By Danny Fenster ticklethewire.com Attorney General Eric Holder can’t get a break. On break from congressional hounding over ATF’s Fast and Furious program, Holder is now being criticized over an ongoing visit to the Caribbean. The Daily Beast reports that Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.), who has been sharply critical of Holder over the Fast and Furious…
By Danny Fenster ticklethewire.com In more sobering news… The family of Brian Terry, the border agent killed last year near the Arizona border, issued a statement on Wednesday in response to US Attorney General Eric Holder’s testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee. The message: Holder needs to “take responsibility” for their son’s death, reports Arizona…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — Attorney General Eric Holder Jr. has picked one of the nation’s most tenacious federal prosecutors, U.S. Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald of Chicago, to investigate “whether defense lawyers at Guantánamo Bay compromised the identities of covert CIA officers,” Newsweek’s DeClassified column reported. “The probe was triggered by the discovery last year…
Eric Holder is struggling with a typical dilemma in Washington: He’s a nice guy and he’s trying to stay a nice, decent guy while dealing with all the politics. The Obama administration wants to have an independent Justice Department, unlike the one run by Alberto Gonzales. But the administration doesn’t want to put up a…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — You might not be wrong if you thought the administration is totally confused as to where to prosecute suspected mastermind of 9/11 Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and four of his co-defendants. The Washington Post now reports that President Obama has decided “to insert himself into the debate” after he had…
