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  1. This week, Attorney General Eric Holder has been dealing with attacks from Republicans about his handling of terrorism detainees. In addition, the conservative National Review magazine unearthed a Supreme Court brief that Holder did not tell Congress about...

  2. Grassley named two of them. A group led by conservatives Liz Cheney and Bill Kristol then released an Internet video spot. "Who are these government officials?" "Eric Holder will only name two. Why the secrecy behind the other seven? Whose values do they share...

  3. The ad, paid for and produced by the group Keep American Safe, referred to the U.S. Justice Department as the "Department of Jihad," and called out Attorney General Eric Holder for hiring but not revealing the names of several attorneys who had previously...

  4. The move would be a major reversal in the terrorism case. Attorney General Eric Holder announced weeks ago that Mohammed and four other detainees would be tried in a civilian court in New York. Fierce opposition to the plan appears to have prompted an about-face...

  5. With more than 80 percent of defendants unable to pay for their own lawyers, problems with indigent defense reach the core of the criminal justice system. During a speech at a recent indigent defense symposium in Washington, D.C. , Attorney General Eric Holder...

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  1. "Would you provide me and members of the committee with the following information," Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA) asked Holder, "the names of political appointees in your department who represent detainees or who worked for organizations advocating on their...

  2. SREENIVASAN: A former Denver Airport shuttle driver pleaded guilty today to plotting bomb attacks in New York City. Najibullah Zazi told a federal judge he had planned a martyrdom operation. He said he was trained by al-Qaida in Pakistan. In Washington, Attorney...

  3. DETROIT, MI (Michigan Radio) - U.S Attorney General Eric Holder told lawyers in Detroit that the country faces "new legal challenges" and "threats to our safety." Holder spoke at the Federal Bar Association's annual advancement of social justice luncheon. He...

  4. The two officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss the deliberation.

  5. YORK, NY January 27, 2010 —Mayor Michael Bloomberg has been pushing the federal government to pay for security costs if the trials of Khalid Sheikh Mohammad and four other 9/11 detainees are held in Lower Manhattan. Now, he says, he just wishes President...

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  1. PAC on January 25, 2005, twenty days after he was sworn into the U.S. Senate. Early Hopefund donors included Warren and Susan Buffett, David Geffen, Valerie Jarrett, Peter Herbst, Bain Capital, Daniel Yankelovich, Susie and Mark Buell, Steven Spielberg, Alfonso... Full Article at American Thinker

  2. Please review the full rules governing commentaries and discussions. You are fully responsible for the content that you post. The March 9 editorial "Fulfilling Gideon's promise" was absolutely right to commend Attorney General Eric H. Holder for trying to... Full Article at The Washington Post

  3. Attorney General Eric Holder was in private practice, he had signed an amicus brief in the controversial District of Columbia v. Heller case, in which the Supreme Court invalidated the District of Columbia's ban on firearms in 2008. Mr. Holder had supported... Full Article at Town Hall

  4. “Public Integrity is in total disarray,” said Melanie Sloan, a former Justice Department prosecutor. In fact, current and former department officials fear the department under Attorney General Eric Holder is mostly out of the business—at least for now—of... Full Article at The Daily Beast

  5. Attorney General Eric Holder speaks at a news conference at the Justice Department in Washington, Monday, Feb. 22, 2010. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert) (The Associated Press) Washington » Attorney General Eric Holder vowed Monday to pursue a government-wide... Full Article at Salt Lake Tribune

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