Eric Holder
Events (35)
- March 24, 1993: Attorney General Asks for Resignations of All US Attorneys 1993-03-24
- April 4, 1993: Former Reagan Justice Department Official Accuses Clinton of Politicizing Justice Department by Firing US Attorneys 1993-04-04
- September 10, 1999: Danforth: Inquiry to Answer ‘Dark Questions’ Remaining about Waco Debacle 1999-09-10
- December 22, 2008: Former Justice Department Prosecutor Reveals Self as Source for NSA Wiretapping Story 2008-12-22
- January 15, 2009: Justice Department Will Continue Defending Warrantless Wiretapping Program, Says Incoming Attorney General 2009-01-15
- January 19, 2009: Bush Administration Requests Stay in Judge’s Decision to Allow Lawsuit to Proceed 2009-01-19
- January 21, 2009: Senator Suggests Independent Investigation into Bush Torture Policies 2009-01-21
- January 22, 2009: DNI Nominee Refuses to Call Waterboarding Torture 2009-01-22
- January 25, 2009: Obama Legal Counsel: Executive Orders Discussed for over a Year 2009-01-25
- January 26, 2009: Gonzales Says He Did Nothing Wrong as Attorney General, Blames Subordinates for ‘Lapses’ 2009-01-26
- February 2, 2009: Attorney General Nominee Says He Will Review Bush Uses of ‘State Secrets’ Privilege, Curtail Use in Obama Administration 2009-02-02
- February 9, 2009: Obama Justice Department Continues to Assert State Secrets Privilege in Detainee Lawsuit 2009-02-09
- February 14, 2009: Justice Department Considers Releasing Internal Report Critical of Bush-Era Lawyers 2009-02-14
- February 22, 2009: Justice Department Investigation Finds OLC Opinions Unacceptably Deficient 2009-02-22
- February 25, 2009: Attorney General Confirms Guantanamo to Be Closed within a Year 2009-02-25
- March 2, 2009: Justice Department Releases Bush-Era Memos Claiming Extraconstitutional Powers for President 2009-03-02
- March 18, 2009 and After: Justice Department Argues for Release of Torture Memos; Current and Former CIA Officials Object 2009-03-18
- April 15, 2009: President Obama Chooses to Release Torture Memos; Advisers Deeply Divided 2009-04-15
- April 16, 2009: White House, CIA Director Promise No Prosecution of CIA Employees Who Followed Bush-Era Legal Guidelines 2009-04-16
- April 16, 2009: Obama White House Releases Key CIA Torture Memos 2009-04-16
- April 19-22, 2009: Obama Contradicts Chief of Staff, Says He Favors Torture Investigations 2009-04-19
- April 21, 2009: Senator: Bush, White House Shifted Blame for Torture onto Low-Level Soldiers 2009-04-21
- April 30, 2009: Accused Al-Qaeda Sleeper Agent Pleads Guilty to Supporting Terrorism 2009-04-30
- May 2, 2009 and After: Teenagers Who Beat, Kicked Immigrant to Death Found Innocent of All but Minor Charges 2009-05-02
- August 24, 2009: Response to Announcement of Preliminary Torture Probe Mixed 2009-08-24
- August 24, 2009: Attorney General Names Special Prosecutor to Investigate Allegations of CIA Torture 2009-08-24
- August 24, 2009: Obama Administration Releases 2004 CIA Report on Torture 2009-08-24
- September 1-3, 2009: Gonzales Supports CIA Investigation, Then Retreats from Support 2009-09-01
- September 18, 2009: Seven Former Directors Oppose Durham Probe of CIA Torture Allegations 2009-09-18
- October 13-16, 2009: Georgia Court Fines Birther Lawyer for Misconduct, Calls Her ‘Delusional’ 2009-10-13
- November 13, 2009: Administration Announces Five High-Value Detainees to Be Tried in Criminal Court, Five to Remain in Military Commissions 2009-11-13
- March 27-30, 2010: FBI Arrests Nine ‘Christian Warriors’ for Planning to Kill Police Officers in Michigan 2010-03-27
- March 31, 2010: US District Court Finds NSA Warrantless Surveillance Illegal 2010-03-31
- March 14, 2011: Conservative Rock Musician Calls Attorney General a ‘Racist Punk’ 2011-03-14
- First Half of August 2009: Justice Department Recommends Reopening Prisoner Abuse Investigations