AG Holder dodges and double-talks Republican Senators’ questions about Uighur terrorists

911FamiliesForAmerica.org ^ | May 7, 2009 | Tim Sumner

[Sergeant Tim]

Attorney General Eric Holder testified before the Senate today:

Sen. Richard Shelby, R-Ala., pressed Holder to say whether he believed he had the authority to release someone with terrorist training into the United States. The attorney general did not directly answer Shelby's question, but said the government doesn't have any plans to release terrorists.

"With regard to those who you would describe as terrorists, we would not bring them into this country and release them, anyone we would consider to be a terrorist," Holder said. [emphasis added mine]

What does the law say? It says those who trained as terrorists or associated with terrorists are inadmissible into the United States. But Attorney General Eric Holder says it is a matter of judgment and we know his recommendation will have great influence on President Obama.

In 1999, then DAG Eric Holder released known terrorists free in the United States, by way of pardon recommendations for FALN terrorists that were approved by President Clinton. Many Members of Congress back then, from both sides of the aisle, indicated those pardons were motivated by politics, to help his boss help his wife get elected to the Senate. This January, AG-nominee Holder admitted he "had made some mistakes" yet he also said those pardons were "reasonable." We have good reason to question his judgment and motivations.

Senator Jeff Sessions (R-AL), the Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, has twice written Holder and not received an answer.

I again reiterate my questions from last month and ask that I be given the same courtesy and dialogue you provided foreign government officials in Europe last week. Just four years ago, Congress enacted into law a prohibition on the admission of foreign terrorists and trained militants into this country. Accordingly, Congress is entitled to know what legal authority, if any, you believe the administration has to admit into the United States Uighurs and/or any other detainee who participated in terrorist-related activities covered by Section 1182(a)(3)(B). [emphasis added mine]

As you know, the current administration, including President Obama, has repeatedly criticized the Bush administration for legal decisions and authorizations that were made in efforts to defend the national security of this country. It would be both reckless and hypocritical for this administration to follow this criticism by acting in derogation of the law to permit an action that could endanger national security.

Knowing what we know now, the 19 hijackers would not have been legally admitted into the United States on their way to 9/11.

That is the point about the Uighurs. They trained in the same place as al Qaeda for the same purpose and hold the same ideology: Afghanistan, terrorism, and violent jihadism. If Eric Holder will not measure the Uighurs by those facts and standards, there is good cause to question his authority under the law and personal judgment.

[Sergeant Tim]

Ping!

[TigersEye]

Turn them over to China. Why should we care if they execute them? We don’t give a rat’s patoot that they kill Tibetans.

[DannyTN]

The Republicans need to continue to press that legislation barring them entry tp or release in the U.S.. Don’t let Holder’s double talk or even plain spoken promises not to release them in the U.S. prevent us from locking the law down.

[Bahbah]

They clearly want to bring these people into the States and to give them benefits and support. How very odd.

[armymarinemom]

But tonight Shep Smith said they would be watched carefully. Seriously, I only have a few nightmares during the last eight years but terrorist looking up the families of those who have arrested them has caused worries to show themselves during my sleep. I’m sure I’m not the only person having family to serve to worry about this. If you had asked me 7 years ago if this could happen I would have told you that you were nuts.

[mass55th]

" '...we would not bring them into this country and release them, anyone we would consider to be a terrorist,' Holder said."

I guess that depends on what Holder's definition of a terrorist is.

[tobyhill]

Holder is trying to figure out how to package the message when they do release any of the GITMO terrorist because he knows that it will be political suicide the moment any of the released terrorist are even as much as accused of committing a violent act.

[ETL]

A little background on AG Holder for the younger FReepers...

Eric Holder's role in the pardons of BLA (Black Liberation Army) comrades/Weather Underground members, Susan Rosenberg and Linda Evans (Brinks Truck robbery and triple murder):
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2165052/posts

Eric Holder, Bill Clinton, Wright's 'Black Liberation' "church", and the pardons of 16 members of the Puerto Rican Marxist terrorist group FALN:(Wright's Marxist BLT 'church' (Obama's 'church' for 20+ years) advocated for FALN terrorists)
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2165024/posts
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"Fraunces Tavern is a restaurant and museum in lower Manhattan, New York City. It was built on the site of a former building which played a significant role in pre-Revolutionary activities, and in which, on 4 December 1783, General George Washington bade farewell to his officers at the end of the Revolution, before returning to his home, Mount Vernon."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fraunces_Tavern
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"During the 1970s and 1980s, FALN members set off at least 138 bombs in five major U.S. Cities. Six Americans were killed in those attacks. One of those bombings, in January 1975, was at the historic Fraunces Tavern in lower Manhattan while patrons were at lunch. The explosion killed four and injured more than 50."

http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2008/05/bill_hillary_and_the_faln.html
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"Between 1974 and 1985 the FALN (Puerto Rican Armed Forces of National Liberation) organized 120 terrorist bombings in the United States. Many Americans were killed in those bombings, and many more were crippled. In 1983, another Puerto Rican terrorist group known as the Macheteros, attacked and robbed a Wells Fargo armored car in Connecticut. The Macheteros intended to use the money to finance a terrorist campaign against the United States. Working under the cover of Puerto Rican nationalism and claiming to act on behalf of the 'oppressed people of Puerto Rico,' the FALN and the Macheteros are nothing but Communist revolutionaries. Both groups were organized by Fidel Castro's secret police. The ultimate goal of the FALN and the Macheteros is the creation of an independent Marxist-Leninist dictatorship on the island of Puerto Rico."
http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=19760

[Cindy]

RECAP:

911 FAMILIES FOR A SAFE & STRONG AMERICA: "AG HOLDER DODGES AND DOUBLE-TALKS REPUBLICAN SENATORS' QUESTIONS ABOUT UIGHUR TERRORISTS" (May 7, 2009)

HUMAN EVENTS.com: "CHINESE TERRORISTS RELEASE IN U.S. IMMINENT, NO ANSWERS FROM HOLDER" by Rep. Frank Wolf (May 5, 2009)

HUMAN EVENTS.com: "BREAKING: WHITE HOUSE OVERRIDES FBI AND DHS ON GITMO RELEASE" by Jed Babbin (SNIPPET: "Moving quickly to release Chinese Uighur terrorists into the United States, Obama administration officials have -- for the second time -- overridden objections of federal agencies responsible for national security.") (April 30, 2009)

FOX NEWS.com (AP): London - "A.G. 'RELATIVELY CLOSE' TO MAKING DECISION ON GITMO DETAINEES" (April 26, 2009)

JIHAD WATCH.org (LOS ANGELES TIMES): "Obama Administration wants to settle Muslims freed from Gitmo in American communities to "set an example, helping to persuade other nations to accept Guantanamo detainees too"" (April 24, 2009)

JIHAD WATCH.org (CHICAGO TRIBUNE): "RELAX: CHINESE MUSLIM GITMO INMATES TO BE FREED IN U.S." (April 24, 2009)

HOT AIR.com: "Good News: Obama to release Chinese Muslim Gitmo Detainees into U.S." (April 24, 2009)

HUMAN EVENTS.com: "THE UIGHURS AND THE 'TORTURE' MEMOS" by Jed Babbin (SNIPPET: "White House lawyers are refusing to accept the findings of an inter-agency committee that the Uighur Chinese Muslims held at Guantanamo Bay are too dangerous to release inside the U.S., according to Pentagon sources familiar with the action. This action -- coupled with the release of previously top secret legal opinions on harsh interrogation methods -- demonstrates the Obama administration's willingness to ignore reality.") (April 20, 2009)

JIHAD WATCH.org (AP): "CHINA WARNS AGAINST PROVIDING ASYLUM TO CHINESE JIHADIS RELEASED FROM GITMO" (February 6, 2009)

[HardStarboard]

This is ripe for a big lawsuit if Holder goes ahead with the release.

I, for one, would be happy to contribute to a class action suit against the Justice Department if they authorize a release.

[Just Lori]

I’m amazed once again. This administration HAS to be the worst in our history.