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Eric Holder ‘confident’ of bringing NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden ‘to justice’
The United States is confident it will bring Edward Snowden to justice for “extremely damaging” leaks about secret internet surveillance programmes, US Attorney General Eric Holder said on Friday. Snowden is hiding in Hong Kong and the United States has launched a criminal investigation after the former CIA technical assistant…
Republicans accuse Eric Holder of misleading Congress over leak investigations
Eric Holder has been accused of misleading Congress over his involvement in aggressively investigating journalists for security leaks, forcing the White House to repeatedly defend its embattled attorney general. Republican critics seized on fresh information about attempts to obtain classified emails sent to a Fox News journalist in 2010 and…
Eric Holder politely informs Rep. Gohmert he doesn’t know what he is talking about
At a House Judiciary Committee hearing on Wednesday, U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder chided Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-TX) for disparaging the FBI without evidence. Gohmert criticized the FBI over its handling of Boston bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev. The congressman alleged the government was more aggressive towards Christian evangelist Franklin Graham…
Eric Holder defends seizure of AP phone logs to track down ‘the most serious’ CIA leak
The US administration pushed back Tuesday after being accused of undermining press freedom by seizing reporters’ phone records, claiming officials took the drastic steps to protect American lives. Amid a barrage of criticism, Attorney General Eric Holder said telephone logs were secretly taken from US news agency the Associated Press…
Eric Holder defends prosecution against Megaupload founder Kim Dotcom
US Attorney General Eric Holder on Thursday denied allegations from Kim Dotcom that the prosecution against the Internet tycoon was launched to appease Hollywood moguls concerned about online piracy. New Zealand-based Dotcom launched a “white paper” to coincide with a visit by Holder to Auckland this week claiming the case…
Conservative group labels Eric Holder as America’s top ‘facilitator of porn’
An anti-pornography group has targeted Attorney General Eric Holder along with a number of websites, organizations and companies in a new online campaign. Morality in Media announced the launch of its “Dirty Dozen List” webpage on Monday. Holder is number one in the list of “the top 12 facilitators of…
Sen. Ted Cruz slams AG Eric Holder’s defense of drone strikes against Americans
Under questioning by Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on Wednesday, U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder agreed that it would be “unconstitutional” to kill an American citizen on U.S. soil with a drone strike — absent an “imminent threat” like a 9/11-style attack or an enemy…
Former DEA chiefs worry Obama abandoning drug war
Eight former directors of the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) said in an open letter published Tuesday (PDF) that they’re worried the Obama administration is abandoning the war on drugs by allowing Colorado and Washington to legalize marijuana. “Our earlier attempts to have the Attorney General announce that he will enforce…
Holder suggests he may resign
U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder told students at the University of Baltimore Law School on Thursday that he’s considering stepping down and letting someone else take over his job for President Barack Obama’s second term. “That’s something that I’m in the process now of trying to determine,” Holder said, according…
Obama denies gun-running probe a ‘whitewash’
MIAMI — President Barack Obama on Thursday denied an official report into a disastrous US-government gun trafficking sting on the Mexican border, which cleared Attorney General Eric Holder, was a “whitewash.” A report published Wednesday by the Justice Department’s inspector general detailed “serious failures” by officials in the Bureau of…
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