Pardoning Terror
 By John PerazzoFrontPageMagazine.com | Wednesday, December 03, 2008

During Barack Obama's presidential run, Eric Holder, Bill Clinton's Deputy Attorney General from 1997 to 2001, campaigned heavily for the then-Illinois senator. This past summer, Obama tapped Holder to serve on the vice presidential selection team that ultimately chose Joe Biden to be Obama's running mate. Now Holder may receive his own position in the Obama administration, for which he has been nominated to serve as Attorney General.

Holder brings a resume rich with titles to the job. He also brings a history of aiding terrorists, foreign and domestic.
The Columbia law school graduate has been Judge of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia; United States Attorney; and Judge of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia, among other professional distinctions. But it is a personal attribute, not a professional title, which will determine the quality of his performance as America's chief law-enforcement officer: his judgment. And there is ample reason to be apprehensive about Eric Holder's judgment.

For instance, he has condemned the Guantanamo Bay detention center as an "international embarrassment," even though detainees are treated more humanely than even the Geneva Conventions require. Despite evidence to the contrary, he has accused the U.S. government of having "authorized torture and … let fear take precedence over the rule of law." Holder has also demanded an immediate end to warrantless eavesdropping by intelligence and counterterrorism officials.
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