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Records: AG pick pushed clemency for terrorists over feds' objections
Morning Call ^ | 1/9/2009 | Josh Meyer and Tom Hamburger

Posted on 01/09/2009 5:03:03 AM PST by Red in Blue PA

Attorney General nominee Eric H. Holder Jr. repeatedly pushed some of his subordinates at the Clinton Justice Department to drop their opposition to a controversial 1999 grant of clemency to 16 members of two violent Puerto Rican nationalist organizations, according to interviews and documents.

Details of the role played by Holder, who was deputy attorney general at the time, have not been publicly known until now. However the new disclosures are of particular interest because Republican senators vow to revisit Holder's role during his confirmation hearings next week.

(Excerpt) Read more at mcall.com ...


TOPICS: Breaking News; Crime/Corruption; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: faln; puertorico

1 posted on 01/09/2009 5:03:03 AM PST by Red in Blue PA
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To: Red in Blue PA; Admin Moderator

Mods, Please move to breaking News


2 posted on 01/09/2009 5:03:57 AM PST by Red in Blue PA (Guns don't kill people; abortion clinics do.)
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To: Red in Blue PA

A puerto rican congresswoman from NY was demanding their release in return for support for hitlery’s senate run.

Holder went along with whatever the bubba’s demanded.

National security be damned.


3 posted on 01/09/2009 5:05:46 AM PST by Carley
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To: Red in Blue PA

So, we’re likely to get more information on Holder out of these hearings. Then, we’ll get Holder as AG.


4 posted on 01/09/2009 5:30:08 AM PST by anniegetyourgun
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To: Red in Blue PA

Bizarre-—Clinton did the pardons, so we only go after Holder?


5 posted on 01/09/2009 5:33:07 AM PST by Rudder (The Main Stream Media is Our Enemy---get used to it.)
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To: Carley

How is a New Yorker a Puerto Rican?


6 posted on 01/09/2009 6:00:07 AM PST by cll ("Crisis is the rallying cry of a tyrant" - James Madison)
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To: Red in Blue PA

“two violent Puerto Rican nationalist organizations”

Correction - Two violent marxist organizations from Chicago and New York that used the fringe cause of Puerto Rican independence as a facade for their criminal acts.


7 posted on 01/09/2009 6:01:52 AM PST by cll ("Crisis is the rallying cry of a tyrant" - James Madison)
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To: rrstar96; AuH2ORepublican; livius; adorno; wtc911; Willie Green; CGVet58; Clemenza; Narcoleptic; ...
Puerto Rico Ping! Please Freepmail me if you want on or off the list.


8 posted on 01/09/2009 6:02:51 AM PST by cll ("Crisis is the rallying cry of a tyrant" - James Madison)
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To: Red in Blue PA
This is hardly "breaking news". This is about the 20th thread on this subject.

Where have you been?

9 posted on 01/09/2009 6:42:16 AM PST by P-Marlowe (LPFOKETT GAHCOEEP-w/o*)
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To: Red in Blue PA
Meanwhile....

Obama camp 'prepared to talk to Hamas'

Note to Congress: God help you.

10 posted on 01/09/2009 6:44:35 AM PST by mewzilla (In politics the middle way is none at all. John Adams)
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To: Red in Blue PA
Obama is showing just how stupid and corrupt he is.

What next, Jocelyn Elders?

11 posted on 01/09/2009 6:59:10 AM PST by Rome2000 (Peace is not an option)
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To: Red in Blue PA
Republicans will cave in and confirm Holder IMO.

Spineless bastards

12 posted on 01/09/2009 9:25:24 AM PST by Extremely Extreme Extremist
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