew they find themselves up against. And any street hood could probably tell you this is a one way ticket to freedom for terrorists who have already killed Americans. It's so unbelievably ...

Lindsay Graham TKOs Eric Holder
baldilocks — Everyone has it so I might as well post it--especially since it's so nicely done by Senator Graham. Stacy McCain reminds us why the senator know what he's talking about : Graham decided to join the United States Air Force in 1982, and served on active duty until 1988. Following his departure he stayed in the military, joining the South Carolina Air National Guard and the U.S. Air Force Reserves. During the Gulf War, he was recalled to active duty, serving as a Judge Advocate at McEntire Air National Guard Station in Eastover, South Carolina, where he helped brief departing pilots on the laws of war. The thing is, the points which Senator ...

KSM civilian trial: Did Holder think it through?
Fausta's Blog — Watching this video, you can’t help but wonder if Eric Holder gave much thought to the decision: How could Holder not know the answer to this question? Noel Sheppard (via Instapundit) has the transcript. Money quote: The big problem I have is that you’re criminalizing the war, that if we caught bin Laden tomorrow, we’d have mixed theories and we couldn’t turn him over — to the CIA, the FBI or military intelligence — for an interrogation on the battlefield, because now we’re saying that he is subject to criminal court in ...

BlogTalk: Miranda Rights and Health Care
The Caucus — Much of the blog discussions today are about the Senate Democrats’ proposal to overhaul the health care system, which was released late yesterday. Coming in at 2,000-plus pages, the document, available here, would be hard for anyone to read in its entirety between now and Thanksgiving. So we’ll lead you to some thoughtful disucssions on the blogs about what to look for and how to analyze it in a while. But first, another subject that is receiving a lot of traffic today is Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr.’s testimony before the Senate yesterday on the decision to try the co-conspirators in the 9/11 attacks in federal court in Manhattan, instead of ...

Lindsey Graham Destroys Eric Holder
The New Editor — Ann Althouse writes: Holder imagines that he can hide inside that "thoughtful" routine that Obama so often relies on, but it is utterly pathetic here. Either he knows damned well what he's doing and he's lying or he's outrageously unqualified for his job. His evasive style is so similar to Obama's that he makes Obama look worse.Glenn Reynolds: What?s really amazing is that Holder doesn?t even have a good bullshit answer prepared.

Eric Holder’s Very Bad, Posterized Day
The Sundries Shack — I’ve been meaning to write a couple posts about Attorney General Eric Holder’s testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee earlier this week, but other oblgiations have imposed themselves on me. However, there are a couple points I want to share. Before I do that, I want to note that the progressive already had their go-to talking point — we on the right are somehow frightened of Khalid Sheikh Mohammed — fully deployed. Sister Toldjah ...

A Perversion of the Justice System
Gates of Vienna — Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC) confronts Attorney General Eric Holder about his decision to prosecute Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and other terrorist detainees in a Manhattan criminal court: Hat tip: Vlad Tepes. [Post ends here] ...

Townhall.com Staff: Attorney General Eric Holder Gets Destroyed
Townhall.com Blog's TownHall Blog — ...by Sen. Lindsay Graham, during a line of questioning on why Holder is insisting on bringing Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and four others to New York for a trial. No one really gets why Holder is doing it, but few have expressed that disbelief as well as the esteemed Senator from South Carolina.

John King: AG Holder Refused To Admit KSM's Trial Sets Precedent
NewsBusters.org - Exposing Liberal Media Bias — CNN's John King on Thursday claimed Attorney General Eric Holder intentionally avoided Sen. Lindsey Graham's "stumping" question during the previous day's Senate Judiciary Committtee hearing because he didn't want to admit that trying Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and other 9/11 suspects in a criminal courtroom is indeed precedent setting. As NewsBusters reported Wednesday, Holder appeared stumped when Graham asked, "Can you give me a case in United States history where a enemy combatant caught on a battlefield was tried in civilian court?" Speaking with WOR radio's Steve Malzberg Thursday, King said, "He knew the answer to ...

Graham Flunks History: Noriega Tried in Federal Court
Serious Implications — “We’re making history, bad history.” – Senator Lindsey Graham Last week, in the wake of the Justice Department’s decision to try alleged 911 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed in a New York federal court, Senator Lindsey Graham challenged a badly stuttering Attorney General Eric Holder: Graham: “can you give me a case in United States history where an enemy combatant caught on a battlefield was tried in civilian court?” Yes we can. Holder was not prepared for the question, hesitated, and Graham ...

So sue me!
Belmont Club — Fox News reports that Navy Seals who captured the mastermind of the attack on the Blackwater convoy through Fallujah in 2004 are being sued by their captive for punching him. Navy SEALs have secretly captured one of the most wanted terrorists in Iraq — the alleged mastermind of the murder and mutilation of four Blackwater USA security guards in Fallujah in 2004. And three of the SEALs who captured him are now facing criminal charges, sources told FoxNews.com. The three, all members of the Navy’s elite commando unit, have refused non-judicial punishment — called an admiral’s mast — and have requested a trial by court-martial. Ahmed Hashim Abed, whom the military ...

From the WSJ: The President's Bank Reforms Don't Add Up: Restricting loans to real estate virtually guarantees another bank crisis in the future.
Peppered with Salt — "This is not a good trend, because the real-estate sector is highly cyclical and volatile. It was, indeed, the vast number of subprime and other risky mortgages in our financial system that caused the weakness of the banks and the financial crisis. Requiring banks to continue to lend to real estate, because they have few other alternatives, virtually guarantees another banking crisis in the future." ...

Obama Uses Telepromtpers to Address 6th Graders!
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So, Mr. Attorney General, Why Are We Giving Miranda Rights to Terrorists?
Peppered with Salt — The safety of our nation is in the hands of the Obama administration.  How are they doing? Senator Lindsey Graham asked Attorney General Eric Holder about the Administration's decision to provide Miranda rights to terrorists.  Little did we know how applicable it would be to the circumstances surrounding the Christmas day bomber. Click here to view at the publisher's site. ...

Observations on the Obama Administration: Post the Massachusetts Senate Election
Peppered with Salt — Stunningly, Massachusetts, the decades old love child of liberal democrats, is now being villified as just another backwater haven for ignorant neanderthals whose votes should be handed over to ACORN zealots who will make sure they are "counted" correctly. ...

A Few Articles of Interest
Peppered with Salt — Obama Still Backs Job Destroying Global-Warming Agenda As Economic Freedom Declines, So Does Prosperity Arthur Laffer, creator of the Laffer Curve that showed how low tax rates boost economic growth, is warning anyone who will listen that the economy is headed for a “train wreck” in 2011 that will make the current recession look tame by comparison. Click here to read the remainder of the article. ...

A Declaration of War on Free Markets: A Review of the State of the Union
Peppered with Salt — "YOU PROBABLY THINK THIS SPEECH IS ABOUT YOU" OBAMA USES "I" A "FEW" TIMES...132 [image]

Despite the President's Claim that He Has No Lobbyists in Policy Making Positions...
Peppered with Salt — Below are the list of lobbyists in the President's administration ( From Hot Air): William Lynn in the Pentagon as Deputy Defense Secretary. Mr. Lynn was a lobbyist for Defense Contractor Ratheon. Eric Holder, attorney general nominee, was registered to lobby until 2004 on behalf of clients including Global Crossing, a bankrupt telecommunications firm [now confirmed]. Tom Vilsack, secretary of agriculture nominee, was registered to lobby as recently as last year on behalf of the National Education Association. William Lynn, deputy defense secretary nominee, was registered to lobby as recently as last year for ...

The Sad Truth about the Obama Child Tax Credit
Peppered with Salt — There's been a lot of buzz in the press about the White House's idea to increase the child tax credit. What people misunderstand is that this is not an expansion of the per child tax credit that FRC drafted back in 1994. The Child and Dependent Care Tax Credit would only benefit families if: both parents work, a single parent works, or one parent works and the other is in school. In other words, it completely discriminates against families with stay-at-home parents, who wouldn't see a penny from this plan. Experts are saying this is the administration's attempt at "socialized child care." ...

Friday's Articles of Note
Peppered with Salt — The Obama Contradiction: Washington is Sick and Broken and Can Solve All Our Problems Obama's "Venezuelan-Style" Policies Will Cause Stock Market Crash

Video Report From Haiti: From an orphanage
Peppered with Salt — Click here to view at the publisher's site. Haitian Orphan Relief Video from Douglas Phillips on Vimeo.

The US Government Is NOT Giving Haiti's Orpans "Humanitarian Parole". CALL YOUR CONGRESSMAN.
Peppered with Salt — Click here to article at publisher's site. Not All Answers Are Created Equal Posted on January 20, 2010 by randybohlender I got a call from Senator Claire McCaskill’s office today. Allow me to say that while I probably don’t agree on a lot of issues with the Senator, her staff has been incredibly helpful and responsive. Double thumbs up to the Senator and her team on this. They were getting ready to get on a conference call with the Department of Homeland Security to discuss a recent memo from Secretary Janet Napolitano and wanted some clarification of what I was hoping to do in bringing in orphans, along ...

Some Key Issues to Know...Including "TRICKLE DOWN TAXES"
Peppered with Salt — Verify the following for yourselves: Obama budget proposal is 3.8 trillion dollars (at least 1.6 trillion beyond tax receipts for the year). REMEMBER THE LAW OF "TRICKLE DOWN TAXES": Obama increases taxes on couples and singles making 250,000 or more.  History shows that this is only a STARTING place. Beyond hidden taxes for the middle class and working poor (gas, cigarette, food, etc., etc., etc....), watch for the Bush tax cuts to be recinded (which affects the average middle class).  Also, look for tax increases in social security and for lower income brackets.  Oh, and don't forget, if Obamacare occurs, don't forget the taxes that ...

A Closer Look at Obama's Taxing and Spending Spree
Peppered with Salt — Click here to view at publisher's site.

THE GOVERNMENT WANTS YOUR RETIREMENT TO FUND THEIR DEBT: See the Labor Department's Plan
Peppered with Salt — Click here to read article. Click here to read the documents from the Labor Department.

Social Security Bailouts Begin in 2010
Peppered with Salt — Even the President admits that the US has run out of money. So, how does one "bailout" Social Security. Time for those who wanted to give socialism a try to look at its failure both in the US and wherever it has been tried in the world. Don't confuse socialism with a safety net for those who are truly in need. ...

From The Foundry: Obama Continues Down Road to Greater Job Loss, Less Freedom
Peppered with Salt — "Heritage’s Brian Riedl conducted a quick analysis of President Obama’s Fiscal Year 2010 budget and found that the President’s policies would hike taxes by more than $2 trillion over the next decade (counting health care reform and cap-and-trade), raise taxes for 3.2 million small businesses and upper-income taxpayers by an average of $300,000 over the next decade, leave permanent deficits that top $1 trillion in as late as 2020, and double the publicly held national debt to over $18 trillion." ...

Obama Plans to End Bush Tax Cuts: A family of 4 earning $40,000/yr. will see increase in taxes of over $2300...
Peppered with Salt — Consider signing the petition whose link is found at the upper right-hand side of this blog. When It Comes to Child Care, Why Won't the President Let Parents Decide? February 04, 2010 | Dear Stanton, When Congress passed tax relief for families in 2001 and 2003, some Members of Congress insisted the tax cuts be staggered and temporary, resulting in a large scheduled tax hike in 2011. If these cuts are not made permanent,next year American families will face one of the largest tax increases in history. On average, taxes would increase $1,800 per taxpayer, and 48 million married couples will face an average hike of ...

The Missionaries Arrested in Haiti: False Accusations and UNICEF's Inappropriate Role. The Obama Adminstration Is Silent.
Peppered with Salt — Click here to view at publisher's site. Rescue Haiti's Children: Update on Missionaries Held Prisoners from Douglas Phillips on Vimeo. The Following Article Is By Doug Phillips, CEO Vision Forum. He has been in Haiti for the past several weeks. His purpose has been to report on events in post-earthquake. He is especially focusing on the plight of orphans. To view this report at his blog (Doug's Blog), click here. A Summary of My Present Thoughts on the Missionary Imprisonment and Charges: Eighty percent of the Haitian government is dead ...

Giraldo: Outrageous Claims of Haitian Government about Arrested Missionaries
Peppered with Salt — Click here to view at publisher's site. Watch the latest news video at video.foxnews.com

'The taxpayer: That's someone who works for the federal government but doesn't have to take the civil service examination.' - Ronald Reagan
Peppered with Salt — "Socialism only works in two places: Heaven where they don't need it and hell where they already have it." -Ronald Reagan 'I have wondered at times about what the Ten Commandments would have looked like if Moses had run them through the U.S. Congress.' -Ronald Reagan 'The taxpayer: That's someone who works for the federal government but doesn't have to take the civil service examination.' - Ronald Reagan 'The nearest thing to eternal life we will ever see on this earth is a government program.' - Ronald Reagan 'It has been said that politics is the second oldest profession. I have learned that it bears a striking resemblance to ...

Dutch Point Out New Mistakes in U.N. Climate Report
Peppered with Salt — VIDEO (archives at page bottom): The Rescue of An Orpan and A Mother's Sacrificial Love [image]