Topic: Eric Holder
?Start spreadin? the news, I?m leavin? today??? I think they?re talking about the ?terrorists in GuantanamoBay, saying good-bye to their fellow inmates. All the credit goes to President Obama and his Attorney General Eric Holder, we should all be proud of them. ...
Let's have fun with political contributions. Al Franken waged a protracted campaign for a Minnesota Senate seat in 2008. The Hon. Mr. Franken achieved fame and fortune as a writer and actor on Saturday Night Live, followed by a nationally syndicated radio ...
Attorney General Eric Holder defends Justice Department performance in Black Panther caseAttorney General Eric Holder is defending the Justice Department's handling of a New Black Panthers Party case in which government attorneys obtained a narrower civil court order than Bush administration officials ...
A key US senator urged Attorney General Eric Holder Thursday to swiftly try the accused 9/11 co-plotters in military tribunals, decrying plans for a civilian trial as a "logistical nightmare."Republican Senator Lindsey Graham, who co-authored a draft bill to block any public ...
Top Obama aide says president is open to reviewing Miranda issueSenior White House adviser David Axelrod says President Barack Obama is open to the idea of reviewing the Miranda warning for terrorist suspects.Axelrod made the comment Monday after Attorney General Eric Holder ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Attorney General Eric Holder drew more robust backing from fellow Democrats in the Senate on Wednesday after fierce protests against his plan to try the alleged plotters of the September 11, 2001 attacks in a traditional criminal court.Holder had ...
Conservative group targets defense attorneys for doing their jobs well A group headed by former Vice President Dick Cheneys daughter, Liz, has been attacking the Justice Department.Republican Sen. Charles Grassley of Iowa has pressed Holder to turn over the names of anyone ...
Government is disclosing more information to the public, still more needed Attorney General Eric Holder vowed Monday to pursue a government-wide strategy to open greater amounts of information to the public.an obvious and encouraging change in our government's attitude toward information," Holder ...
A witchhunt orchestrated by George W. Bush supporters against government lawyers representing Guantanamo inmates has backfired, as conservatives joined the outcry against the McCarthy-like attacks.Some 700 US civilian and military lawyers have defended hundreds of the detainees held at the US naval ...
Attorney general didn't reveal all legal briefs from private practice during confirmation Attorney General Eric Holder did not provide senators considering his nomination last year with all of the legal papers he had signed or written while in private practice, Justice Department ...