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AG Holder disturbed by shooting suspect's contacts

Attorney General Eric Holder says he was disturbed to learn of contacts between Fort Hood shooting suspect Nidal Hasan and a radical imam overseas.

Obama: Professed 9/11 mastermind will be convicted

President Barack Obama predicted that professed Sept. 11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed will be convicted and executed as Attorney General Eric Holder proclaimed: "Failure is not an option."

Attorney general talks about war on terrorism

Keeping the country safe from terrorism is a real concern, and the United States must not abandon the rule of law as it did in the early days of the war on terrorism, U.S. Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. said Friday.

Holder worried about lawmakers' Gitmo objections

Attorney General Eric Holder said Tuesday he is worried that lawmakers' opposition to bringing terrorist suspects held at the military prison in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to U.S. prisons could hurt the effort to close the detention center.

Holder: NY plot was one of most serious since 9/11

Attorney General Eric Holder said Tuesday the alleged terror plot disrupted in New York was "one of the most serious in the United States since Sept. 11, 2001" — but he gave no indication when more arrests might be made.

Attorney general says he was racially profiled

Attorney General Eric Holder says he was racially profiled years ago.

US attorney general asserts civil rights renewal

U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder used a Southern civil rights landmark as a backdrop Wednesday as he told hundreds of black prosecutors that the Justice Department's Civil Rights Division is "back and open for business."

Republicans resist Justice interrogation probe

Two leading Republican senators say a criminal investigation into the Bush administration's harsh intelligence practices would make the CIA a boogeyman.

AP source: Holder considering torture probe

Contrary to White House wishes, Attorney General Eric Holder may push forward with a criminal investigation into the Bush administration's harsh interrogation practices used on suspected terrorists.

Holder having surgery for cracked tooth

Attorney General Eric Holder had emergency oral surgery Thursday to remove a cracked tooth.

Holder tells Congress new hate crime law needed

Attorney General Eric Holder urged Congress to pass a new hate crimes law so the government could prosecute cases of violence based on sexual orientation, gender or disability.

AG Holder urges new hate crimes law

Attorney General Eric Holder said Tuesday that recent killings show the need for a tougher hate crimes law to stop "violence masquerading as political activism."

Barbados names gov't offices for US attorney gen

U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder's visit to Barbados is only for three days, but his name will remain even after he leaves.

Holder pledges not to release terrorists into US

The Obama administration will not jeopardize Americans' safety by releasing dangerous Guantanamo prisoners into their communities, Attorney General Eric Holder promised Thursday.

AG Holder says law school grads have duty to serve

Attorney General Eric Holder offers this advice for Howard University law school graduates: devote part of your career to public service.

Holder says terrorists won't be freed into US

The Obama administration will not release terrorists from Guantanamo Bay into neighborhoods in the United States, Attorney General Eric Holder told Congress on Thursday as he sought to reassure worried lawmakers.

Holder hails progress on extradition treaty

U.S. and European investigators will move more quickly to catch and prosecute international terrorists, drug dealers and child pornographers under new agreements to be sealed Tuesday.

Holder: US needs Europe's help to close Gitmo

U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder spent days gingerly, privately asking for help before taking his plea public: The United States needs Europe's assistance to close the Guantanamo Bay detention center.

Holder close to making decision on Gitmo detainees

The United States is "relatively close" to making decisions on what to do with an initial group of Guantanamo Bay detainees, U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder said Sunday.

Holder to meet with European counterparts

Attorney General Eric Holder is heading to Europe next week to meet with his counterparts in Britain, the Czech Republic and Germany to discuss counterterrorism, organized crime and national security issues.

Holder voices concerns about gun record rules

The Obama administration may seek to reduce legal limits on sharing gun-purchase data, Attorney General Eric Holder told Congress Thursday.

Holder won't selectively release terror memos

Attorney General Eric Holder told Congress on Thursday he won't play "hide and seek" with secret memos about harsh interrogations of terror suspects and their effectiveness. In testimony before the House Appropriations Committee, Holder said he's willing to release as much information as possible about the interrogations.

Former AGs seek review of Ala. gov's conviction

A group of 75 former state attorneys general from across the country has asked U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder to investigate whether former Alabama Gov. Don Siegelman's corruption prosecution should stand.

No charges against CIA officials for waterboarding

Attorney General Eric Holder says the government won't prosecute CIA officials for using waterboarding and other harsh interrogation tactics on terror suspects.

Holder praises JAGs for work with terror suspects

Attorney General Eric Holder praised military lawyers for representing terror detainees at the risk of their own careers and warned that government officials must rely on the rule of law even when they act in secrecy for reasons of national security.

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Charles Krauthammer: Travesty In New York
Source: RealClearPolitics

Charles Krauthammer eviscerates the Obama administration's disastrous decision to try the master-mind of 9/11 and his cohorts in civilian court.

Eric Holder's Horrible Hearing
Source: Campaign Standard

Peter Regan--who lost his dad, a New York firefighter, on 9/11--is disturbed by the plan on several fronts. After 9/11, the then 20-year-old joined the Marines, serving two tours in Iraq before coming back home to follow in his father's footsteps in the fire department.

Eric Holder's Baffling KSM Decision by David Beamer
Source: Wall Street Journal

Mr. David Beamer, the father of Todd Beamer, who died on United Airlines Flight 93 on 9/11 described Holder's bewilderment during his response to inquiries at the Senate Judiciary Committee.

The Obama/Holder Bushwhack
Source: American Thinker

The Obama administration's absurd, unnecessary, and dangerous decision to prosecute 9/11 terrorists in a civilian court is plumbing the depths of what Charles Krauthammer has labeled "Bush Derangement Syndrome" (BDS): the acute onset of paranoia in otherwise normal people in reac …

A Pre-9/11 Approach to Terror
Source: ReviewJournal.com - News

Both President Barack Obama and Attorney General Eric Holder on Wednesday defended their bizarre decision to try five Islamic terrorists tied to the 9/11 attacks in a federal court in New York City.

Los Angeles ACORN Worker Turns Blind Eye to Underage Prostitution
Source: FOXNews.com

SEAN HANNITY Interview on 11/19/09 - Partial Draft Transcript

Did Holder Stiff Senate on Justice Dept. Lawyers Who Defended Jihadis?
Source:

Some Republicans on the Senate Judiciary Committee were taken aback Wednesday by Attorney General Eric Holder's refusal to reveal conflicts of interest involving Justice Department lawyers who, before joining the Obama administration, worked on behalf of Guantanamo detainees.

Holder's True Motive
Source: Townhall.com

What is Holder's true motive? Ms. Charon intimates that it is to discredit the Bush administration. Can it be so? Would the Obama administration deliberately make a mockery of the trial of KSM in order to discredit their predecessor?

Travesty in New York by Charles Krauthammer
Source: The Washington Post

The self-proclaimed architect, Khalid Sheik Mohammed, has been given by the Obama administration a civilian trial in New York. Just as the memory fades, 9/11 has been granted a second life -- and KSM, a second act: "9/11, The Director's Cut," narration by KSM.

Administration Guts Its Own Case for 9/11 Trials
Source: Salon.com

As he continues to follow the case of 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheihk Mohammed, Salon.com blogger Glenn Greenwald writes that by embracing military tribunals and indefinite detention for some terror suspects, the Obama administration is undercutting its own case for putting Mohamme …

Eric Holder: Justice Delayed
Source: National Review Online

Of all the infuriating aspects of the decision to transfer five 9/11 war criminals to civilian federal court, the one that grates most is the contention that the Obama administration is finally moving forward after "eight years of delay," as Attorney General Eric Holder put it at …

Terrorists and Criminals

I've been reading a lot the past few days about the decision of the Attorney General and the President to try Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and a few of his fellow terrorists in federal court in New York City.

Andrew McCarthy responds to Holder's Testimony
Source: National Review Online

The man who tried the blind sheik for the '93 WTC bombing responds to the testimony of Eric Holder before the senate judiciary committee.

Obama's Gift to Osama
Source: The New Media Journal Headline News

Whoever suggested that Barack Obama is not a Christian? Obama's decision to try those Gitmo prisoners in New York is the perfect gift for Osama bin Laden and just in time for Christmas.

Civil Trials for Jihadists and Obama's Third World Vision for America
Source: Townhall.com

If we hadn't been so "arrogant, sometimes dismissive," if we hadn't initiated "wars of choice," if we hadn't been imperialistic and "unilateralist," if we hadn't avariciously consumed a disproportionate measure of the world's resources, the world wouldn't look upon us with disfav …

Trial and Terror by Andrew McCarthy
Source: National Review Online

The Left gets its reckoning.

It's no way to fight a war on terror -- latimes.com
Source: The L.A. Times

It's no way to fight a war on terror Prosecuting suspected 9/11 terrorists in civilian court -- as President Obama and Atty Gen. Eric J. Holder Jr. plan to do -- is wrong on several levels. ----------- COH applies _____________

Bringing al-Qaeda to New York by The Editors on National Review Online
Source: National Review Online

Candidate Barack Obama urged a return to pre-9/11 counterterrorism-by-courts. President Obama's Justice Department overflows with lawyers who spent the last eight years representing America's enemies.

Terrorist Trial Monumental Leftist Idiocy
Source: Blogs for Victory

1. What if some or all of them walk on a technicality? 2. What if a New York jury decides to acquit because they hate Chimpy McSmirk BusHilter and think that is what liberalism demands? 3. How much will it cost to bring these terrorists to trial?

A look at the Gitmo detainees headed to US - Yahoo! News
Source: Yahoo! News

The five detainees heading to civilian court in New York to face charges they orchestrated the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks are:

Decision to hold 9/11 al Qaeda Planners' trial in NY Civilian Court called "intellectually and morally confused, dangerous, and political to a fault" - WSJ.com
Source: Wall Street Journal

Coming soon to a civilian courtroom blocks from Ground Zero: Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and the four other al Qaeda planners of 9/11. Be sure to get your tickets early, and don't forget to watch out for the truck-bomb barricades and rooftop snipers.

Nonie Darwish: Khalid's Trial is America's Trial - Atlas Shrugs
Source:

Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, who confessed to be the mastermind of the 9/11 terror attack, will be tried at a federal courthouse in lower Manhattan with the same rights as any US citizens. What is the purpose of this trial if Mr.

Krauthammer: 9/11 Trial Will Be 2nd Half of the Terror Attack: Al-Qaeda's Forum to Proclaim It's Ideology to the World
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"Unconscionable" is how Charles Krauthammer described the decision by Attorney General Eric Holder and the Obama administration to decide to grant 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, along with four of his al-Qaeda terrorist cohorts, the constitutional rights of an Amer …

Obama, Preferred Candidate Of Wall St., Has Completely Failed To Seek Justice For Financial Criminals

"There is not a single successful regulator giving him (President Obama) advice" William Black ( government lawyer in the 1980's, helped secure more than 1000 felony convictions resulting from the S&L scandal ) _______________________________________

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