Posted on 11/18/2008 12:41:53 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
According to Newsweek President-elect Obama has decided to tap Eric Holder as his attorney general, putting the veteran Washington lawyer in place to become the first African-American to head the Justice Department, according to two legal sources close to the presidential transition.
Holder, who served as deputy attorney general during the Clinton administration, still has to undergo a formal “vetting” review by the Obama transition team before the selection is final and is publicly announced, said one of the sources, who asked not to be identified talking about the transition process. But in the discussions over the past few days, Obama offered Holder the job and he accepted, the source said. The announcement is not likely until after Obama announces his choices to lead the Treasury and State departments.
Her 2nd term is over in 2010. We're stuck with her until then.
I don’t know, but where was all the genuflection when the current President nominated (for better or worse), the first black National Security Advisor, the first black Secretary of State (or the second for that matter), the first Latino Attorney General, etc.?
Bush could appoint special prosecutors for a few things, like ACORN, Obama’s fund raising, etc. But he wont.
All I know is that he wouldn’t give up on the right to bear arms because it hadn’t been settled by the Courts. I heard him say it. I don’t think there is any question he is a GRABBER.
It’s Da Change in full glory. Bringing back the Klintoonies to act as the 0ba-mites is Da Change to believe in! /S
He is the perfect candidate to oversee the new Assault Weapons Ban, the handgun ban, and the roundup of individuals deemed a high security risk. There may be more of these after the full Reperations program is unveiled ... “spread the wealth” baby!
An all black cabinet would be very cool. Even the sheeple might wake up then.
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Given enough clintoonites thus far in osama’s cabinet, the hildebeast won. All one has to prove to be hired in POO’s administration is to say, “I worked for the clintoons” and the person is guaranteed a job.
I fear the Obama administration will be full of anti-gun zealots, from the looks of things. If you don't belong, join the NRA today!!
Geez. Another Clinton retread. He’s certainly not original.
Old Free Republic post from 1999 (article from 1997)
www.freerepublic.com/forum/a381945094192.htm
(sometimes this link doesn’t work)
How The Rule Of Law Was Subverted - The D.A. Massacre
Crime/Corruption Opinion (Published) Keywords: RULE OF LAW CLINTON
Source: The Washington Weekly
Published: July 21, 1997 Author: Unknown
Posted on 10/28/1999 23:56:09 PDT by Uncle Bill
How The Rule Of Law Was Subverted
The Implementation of a Clinton Administration Plan
The Washington Weekly
Copyright © 1997
July 21, 1997
It all started with the “D.A. Massacre” at the U.S. Justice Department. The Clinton administration in 1993 fired all U.S. Attorneys and replaced them with loyal cronies.
That almost ended accountability for the Clinton administration, because indictment for crimes would have to be brought by U.S. Attorneys. An example is U.S. Attorney Eric Holder, conveniently placed at the District of Columbia—the actual crime scene for most of the misdeeds of the Clinton Administration. He has repeatedly refused prosecution of Clinton administration employees despite referrals with clear evidence of wrongdoing.
But it now seems that the “D.A. Massacre” was part of a larger plan to end accountability and destroy enemies of the state:
Inspectors General Replaced
The Inspectors General of the different government agencies are the ethics and crime watchdogs. During the Clinton administration, they, as well as the respective general counsels, were replaced with loyal cronies answering no longer to the people of the United States but to the White House Counsel’s office, the central intelligence office of the operation as we shall see later. Consider the following examples:
(1) Treasury Inspector Valerie Lau started a criminal probe of Secret Service agents John Libonati and Jeffrey Undercoffer after they had testified that the Secret Service was not the source of the list used to compile FBI files in the Filegate scandal, thus blowing the White House cover story. Senator Orrin Hatch suspected the criminal probe was a political vendetta orchestrated from the White House. Treasury IG Valerie Lau also provided confidential depositions of White House staffers to White House Counsel Lloyd Cutler ahead of Whitewater hearings in 1994. Cutler used the testimony to coach staffers to get their stories straight and consistent before appearing before Congress. The depositions had been taken as part of a Treasury IG probe into allegations that the Treasury Dept. had tipped off the White House about the RTC criminal investigation into Whitewater. The Treasury IG probe, predictably, found no improper contacts.
(2) FBI General Counsel Howard Shapiro hand delivered the manuscript of dissident Gary Aldrich to the White House Counsel’s office. He also leaked information to the White House Counsel’s office that FBI agent Dennis Sculimbrene had revealed in a confidential FBI interview that it was Hillary Clinton who hired Filegate perpetrator Craig Livingstone. Both contacts were followed by White House efforts to neutralize Aldrich and Sculimbrene.
(3) State Department Inspector General Josephine William-Bridgers cleared Toby Gati, the State Department’s intelligence chief, of improper contacts with Hungarian intelligence and illegal access to classified NSA documents. Josephine William-Bridgers is “the model of ‘see no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil,’” says former State Department employee Timothy N. Hunter. William-Bridgers replaced Sherman Funk after he had found several instances of clear criminal violations at the State Department.
(4) United States Information Agency Inspector General Mariann Benett covered up credit card fraud by USIA Inspector General staff and launched a politically motivated investigation of Radio Marti, a staunchly anti-Communist radio station run by the government. She came under heavy fire from her deputy Inspector General for her violation of procedure.
Political Blackmail
Political intelligence gathered by Inspectors General and other covert operatives of the White House Counsel’s office has limited value if it cannot be turned into action. This is where political blackmail enters the picture. A truly corrupt administration can only survive if it can control public opinion, the judicial system, and the political system. Public opinion is controlled by the Clinton-friendly media. The judicial system has been taken care of as described above. That leaves the political system, which can still hold hearings and vote to impeach. The only effective way to deal with politicians is by blackmail. To blackmail a politician, you need dirt. To collect dirt, you need a private investigator or FBI agents. The White House has and uses both.
The White House Counsel’s office employed Anthony Marceca and Craig Livingstone to study FBI files on thousands of government employees and politicians. The names include both Republicans and Democrats, and this is an important point. As can be seen from the current Senate campaign finance hearings, it is of great value to the White House to have a few Democrats on the Committee who will do everything to obstruct, impede and obfuscate the hearings. Here again, the White House Counsel is key. Current White House Counsel Charles Ruff was the lawyer who got Senator John Glenn (D-OH) off on a charge of accepting a $234,000 bribe from S&L operator Charles Keating during the “Keating Five” scandal. Charles Ruff knows what legal or illegal means were used to save Glenn’s career. Ruff also knows what legal or illegal means were used to retire Glenn’s $3 million campaign debt from a failed 1984 presidential bid in violation of FEC rules.
The current obfuscation attempts by Senators Glenn, Levin and Torricelli are so blatant and clumsy, however, that even Clinton-friendly media operatives find them difficult to defend. As a reference point, we can use the behavior of a Democrat who does not appear to have been either bought by the Chinese or fallen victim to political blackmail: Senator Lieberman, who still appears to keep an open, inquiring mind.
The White House has also made heavy use of one certain private investigator from California, Jack Palladino.
Palladino was first used by the Clinton campaign in 1992 to threaten “bimbos” and others who were considered coming forward with information damaging to Clinton. In 1993, Jack Palladino apparently was hired by Harry Thomasson to look for dirt on the fired White House Travel Office staff. Justice Department phone logs from June 23, 1993 also show that Betsy Wright called Deputy Attorney General Webster Hubbell to give him the phone number of Jack Palladino at the request of Hillary Clinton. What Jack Palladino did for Webster Hubbell on that occasion remains a mystery to this date. But we do know that a $150,000 payment to Palladino’s detective firm was made in 1993 by a lawyer for the Teamster’s union. That lawyer was none other than the current White House Counsel, Charles Ruff.
The FBI and The Justice Department
The replacement of the FBI director and the appointment of an Attorney General, both of whom are loyal cronies of the Clinton administration, is an important part of the plan. Take as an example the current campaign financing scandal. The FBI has known at least since last year about the Chinese plan to illegally infiltrate U.S. politics, yet has done nothing. It was the private watchdog group Judicial Watch that exposed the apparent spy John Huang. The FBI has yet to track down and question most of the players in the fundraising and espionage scandal.
But the FBI and the Justice Department have not hesitated to pursue the apparently frivolous allegations by DNC operative Mark Siegel against House Government Oversight Committee Chairman Dan Burton. Last week, the Justice Department delivered what Burton considered a clear message: you continue your aggressive government corruption investigations, and you will get “framed” for a campaign finance scandal of your own. This is political blackmail—not by the White House Counsel’s office but by the Justice Department, the top law enforcement agency in the land.
Also last week, Dwight Linkous, a former consultant for Charlie Trie said that he has been prevented, presumably by Justice Department officials, from telling a federal grand jury investigating campaign finance all he knows.
And The American Spectator reveals in the August 1997 issue that the DNC is far from coming clean on its illegal contributions. “Using publicly available FEC records and documents released by the DNC... we have identified an additional $562,437 in dubious contributions that were undeclared by the DNC,” Kenneth R. Timmerman tells the Washington Weekly. “This clearly suggests that there is much more to the campaign finance scandal than the DNC wants us to believe, and that much more illegal money is probably out there, undisclosed, and unreturned.”
The important question is why has the FEC or the Justice Department not taken this look at the DNC? Why is it that every new revelation has to come from conservative reporters, conservative organizations, and investigators for Republican Senators? The Justice Department clearly is not interested in uncovering the truth.
So those who have asked repeatedly how the White House has been able to get away with so many crimes reported by the alternative and conservative media now have an answer: they had an advance plan.
Published in the Jul. 21, 1997 issue of The Washington Weekly.
Copyright © 1997 The Washington Weekly (http://www.federal.com).
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I think one reason Hussein’s picking all these old Clinton hands (besides the obvous reasons) is that he’s a totally empty suit, can’t think on his feet, doesn’t have a clue how to lead, and needs experience (criminal leftist) people around him who know what to do on their own.
Hussein is a figurehead.
“This isn’t obama’s first term; it’s clinton’s third term.”
Are you 'series'?
Eric Holder should be in prison. When Janet RINO was (cough) 'AG', Holder was #2 and pulled all the strings for Clinton, Holder was the de facto AG. The Marc Rich Pardon, Elian Gonzalez being seized at gun point, WACO - all had Holder's fingers in the mix.
Barry appointing this quasi-criminal is one step above picking a Gang Banger.
(buy lots and LOTS of ammo - and guns. the attacks on the 2A will soon start with this assh*le as AG)
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