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Friday Talking Points [102] -- Harry Reid's Glacial Progress Grinds On

Chris Weigant | Posted 11.21.2009 | Politics


Chris Weigant

Harry Reid thinks he's got enough votes, but then this is the reason why the vote keeps getting pushed back -- because he's obviously still scrambling for the final few votes before he moves ahead.

Holder's Baby Step On Medical Marijuana

Chris Weigant | Posted 10.25.2009 | Politics


Chris Weigant

Obama's plan is good news for medical marijuana advocates, but although this is a historic shift in the War on Drugs, it does not go far enough because it does not resolve the illogic of the underlying legal issue.

Holder's State Secrets Policy Fails To Impress Critics: "Nothing Has Changed"

Newsweek | Posted 09.24.2009 | Politics


Attorney General Eric Holder got plenty of attention Wednesday for announcing a new policy that is supposed to "strengthen public confidence" when the...

Whistleblowers: An Interview with Daniel Ellsberg and John Dean

Ann Beeson | Posted 11.14.2009 | New York


Ann Beeson

Daniel Ellsberg and John Dean discuss the Pentagon Papers 30 years later, Eric Holder, torture prosecutions, and whether public opinion matters.

Spanish Investigators Push Justice Department On Torture Role; How Will Holder Answer?

Posted 11.11.2009 | Politics


By Scott Horton Special to the Huffington Post Two investigating judges from the Spanish national security court, the Audiencia Nacional, are asking...

Dan Froomkin

At Best, A Baby Step Toward Justice For Bush's Torturers

HuffingtonPost.com | Dan Froomkin | Posted 09.25.2009 | Politics


When it comes to the Bush torture regime, President Obama famously wants to look forward, not backward. But if the wrong lessons have been learned, th...

The Problem with Holder's Partial Torture Prosecutor

Ari Melber | Posted 09.24.2009 | Politics


Ari Melber

If Holder's inquiry is limited to a few contractors and junior personnel, it runs the risk of repeating the mistakes of Abu Ghraib, when the U.S. government blamed its policies on a few bad apples.

'Inhumane' CIA Terror Tactics Spur Criminal Probe

AP/ Huffington Post | Posted 09.24.2009 | Politics


WASHINGTON - The Obama administration launched a criminal investigation Monday into harsh questioning of detainees during President George W. Bush's w...

Holder to Appoint Prosecutor To Investigate CIA Terror Interrogations

Washington Post | Carrie Johnson | Posted 09.24.2009 | Politics


Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. has decided to appoint a prosecutor to examine nearly a dozen cases in which CIA interrogators and contractors may...

Eric Holder Speaks Frankly On Gitmo, Crack Sentencing, Race

Essence | Posted 07.06.2009 | Politics


The walls inside the U.S. Justice Department headquarters are painted with themed murals depicting law and lawlessness (a couple being robbed at gunpo...

Putting "Justice" Back Into D.O.J.

David O. Stewart | Posted 05.07.2009 | Politics


David O. Stewart

Why shouldn't the people also have their own lawyer?

Holder: Guantanamo Closing Won't Be Easy

AP | DEVLIN BARRETT | Posted 03.28.2009 | Politics


WASHINGTON — Attorney General Eric Holder said Wednesday the Guantanamo detention center is a well-run, professional facility that will be diffi...

Eric Holder Reviewing All Bush State Secrets

AP | DEVLIN BARRETT | Posted 03.12.2009 | Politics


WASHINGTON — Eric Holder, the new attorney general, has ordered a review of all claims of state secrets, which were used under President Bush to...