Eric Holder

Type: Person

Name: Eric Holder

Title: US Attorney General (20 Jan 2009)

Date of Birth: 1951-01-21

Place of Birth: New York City

Nationality: United States

Fact Sheet: Biography for Eric Holder

First Reported 10 hours ago - Updated 2 hours ago - 5 Documents

Holder defends Justice lawyers who represented detainees

'Let me be clear about this: Lawyers who provide counsel for the unpopular are - and should be treated as what they are - patriots,' Attorney General Holder said Friday.Washington (CNN) – Attorney General Eric Holder on Friday declared that Justice Department ... [Published 2 hours ago by CNN]

Entities: Eric Holder, Detainee, Guantánamo Bay, Elizabeth Cheney

First Reported 15 hours ago - Updated 1 hour ago - 9 Documents

Lindsey Graham

Report: Deal for 9/11 Military Commission Trials Just About Done

There's a really unfortunate report in the Wall St. Journal saying the ink is almost dry on a deal to try the 9/11 suspects in military commission trials rather than federal criminal courts. Under the deal, spurred by (of course) Lindsey Graham ... [Published 3 hours ago by Talkleft]

Entities: Lindsey Graham, Guantanamo (Cuba), Eric Holder, Detainee

First Reported 8 hours ago - Updated 1 hour ago - 11 Documents

Christopher Dodd

Lehman criminal probe sought

WASHINGTON - A SENIOR US senator urged Attorney General Eric Holder on Friday to create a task force to investigate possible criminal conduct behind the collapse of Wall Street giant Lehman Brothers.'I am deeply concerned about the facts that have come ... [Published 5 hours ago by Straits Times]

Entities: Criminal, Christopher Dodd, Eric Holder, Lehman Brothers, Task Force

First Reported Mar 18 2010 - Updated 9 hours ago - 5 Documents

Kit Bond

Bond Blasts Holder's Bin Laden Comments

WASHINGTON – The United States needs a clear policy on questioning suspected extremists, a Republican US senator said Friday, saying that top officials had sown confusion about Osama bin Laden's fate if captured.'Our first goal must be to gain timely ... [Published 9 hours ago by NewsMax.com]

Entities: Kit Bond, Usama bin Laden, Eric Holder

First Reported Mar 18 2010 - Updated 10 hours ago - 22 Documents

Eric Holder

Headley's guilty plea is important step towards justice for 26/11 victims, claims US

NEW YORK: With the underlying tension between India and the US surrounding David Coleman Headley’s complicity in the Mumbai terror attack, the US moved swiftly to spin the American national’s guilty plea as an “important step” towards justice for victims ... [Published 10 hours ago by DNA India]

Entities: Eric Holder, Terrorism, David Coleman Headley

First Reported Mar 18 2010 - Updated Mar 19 2010 - 2 Documents

Colleen R LaRose

Holder under fire

Holder continues to press for civilian trials for alleged 9/11 plottersThe civil trial vs. military trial argument continues unabated. This week, U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder offered a full defense of civilian trials and a lukewarm justification ... [Published Mar 19 2010 by Foreign Policy Magazine]

Entities: Eric Holder, Colleen R LaRose, Detainee, Guantánamo Bay

First Reported Mar 18 2010 - Updated Mar 18 2010 - 3 Documents

Al Qaeda

U.S. believes al Qaeda 'on the run'

From Pam Benson, CNN National Security ProducerCIA director Leon Panetta says the agency is aggressively targeting al Qaeda and the Taliban.STORY HIGHLIGHTSSome members of al Qaeda reportedly want Osama bin Laden to take more active roleThere have not ... [Published Mar 18 2010 by CNN]

Entities: Al Qaeda, Usama bin Laden, United States, Terrorists, Eric Holder

First Reported Mar 18 2010 - Updated Mar 18 2010 - 1 Documents

Chicagoan pleads guilty for role in Mumbai terrorist attacks

David Coleman Headley, 49, of Chicago, also acknowledged in U.S. District Court here that he scouted targets for an attack that never took place of a Copenhagen newspaper that drew the ire of much of the Muslim world after publishing unflattering cartoons ... [Published Mar 18 2010 by Chicago Tribune]

Entities: Eric Holder, Patrick Fitzgerald, India, Tahawwur Hussain Rana

First Reported Mar 18 2010 - Updated Mar 18 2010 - 14 Documents

McChrystal Wants Bin Laden Alive

WASHINGTON -- The top commander in Afghanistan is still on the hunt for Osama bin Laden and would take him alive if possible. But Gen. Stanley McChrystal, speaking with reporters by videoconference at the Pentagon on Wednesday, appeared to contradict ... [Published Mar 18 2010 by Military.com]

Entities: Usama bin Laden, Stanley McChrystal, Al Qaeda, Afghanistan, Eric Holder

First Reported Mar 18 2010 - Updated Mar 18 2010 - 2 Documents

Holder Defends Civilian Courts for Terror Suspects

Adam Sewer reported yesterday on Eric Holder's testimony before a House Appropriations Subcommittee in defense of civilian trials over military commissions for 9/11 and other terror suspects. Testifying before the House Appropriations Subcommittee ... [Published Mar 18 2010 by Daily Kos]

Entities: Eric Holder, Classified Information, Military/Armed Forces, Terrorists

First Reported Mar 18 2010 - Updated Mar 18 2010 - 1 Documents

FBI cautious on rules for terrorism questioning (Reuters)

WASHINGTON (Reuters) on Wednesday urged Congress to be cautious about imposing strict rules on how and whether law enforcement officials can interrogate terrorism suspects they detain.Some Republican lawmakers have questioned whether critical information ... [Published Mar 18 2010 by Yahoo! News]

Entities: Federal Bureau of Investigation, Terrorism, Interrogation, Eric Holder, Frank Wolf

First Reported Mar 18 2010 - Updated Mar 18 2010 - 2 Documents

Comment on The Posturing Of Eric Holder by ken anthony

Read illegal combatants their Miranda rights, but kill them with Predators without a trial.There have probably been worse AGs in my lifetime, but I’m having trouble coming up with one.This entry was posted on Wednesday, March 17th, 2010 at 12:13 pm by ... [Published Mar 18 2010 by Transterrestrial Musings]

Entities: Eric Holder, Terrorists, Military/Armed Forces, Criminal, Geneva Conventions

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