Nov 18 - By Associated Press
Attorney General Eric Holder says he was disturbed to learn of contacts between Fort Hood shooting suspect Nidal Hasan and a radical imam overseas.

Nov 18 - By Devlin Barrett, Associated Press Writer
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."

Oct 23 - By Glenn Adams, Associated Press Writer
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.

Oct 6 - By Devlin Barrett, Associated Press Writer
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.
Oct 6 - By Devlin Barrett, Associated Press Writer
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.

Jul 29 - By Associated Press
Attorney General Eric Holder says he was racially profiled years ago.
Jul 22 - By Bill Poovey, Associated Press Writer
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."
Jul 12 - By Associated Press
Two leading Republican senators say a criminal investigation into the Bush administration's harsh intelligence practices would make the CIA a boogeyman.

Jul 11 - By Nedra Pickler, Associated Press Writer
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.

Jul 2 - By Nedra Pickler, Associated Press Writer
Attorney General Eric Holder had emergency oral surgery Thursday to remove a cracked tooth.

Jun 25 - By Associated Press
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.

Jun 16 - By Devlin Barrett, Associated Press Writer
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."
May 22 - By Associated Press
U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder's visit to Barbados is only for three days, but his name will remain even after he leaves.

May 14 - By Larry Margasak, Associated Press Writer
The Obama administration will not jeopardize Americans' safety by releasing dangerous Guantanamo prisoners into their communities, Attorney General Eric Holder promised Thursday.
May 9 - By Associated Press
Attorney General Eric Holder offers this advice for Howard University law school graduates: devote part of your career to public service.

May 7 - By Devlin Barrett, Associated Press Writer
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.
Apr 28 - By Devlin Barrett, Associated Press Writer
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.

Apr 27 - By Devlin Barrett, Associated Press Writer
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.
Apr 26 - By Devlin Barrett, Associated Press Writer
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.
Apr 23 - By Associated Press
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.
Apr 23 - By Associated Press
The Obama administration may seek to reduce legal limits on sharing gun-purchase data, Attorney General Eric Holder told Congress Thursday.

Apr 23 - By Devlin Barrett, Associated Press Writer
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.
Apr 22 - By Bob Johnson, Associated Press Writer
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.
Apr 16 - By Associated Press
Attorney General Eric Holder says the government won't prosecute CIA officials for using waterboarding and other harsh interrogation tactics on terror suspects.

Apr 15 - By Jim Fitzgerald, Associated Press Writer
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.