Time for Attorney General Eric Holder to Resign
The Wikileaks debacle is the latest proof that Eric Holder has no understanding of the dangerous times we live in. His ineptness, as head of the Department of Justice, is putting our nation in a vulnerable position.
Earlier this week, the Wikileaks website jeopardized our nation’s security and diplomacy by releasing hundreds of thousands of U.S. State Department documents. The same site put our troops at risk when it released thousands of classified U.S. military documents in July. As far back as March, the Pentagon declared Wikileaks to be a threat to national security. Meanwhile, the Attorney General, our nation’s chief law enforcement officer, has been busy cracking down on dozens of websites that sold things like counterfeit purses. Eric Holder simply has the wrong priorities. This assumes that the US Attorney General can shut down a foreign web site. Sorry - that is illegal and the US Attorney General can't do it. His office is also charged with US Websites that are illegal - counterfeit goods or not. Now if you want to take your crazy pants censorship to China or Russia where they illegally attack websites like Google - you can.
During his tenure as Attorney General, Holder short-circuited the interrogation of the underwear bomber by ordering that the terror suspect be given Miranda rights within the first hour of questioning.As per the law. Also, we found out where he was trained, where he flew from, who paid for his terror plot and responded by predator drone against them. Giving him his legally required Miranda rights hurt nothing. Holder’s use of civilian trials for terror suspects proved to be a failure last month when a civilian jury acquitted a man on 284 of 285 counts. Yet on the 1 count that he was found guilty on - he was sentenced to a longer sentence than ANY of the military tribunals have done - 20 years. Furthermore, the Attorney General said even he was found innocent, we would continue to hold him indefinitely. I think this is wrong, but it should have pleased her. This was after a judge refused to allow the testimony of a key prosecution witness, even though our military had captured the suspect after a gunfight in Pakistan and linked him to deadly bombings of two U.S. embassies in Africa. The judge used military rules in the refusing the testimony.
Eric Holder has also had a slew of lesser problems, like his outspoken criticism of Arizona’s immigration law before he had even read the law -same as every other Attorney General Democrat or Republican - the Feds believe that immigration law is a federal duty - as stated in the Constitution - which Ms. Bachman quotes regularly. , his dropping of charges in the New Black Panthers voter intimidation case -due to a complete lack of evidence beyond two fat white blowhards and yelling "fire" over and over again, and his failure to investigate fraud allegations and the misuse of taxpayer dollars in the recent Pigford claims settlement.
The time has come for Eric Holder to step down as Attorney General of the United States. As a member of Congress and a mother of five children, I am concerned about the very real threats facing our country. We need a chief law enforcement officer who understands those dangers and knows how to respond. So far legally and effectively - not sure what you want.