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Wednesday, November 19, 2008 12:00 AM

Preliminary facts and thoughts about Eric Holder

Is Obama's likely nominee for Attorney General an encouraging sign for advocates of the Constitution and the rule of law?

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  • Wednesday, November 19, 2008 12:17 PM

    But wait, there's more!

    It was Holder, as U.S. Attorney in D.C., who chose not to prosecute Ira Magaziner when he told the bald-faced lie that only federal employees belonged to Hillary's health care task force. (It was in fact rife with insurance industry types.) Holder's rationale? No one ever wrote down what "membership" in the task force actually meant.

    No doubt Dick Cheney remembered this when he formed his energy task force.

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