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Eric Holder

Eric Holder is mentioned in 12 articles and has appeared on 0 TIME covers

Susan Walsh / AP

Eric Holder is Barack Obama's Attorney General. Though Holder is no stranger to the Justice Department. In 1997, he was appointed Deputy Attorney General by President Bill Clinton, serving until the end of Clinton's term. As Obama's AG, he's charged with deciding what to do with terror suspects now held in Guantanamo Bay, navigating the ... Read More

Eric Holder Articles

Found: 12 Articles

Holder Defends 9/11 Trial in New York

Nov. 18, 2009 | By AP / DEVLIN BARRETT

Attorney General Eric Holder is defending his decision to put the professed Sept. 11 mastermind on trial in New York — and urging critics of the plan not to cower in the face of terrorists
9/11 Prosecutor Preet Bharara

Nov. 13, 2009 | By Alex Altman, Randy James and M.J. Stephey

Just weeks after he was sworn in as U.S. Attorney for New York's Southern District, Preet Bharara is being put to the test. U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder's announcement that self-professed Sept. 11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and four alleged co-conspirators will be tried in a Manhattan federal court makes Bharara the man responsible for ...
The Prosecutor

Feb. 5, 2009 | By MICHAEL WEISSKOPF

Eric Holder Jr., the first black Attorney General, made his name fighting violent crime. Now he faces his toughest task: cleaning up the Justice Department
In California Marijuana Truce, a Legal Gray Area

Mar. 29, 2009 | By Alison Stateman / Los Angeles

While the state and Federal Government may now agree on enforcement, what happens to the pending trials and convictions in cases that today would no longer be pursued?
Justice Won't Go After Medical-Marijuana Users

Oct. 20, 2009 | By Theo Emery

A collective sigh of relief no doubt followed Monday's announcement from U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder that federal prosecutors will not go after medical-marijuana users who abide by state law