Eric Holder

The President obviously has powers under the Constitution that cannot be infringed by the legislative branch.

I thought it was a very useful examination of the system and raised some very disturbing questions...

Heller is a significant, significant opinion.

I think we have to work to improve the pardon process within the Department of Justice.

I believe that's right.

I think across the board, and especially when it comes to law enforcement functions interpreted pretty broadly, you want to have employees of our Government who are conducting and doing law enforcement activities.

You wanted to do the right thing. We swore to an oath to uphold the law.

We don't want to criminalize policy differences that might exist between the outgoing administration and the administration that is about to take over.

Well, I agree with President-elect Obama, you know, closing the gun show loophole, banning the sale of cop-killer bullets, things of that nature.

What he did is deplorable.

I will, in response to, I guess, the general assertion, try to do all that we can to make sure that we respond fully.

I think that post-Heller, the options that we have in terms of regulating the possession of firearms has--has been narrowed.

Some of these enhanced techniques do not necessarily produce good intelligence.

I will take my obligation seriously under those regulations and look at the evidence that the States provide.

In the short term, this will not be an easy task with the mainstream media somewhat cowered by conservative critics and the conservative media disseminating the news in anything but a fair and balanced manner.

Yes. If the pardon process, the clemency process is working well, the President should have before him all of the relevant facts so that he can make an appropriate determination, using the power that he has, fully informed.

I would expect that I would be able to support that.

No, I do not see that in the FISA statute.

I did not really acquaint myself with his record. I knew that the matter involved--it was a tax fraud case.

Well, one of the things I am going to have to do is to become more familiar with what happened that led to the implementation of these policies.

I did not agree, I do not agree with the decision with respect to that pardon.

Should I become Attorney General, that would be my attention, to give it the resources that I have.

President-elect Obama was against the immunity that was granted to those ISPs, but nevertheless voted for the statute that contained that immunity.

Absolutely. But beyond that, Senator, I want to talk to you and to people who have worked on this bill.

Yes, I will, Senator. The collection of that evidence is, I think, critical for crime solving.