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DOJ: Holder Omissions Wider Than Thought
Fox News ^ | March 12, 2010 | Mike Levine

Posted on 03/12/2010 2:19:33 PM PST by La Enchiladita

A day after Republicans on Capitol Hill said they were "deeply concerned" over news that, during his confirmation process, Attorney General Eric Holder failed to disclose work on a terrorism-related legal brief, the Justice Department revealed Friday that the problem was wider than previously known.

"It has come to our attention that some but not all briefs submitted to the Supreme Court by or on behalf of Attorney General Holder … [were supplied] in the course of his confirmation process last year," Assistant Attorney General Ron Weich said in a letter to the Senate Judiciary Committee, which vets judicial nominees. "We regret the omission."

The letter was accompanied by six more recently-identified briefs, only one of which was filed in a terrorism-related case.

Some Republicans were blunt in their criticism Thursday after revelations that a single terrorism-related brief had been omitted from Holder's response to a Senate Judiciary Committee questionnaire last year.

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"Are we expected to believe that then-nominee Holder, with only a handful of Supreme Court briefs to his name, forgot about his role in one of this country’s most publicized terrorism cases?" asked Sen. Jon Kyl, R-Ariz, who has signaled he will press Holder on the issue during a committee hearing set for Mar. 23. "To me that strains credulity."


1 posted on 03/12/2010 2:19:33 PM PST by La Enchiladita
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To: jazusamo; SunkenCiv

Selective omission of evidence ping.


2 posted on 03/12/2010 2:20:14 PM PST by La Enchiladita (wise gringa)
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To: La Enchiladita

/mark


3 posted on 03/12/2010 2:20:34 PM PST by happinesswithoutpeace (Midnight! the outpost of advancing day!)
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To: La Enchiladita

OMG!! LIARS....CHEATS.....TRAITORS......UN-AMERICAN CREEPS!!!!!!!! CROOKED.....CORRUPT..... PRO-TERRORISTS!!!


4 posted on 03/12/2010 2:21:45 PM PST by Ann Archy (Abortion,,,,,,the Human Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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To: La Enchiladita

“To me that strains credulity.”

To me it screams lying bstrd...why are these pansies representing us? Strains credulity? WTF is this a British drawing room comedy? “I say Reggie, Tut, Tut.” These awholes need to go...all of them...talk about a limp reaction...there should be fistfights in the GD halls.


5 posted on 03/12/2010 2:22:28 PM PST by jessduntno ("Tehran Tom...another panty-wearing liberal dickweed from Hollywood." - Imus describes Tom Hanks)
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To: nutmeg; STARWISE; SE Mom

Of possible interest ping.


6 posted on 03/12/2010 2:25:16 PM PST by La Enchiladita (wise gringa)
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To: La Enchiladita

FOAD you traitor Holder. F-O-A-D


7 posted on 03/12/2010 2:26:47 PM PST by Sir Gawain
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To: La Enchiladita

Word to that dumbass O’Reilly who didn’t want to “cheap shot” Holder.


8 posted on 03/12/2010 2:29:43 PM PST by bigbob
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To: La Enchiladita

Yes... heard some of this on FOX the other day and BOR sort of glossed over it. Seemed pretty substantial ommission imho.


9 posted on 03/12/2010 2:32:18 PM PST by antceecee (Bless us Father.. have mercy on us and protect us from evil.)
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To: bigbob

Bill O’Reilly likes to portray himself as someone who is above the fray but he is really a suck up.


10 posted on 03/12/2010 2:36:40 PM PST by panthermom
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To: La Enchiladita

Good article...Nothing is surprising any longer about Eric Holder. He seems to suffer from amnesia, selective amnesia or outright lying, I believe it’s the latter two.

If this pathetic worm wants to talk of “the rule of Law” he should start talking more about the New Black Panther voter intimidation case.


11 posted on 03/12/2010 2:36:48 PM PST by jazusamo (But there really is no free lunch, except in the world of political rhetoric,.: Thomas Sowell)
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To: antceecee
How many strikes does Stedman get before he is out?

KSM civilian trial: strike
Halting interrogation of Abdulmutallab: strike
Withholding the following brief:

The briefs -- signed by Holder, former Attorney General Janet Reno and other Clinton-era officials -- argued that the president lacked authority to hold Jose Padilla, a U.S citizen declared an "enemy combatant," indefinitely without charge.

STRIKE!!

12 posted on 03/12/2010 2:44:39 PM PST by La Enchiladita (wise gringa)
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To: La Enchiladita

13 posted on 03/12/2010 2:45:54 PM PST by GalaxieFiveHundred
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To: La Enchiladita
conflict of interest...
14 posted on 03/12/2010 2:54:40 PM PST by Chode (American Hedonist *DTOM* -ww- NO Pity for the LAZY)
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To: La Enchiladita

Just following Alinsky’s rules.


15 posted on 03/12/2010 2:57:24 PM PST by Don Corleone ("Oil the gun..eat the cannolis. Take it to the Mattress.")
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To: La Enchiladita

If he’d been a Republican he would’ve been subject to a special prosecutor’s vendetta, hounded down, prosecuted in the media and in court for “lying by omission” and “perjury”, before being forced to resign his position and probably submit himself to a short stint in a white collar jail somewhere.

Of course since he’s not, he’ll just say he forgot and all will be forgiven.


16 posted on 03/12/2010 3:20:14 PM PST by coconutt2000 (NO MORE PEACE FOR OIL!!! DOWN WITH TYRANTS, TERRORISTS, AND TIMIDCRATS!!!! (3-T's For World Peace))
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To: panthermom

I turn him off; can’t gag him down any more.


17 posted on 03/12/2010 3:51:39 PM PST by ExTexasRedhead (Clean the RAT/RINO Sewer in 2010 and 2012)
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To: La Enchiladita

Just like his Boss and his eight Social Security number(s)


18 posted on 03/12/2010 3:58:55 PM PST by STD (-Obama Comes, Riding The Pale Horse of Islam, Next Comes the Red Horse)
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To: La Enchiladita
"We regret the omission."

Like hell.

19 posted on 03/12/2010 3:59:57 PM PST by Colonel_Flagg (No apologies.)
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To: La Enchiladita; Jet Jaguar; NorwegianViking; ExTexasRedhead; HollyB; FromLori; ...

The list, ping


20 posted on 03/12/2010 4:06:58 PM PST by Nachum (The complete Obama list at www.nachumlist.com)
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