Posted on 03/11/2010 9:03:15 PM PST by pissant
Senate Republicans attacked the attorney general Thursday for failing to disclose during his confirmation process last year that he had signed a 2004 legal brief in an important terrorism case.
The GOP lawmakers signaled that the mistake will be one focus of their aggressive questioning of Eric H. Holder Jr. at an oversight hearing March 23 that is expected to highlight his handling of detainee policy and national security threats.
In recent weeks, critics in Congress have seized on missteps to raise questions about the Justice Department's approach to counterterrorism. Among their biggest targets is the possible White House reversal of Holder's decision to try accused Sept. 11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and four alleged conspirators in a New York civilian court.
Sen. Jeff Sessions (Ala.), the Judiciary Committee's ranking GOP member, said he was "deeply concerned" about Holder's participation in a friend-of-the-court brief filed with the U.S. Supreme Court in the case of accused terrorist Jose Padilla
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I notice he invoked the Constitution since it suited his immediate needs.
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