Eric Holder

I will work to keep the Committee fully informed of the Department's policies and programs.

I think it is a model and I think it is something that we should experiment with in other parts of the country.

I am against, in every way, racial profiling.

I think that there has to be fairness in two spots, one, in making a determination that the person is an enemy combatant, is dangerous, and then, two, a review of that decision on some periodic basis.

A two-year response is obviously unacceptable.

I think that's a generally accepted rule of war, that during the course of a conflict a person who's captured by the other side can be detained for the duration of that--of the conflict.

I think Eric would expect that from his staff.

I think States do have those rights, yes.

I would be glad to do that, Senator.

I think that the legislation that you described, that you worked on with Senator Kennedy, is admirable.

I would just plead with you really to look at the specifics.

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.

The inability to--to have people from Islamic countries leave and then cut short that interaction that they might have with our military, is really something that, over the long term, could harm the interests of our Nation.

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.

I will pledge to us to maintain it.

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

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

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

The fact that that initiative exists, that this Committee, that this Congress thought it important enough to devote its attention to it, is an indication of this Committee, our government, at its best.

Heller is a significant, significant opinion.

I did factor that in to my determination. You had two U.S. Attorneys who weighed in against it. Law enforcement was against it.

I believe that's right.

The very recent Supreme Court decision, by only a 5-4 vote, concerning habeas corpus and Guantanamo is an important first step, but we must go much further.

There is certainly administrative bungling here, and, if there was a dissemination of this information, a potential violation of the Privacy Act.

Senator Obama's fundamental rights have been violated here. And that is what, I think, people need to be focussed on.