Posted on 03/12/2010 11:03:02 AM PST by Texas Peartree
During the Iran-Contra hearings of 1985, Americans were treated to brilliant National Security Advisor John Poindexter. Although everyone who had ever spent time with Poindexter agreed that he had a computer-like memory, he answered the same way to seemingly every question put to him by the boozy likes of Senator Ted Kennedy. "I don't recall," could have been Poindexter's nickname, and it was likely untrue. Later, in 1991 Poindexter was convicted for, among other things, obstruction of justice and perjury. Later, these convictions were overturned. At least Poindexter was a senior naval officer who was acting in the interests of national security.
Now comes the case of a man who is not brilliant and not particularly patriotic: Attorney General Eric Holder. Apparently, Holder forgot that he had represented accused terrorists looking to set off dirty-bombs in America, and he did not disclose this work to the Senate for his conformation hearings. Per Powerlineblog.com:
"The Justice Department has admitted that Eric Holder failed to tell Congress during his confirmation process that he had contributed to a legal brief which argued that the President lacks authority to hold Jose Padilla, a U.S citizen declared an "enemy combatant," indefinitely without charge. The Justice Department has also acknowledged what is obvious -- that "the brief should have been disclosed as part of the confirmation process."
Either Holder is a liar, or he is incompetent. Could someone at MSNBC please ask the President which it is. The American people may be curious.
(Excerpt) Read more at corybirenbaum.blogspot.com ...
he’s both a liar and incompetent
He’s a criminal, domestic enemy and a traitor.
Hey, you “racial cowards”, look at the bright side:
Last April he presented his old boss, Janet Lesbo, the highest award given by the American Judicature Society. And he was instrumental in pardoning Mark Rich. And he vacated Senator Ted Stevens’ corruption conviction. And he supports the “assault weapons” ban. And he spilled the beans on advanced interrogation techniques. And he is bringing all those nice 9/11 conspirators to NYC.
At least we know where our nation’s “Top Cop” is coming from.
7-11 does a better job of screening its employees than Congress does.
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