May 04, 2009

Missed during the Spector debacle

Last week, on the 29th to be specific, the Attorney General of the United States, Eric Holder, was asked a question about co-operating with a Spanish judge who is contemplating bringing charges against officials in the Bush administration because of the "torture memos" that were released by the Obama administration. (See final two paragraphs: http://tinyurl.com/cnwvuf) Mr. Holder, in his infinite wisdom, decided to say that he had not ruled out co-operating with the judge's investigation. Perhaps Mr. Holder needs to have someone re-read his oath of office to him, particularly the part about "uphold and defend the constitution" since it seems to be foreign to him that this type of decision would be above his pay grade and only for the president himself to authorize. Mr. Holder is best known as the man behind the Elian Gonzales decision under the Clinton administration where he came to the conclusion that we should ignore the laws that allow Cuban citizens immunity once they are on U. S. soil. Is it any wonder why some of us question his appropriateness as Attorney General to begin with?

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