Eric Holder

It seems to me it is difficult to imagine a set of circumstances... that the President would be acting in an appropriate way given the Jackson construct.

This is really the test for America: are you really who you say you are?

I have dealt with whistleblowers. I don't think that I have ever dealt with a whistleblower who has had a problem with a particular policy.

It is my belief that the President does not have the power that you have indicated.

I agree with you that there has to be, to the extent possible, unambiguous direction given to our people in the field.

No, they would not. It would violate the international obligations that I think all civilized nations have agreed to, the Geneva Conventions.

Sure. That is the law, as the Supreme Court has given it to me.

I feel privileged just to stand in his shadow and hope that as Attorney General I can honor his legacy.

I don't want you to leave here thinking that you have got some press crazy here as potentially Attorney General.

I think, post-Heller, absolutely. That's one of the things we're dealing with in Washington, DC now.

I recommended independent counsel investigations not just of members of the Cabinet, but of the very President who appointed me.

Actions after 9/11 were excessive and unlawful.

I think Eric would expect that from his staff.

Those are crimes committed a long time ago that, without the perserverence and the conscience that I think this Committee demonstrated, could have been forgotten.

A two-year response is obviously unacceptable.

See, given the knowledge that I have about other techniques and what I've heard from retired admirals, generals, and FBI agents, there are other ways, in a timely fashion, that you can get information out of people that is accurate and…

Stare decisis would tell the Solicitor General--me--that you have to take into consideration the fact of the Heller decision.

It is my belief that a carefully crafted law to shield the press in the way that you have described is appropriate.

I can't think of a statute that my Department of Justice, should I be confirmed, would be more proud to stand behind.

I sent corrupt public officials from both parties to jail.

It simply should not be the policy or the practice of the United States of America to turn over a prisoner, a captured person, to a nation where we suspect or have reason to believe that that person will be tortured.

Guantanamo will be closed. The President-elect during the campaign made that promise.

I will make them available, always with the presumption that, you know, transparency is the best thing.

Yes, Senator Kohl. This is one of my top priorities.

I think States do have those rights, yes.