Eric Holder

The embarrassments of empire

Washington wonders what to say about Arab freedom

David Bromwich Thursday, Mar 10, 2011 7:01 PM UTC 16
Politics Barack Obama, War Room, Africa

Does Obama really mean it on DOMA?

A Q&A with constitutional law expert Jonathan Turley about the administration's about-face on gay marriage

Justin Spees Wednesday, Feb 23, 2011 11:24 PM UTC 14
Politics Eric Holder

The right responds to Obama decision on DOMA

Decision met with cries of sabotage! But how radical is a radical who totally hides his radicalism?

Alex Pareene Wednesday, Feb 23, 2011 9:30 PM UTC 65
Politics Gay Marriage, Barack Obama

Obama administration keeps new policy on Miranda secret

The Justice Department has a new policy for terrorism interrogations -- but officials won't publicly release it

Justin Elliott Wednesday, Jan 19, 2011 8:15 PM UTC 20
Politics Department of Justice, War Room

Justice Department’s national security chief leaves

Assistant Attorney General David Kris is leaving his position to work in the private sector

Associated Press Thursday, Jan 13, 2011 10:45 PM UTC
News Eric Holder

Court probes WikiLeaks Twitter info

A subpoena presses Wikileaks, Assange thinks that Google, Facebook are facing similar requests about his site

Raphael G. Satter, Associated Press Saturday, Jan 8, 2011 5:31 PM UTC 17
News WikiLeaks, Eric Holder, Facebook

Issa demands Holder probe ACORN, other issues

GOP's House investigator wants the attorney general to study ACORN, New Black Panther Party, and Wikileaks

Associated Press Sunday, Jan 2, 2011 7:11 PM UTC 83
News Eric Holder, Acorn

Holder threatens WikiLeaks, again

Attorney general says that unspecified but "significant" actions have been taken in the criminal probe of WikiLeaks

Justin Elliott Monday, Dec 6, 2010 6:51 PM UTC 22
Politics WikiLeaks, War Room, Eric Holder

US att’y general: Probe seeking Afghan leak source

Whether criminal charges will be brought depends on how investigation proceeds, Eric Holder claims

Sarah El Deeb, Associated Press Wednesday, Jul 28, 2010 12:48 PM UTC
News WikiLeaks, Eric Holder

Feds open criminal probe of Gulf oil spill

Attorney General Holder doesn't say which companies or people might be investigated

Michael Kunzelman, Associated Press Tuesday, Jun 1, 2010 8:07 PM UTC
News Gulf Oil Spill, Eric Holder

U.S. upbeat about anti-terror accord with E.U.

Holder confident Bush-era data-sharing program considered key to investigations will be relaunched

Devlin Barrett and Ciaran Giles, Associated Press Thursday, Apr 8, 2010 6:35 PM UTC
News Terrorism, Eric Holder

FOIA in a Holder World: Cloudy with a chance of rain

A year later, the attorney general's "openness" memo has led to mixed results among agencies

Danielle Citron Wednesday, Apr 7, 2010 11:15 PM UTC
Politics Eric Holder

GOP dusts off Bush playbook

The fear-mongering that worked so well for Republicans in the early part of last decade is back with a vengeance

Gabriel Winant Tuesday, Feb 9, 2010 3:10 PM UTC 49
Politics Guantanamo, War Room

Attorney general to charge Christmas day bomber

Pete Yost, Associated Press Wednesday, Feb 3, 2010 6:34 PM UTC
News Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab

Administration ready to cave on NYC terror trials?

Justice Department looking at alternate places to try Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, others, after political pressure

Alex Koppelman Friday, Jan 29, 2010 2:40 PM UTC 32
Politics Al-Qaida, Eric Holder, Terrorism

The administration guts its own argument for 9/11 trials

If some detainees get military commissions or indefinite detention, how can 9/11 trials be justified?

Glenn Greenwald Thursday, Nov 19, 2009 1:20 PM UTC 415
Politics Eric Holder, Terrorism

CIA Directors conclude CIA shouldn’t be investigated for murder

DOJ officials rush to assure everyone that Holder's investigation is severely limited; even that's not enough.

Glenn Greenwald Saturday, Sep 19, 2009 12:20 PM UTC 574
Politics Eric Holder, Washington, D.C.

Former CIA heads ask Obama to stop investigation

Former top officials want the president to call off an inquiry into detainee abuse

Alex Koppelman Friday, Sep 18, 2009 9:30 PM UTC 25
Politics CIA, Torture, War Room, Eric Holder

Gonzales retracts support for probe of CIA abuse

The former attorney general now says he opposes the investigation, and claims he was taken out of context

Alex Koppelman Thursday, Sep 3, 2009 11:01 PM UTC 15
Politics CIA, Department of Justice

Our laws condone torture

Investigations into torture can only do so much. The U.S. needs laws that more clearly forbid brutality

Juan Cole Tuesday, Aug 25, 2009 7:01 PM UTC 46
News Torture, Eric Holder

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