Posted on 03/19/2010 11:12:17 AM PDT by bestintxas
Two weeks after a conservative group disparaged Justice Department lawyers who previously represented terror suspects, Attorney General Eric Holder on Friday weighed in for the first time, calling such lawyers "patriots."
“Those who reaffirm our nation’s most essential and enduring values do not deserve to have their own values questioned,” Holder told a group of lawyers who offer "pro bono," or voluntary, legal services. "Let me be clear about this: Lawyers who provide counsel for the unpopular are, and should be treated as what they are: patriots."
The crowd, gathered to honor Holder with an award from the Washington-based Pro Bono Institute, erupted in applause.
For months the Justice Department had been refusing to identify seven politically-appointed attorneys who previously represented or advocated for terror suspects.
On March 1, a conservative group led by Liz Cheney, daughter of former Vice President Dick Cheney, released a video condemning the Justice Department for its "secrecy."
"So who did President Obama’s Attorney General, Eric Holder, hire?" the group, Keep America Safe, said in the video. "Whose values do they share?"
The video dubbed the seven unknown lawyers "The Al Qaeda 7."
On Friday, Holder took issue with such rhetoric.
"Advancing the cause of justice sometimes means working for the sake of the fairness and integrity of our system of justice,” Holder said on Friday. "This is why lawyers who accept our professional responsibility to protect the rule of law, the right to counsel, and access to our courts -- even when this requires defending unpopular positions or clients -- deserve the praise and gratitude of all Americans. They also deserve respect."
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Lawyers who represent our enemies captured overseas are scum.
That’s what the terrorists say about themselves, Eric, you dispshit...
They should do the same thing the International Military Tribunal did - I read where those Nazi’s got German lawyers so those Gitmo guys should get Islamic lawyers, right? But I guess only if not tried in civil courts ...
Hey Holder, I'll give them the same “respect” they gave the our very constitutional military tribunals, which your Al Quaeda 7 DOJ lawyers called a “Kangaroo Court”.
In the words of George W.; ‘you’re either one of US or one of THEM, asshole’. Pick the fight you want, Holder; but when your ass is in the wood-chipper, don’t come up with some of your minority whining!
Well Holder, you nappy headed racist bastard, your words are about the best I have ever read written by a traitor in defense and support of traitors.
Lawyers that vigorously, ethically and competently represent the worst American “citizens” among us have my respect.
No respect is deserved for those that represent the enemies of America that seek to destroy our country. Terrorists, the very scum with dreams of cutting off the heads of our children and murdering millions of American citizens deserve no quarter.
Traitors by any other name.... are still traitors.
This is what Holder calls a "patriot"? I call Holder a combination of a fraud and a liar. Furthermore, there was every reason to expect he would be a fraudulent AG based on his history of sell-outs on behalf of Bill Clinton. (Clinton used to be President; it was in all the papers.)
Congressman Billybob
If they are such “patriots”, why is Holder afraid to name them?
If you assume 0 is Muslim and his sympathies lay with the Islamofacists then everything this administration has done since day one makes perfect sense.
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