The Unethical Attorney General – Eric Holder

I was never a big fan of Bush era AG Alberto Gonzales, but I’ve go to say that he doesn’t even hold a candle to the man who currently holds the job.  Right out the box, Holder forces career DOJ attorneys to drop the case against the New Black Panther Party; a case they had ALREADY WON!  Then Holder transferred those same attorneys so that they would be out of reach of subpoenas issued by the US Civil Rights Commission.

Now we find out that Holder deliberately withheld key documents from the Senate during his own confirmation:

We must leave al-Qaeda terrorists at liberty unless there is enough admissible evidence to convict in civilian court: That was Eric Holder’s argument in two briefs submitted as a private lawyer in the case of “dirty bomber” (and, now, convicted terrorist) Jose Padilla. We must accept the risk of catastrophic attack, Holder told the Supreme Court, in order to avoid the true evil, an overly powerful president (translation: George W. Bush). These views should have sparked aggressive questioning when Holder was nominated to be attorney general, but they were not asked, because Holder did not disclose the relevant briefs, and others, to the Senate. As Sen. Jon Kyl (R., Ariz.) observed, Holder’s claim of an accidental oversight “strains credulity.” Holder submitted only a handful of Supreme Court briefs as a private lawyer. Moreover, in February he defended his handling of the “Christmas bomber” case in a letter that tracked the argument in his briefs. Perhaps DOJ can offer Holder a refresher course in legal ethics.

What happened to all of that transparency and honesty the CANDIDATE Obama promised?

from Delmarva Dealings