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Ex-Colleagues Say AG Holder Is Aging Before Their Eyes

Posted Jul 14, 2009 6:54 AM CST
By Debra Cassens Weiss

Former colleagues of Attorney General Eric Holder say he is “working like a dog” and aging before their eyes.

Holder is fielding criticism from Republicans who see him as soft on terrorism and from some Democrats disappointed to learn he is mulling the appointment of a special prosecutor to investigate whether CIA interrogators tortured terrorism suspects, the Washington Post reports.

“Always lean, Holder has dropped weight from his lanky frame, as he eats less and climbs five steep flights of stairs to his office in a routine that leaves younger aides breathless,” the Post says. “His dark hair is graying, and his forehead displays new lines. He travels constantly, sometimes boarding an airplane three times a week even as he fends off a persistent sinus infection and a bad back. He struggles with working long hours away from his three children and his wife, prominent D.C. physician Sharon Malone.”

Washington, D.C., lawyer James Cole, who met Holder when the men worked in the Justice Department’s public integrity unit, told the Post that the attorney general is facing issues that are both fascinating and frustrating. “From what I've heard, he's working like a dog," Cole said.

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tim
Jul 14, 2009 7:10 AM CST

Rep. Frank Wolf (R-Va.) said Holder has ignored at least three letters sent over the past month from Republicans demanding to know why Justice dismissed charges of voter intimidation filed against two members of the “New Black Panther Party for Self-Defense” (NBPP).

Did Holder accept bribe money to dismiss the case?  We need a special investigation into the possible corrpuption in Holder’s office.

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B. McLeod
Jul 14, 2009 7:10 AM CST

He knew the job was dangerous when he took it.

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P. Bryson
Jul 14, 2009 9:58 AM CST

Dude, take the darn stairs!

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P. Bryson
Jul 14, 2009 9:59 AM CST

Oops, I mean elevator.

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James
Jul 14, 2009 11:05 AM CST

There was a great article in the recent issue of the ABA’s decision journal written by a lawyer who represented a man at Gitmo.  It detailed the mindless BS that our government under Bush concocted as a court system.  In Bush’s defense, however, 911 had just happened and we were working with concerns that had never occurred before.  Obama the messiah has been elected and yet Gitmo remains open and his lap dog Holder has done nothing to change that fact.  Holder would rather get his pound of flesh from Republicans nevermind the fact that Pelosi and co knew EXACTLY what was going on.  To me the mockery of legal process at Gitmo ecipses all of the torture allegations against us there and anywhere else in the world.  The blame falls equally on both parties.  Both knew about it and both have done nothing to stop it. 

To Mister Holder, instead of walking around with your poor bad back trying to figure out who wrote what memo to whom.  Why not get in the messiah’s (I mean president’s) ear and get him to close this joke of an institution.

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Jason
Jul 14, 2009 2:05 PM CST

James - under Holder and Obama….there have been more drone attacks on Pakistan than under Bush.  Obama and Holder have escalated the needless bloodbath of citizens in Pakistan. 

Obama is turning out to be Bush the 3rd.

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tim
Jul 15, 2009 5:10 AM CST

Holder supports Club Gitmo and using tortue to protect America.  Club Gito will not close under Obama’s spending spree.

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