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Government

Jan. 17, 2009

Holder Won't Rule Out Charging Bush Administration Officials

President-elect Barack Obama's pick for attorney general, Eric H. Holder Jr., walked a fine line at his confirmation hearing Thursday by repudiating many of the Bush administration's antiterrorism policies while still taking a hard-line on terrorism.

By Robert Iafolla
Daily Journal Staff Writer

WASHINGTON - President-elect Barack Obama's pick for attorney general, Eric H. Holder Jr., walked a fine line at his confirmation hearing Thursday by repudiating many of the Bush administration's antiterrorism policies while still taking a hard-line on terrorism.

Appearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee, the former prosecutor, judge and deputy attorney general declared "waterboarding is torture" ...

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