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'''Eric Himpton Holder, Jr''' (January 25, 1951) is the current U.S. Attorney General in the [[Obama Administration]]. He formerly was Deputy Attorney General, serving from 1997 to 2001, in the Clinton administration. Before receiving this appointment, he was the United States Attorney for the [[District of Columbia]], appointed in 1993 upon his resignation from the DC Superior Court. During the transition to the [[Bush Administration]], he was temporarily Acting Attorney General. He succeeded [[Michael Mukasey]].
'''Eric Himpton Holder, Jr''' (January 25, 1951) is the current U.S. Attorney General in the [[Obama Administration]]. He formerly was Deputy Attorney General, serving from 1997 to 2001, in the Clinton administration. Before receiving this appointment, he was the United States Attorney for the [[District of Columbia]], appointed in 1993 upon his resignation from the DC Superior Court. During the transition to the [[Bush Administration]], he was temporarily Acting Attorney General. He succeeded [[Michael Mukasey]].
As Deputy Attorney General Holder recommended pardoning [[Weather Underground]] [[terrorists]] [[Linda Evans]] and Susan Rosenberg who were serving life sentences for the murder of two police officers and a Brinks armoured guard in 1981.<ref>[http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=YmM1OGM4OGRiNTI5NTIzOTFkMDAwMTJiNGFlYWFiZGI= ''Confirming Fears''], Editorial, National Review Online, November 19, 2008.</ref> Puerto Rican [[FALN]] terrorists likewise received pardons due to Holders efforts, as well as fugitive tax evader and Clinton donor, Mark Rich.<ref>http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/politics/2004457941_apholderobama.html?syndication=rss</ref><ref>http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0102/14/se.04.html</ref>
As Deputy Attorney General Holder recommended pardoning [[Weather Underground]] [[terrorists]] [[Linda Evans]] and Susan Rosenberg who were serving life sentences for the murder of two police officers and a Brinks armoured guard in 1981.<ref>[http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=YmM1OGM4OGRiNTI5NTIzOTFkMDAwMTJiNGFlYWFiZGI= ''Confirming Fears''], Editorial, National Review Online, November 19, 2008.</ref>
Holder does not believe in the [[Second Amendment]] and supported the unconstitutional ban on handguns in Washington D.C.<ref>http://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/holder_obama_guns/2009/01/15/171877.html</ref> On 2/25/09, Holder told reporters that he wants an "assault weapons ban."<ref>http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/story?id=6960824&page=1</ref> Second amendment scholar Stephen Halbrook testified to the Senate Judiciary Committee that while Holder was Clinton's deputy attorney general, the Justice Department broke federal law by storing records of firearms purchases.<ref>http://www.independent.org/newsroom/news_detail.asp?newsID=118</ref>
Holder does not believe in the [[Second Amendment]] and supported the unconstitutional ban on handguns in Washington D.C.<ref>http://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/holder_obama_guns/2009/01/15/171877.html</ref> On 2/25/09, Holder told reporters that he wants an "assault weapons ban."<ref>http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/story?id=6960824&page=1</ref> Second amendment scholar Stephen Halbrook testified to the Senate Judiciary Committee that while Holder was Clinton's deputy attorney general, the Justice Department broke federal law by storing records of firearms purchases.<ref>http://www.independent.org/newsroom/news_detail.asp?newsID=118</ref>
In February 2009, Holder called America, "A Nation of Cowards."<ref>[http://www.weeklystandard.com/weblogs/TWSFP/2009/02/holder_america_is_a_nation_of.asp Holder: America Is "A Nation of Cowards"]</ref>
In February 2009, Holder called America, "A Nation of Cowards."<ref>[http://www.weeklystandard.com/weblogs/TWSFP/2009/02/holder_america_is_a_nation_of.asp Holder: America Is "A Nation of Cowards"]</ref>
==Terrorist pardons==
On August 11, 1999, on Holder's advice, President Clinton offered clemency to members of the [[Armed Forces of National Liberation]] (FALN) [[terrorist]] group. <ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20070703053819/http://rpc.senate.gov/_files/92199CoddlingTerrorists.pdf U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee] testimony available at http://www.senate.gov/~judiciary/wl91599.htm, ''The Tampa Tribune'', S.J.Res. 33 (passed 95-2).</ref> On January 24, 1975 the FALN bombed Fraunces Tavern in Manhattan killing four people. Over a six-year period, the group claimed responsibility for more than 100 bombings that took six lives and injured some 130 people.<ref>[http://www.latinamericanstudies.org/puertorico/sep4.htm Clinton Pardons Terror], ''New York Post'', August 13, 1999. retrieve from http://www.latinamericanstudies.org September 14, 2007.</ref> Holder was criticized for his "unconscionable" efforts to circumvent the standard pardon process, not consulting with the [[Department of justice]]'s pardon attorney and keeping deliberations hidden from the district U.S. attorney and investigative agencies. [[Weather Underground]] [[terrorists]] [[Linda Evans]] and Susan Rosenberg were also pardoned.<ref>[http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=YmM1OGM4OGRiNTI5NTIzOTFkMDAwMTJiNGFlYWFiZGI= ''Confirming Fears''], Editorial, National Review Online, November 19, 2008.</ref>
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