Hold on Holder--No witch hunts needed

Washington Times:

Republicans raised new challenges to Eric H. Holder Jr.'s bid to become attorney general as the Senate overwhelmingly confirmed Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton as the secretary of state Wednesday.

Hours before Mrs. Clinton won approval in a landslide 94-2 vote, Senate Republicans put the brakes on Mr. Holder, saying they needed him to better explain his views about U.S. interrogation methods at Guantanamo Bay and whether intelligence agents will face criminal prosecution.

"I want some assurance that we aren't going to be engaged in any witch hunts," Sen. John Cornyn, a Texas Republican on the committee, told reporters.

In a confirmation hearing last week, Mr. Holder said that "waterboarding is torture." That view breaks with the Bush administration and could expose U.S. troops and agents to prosecution for their treatment of terror suspects.

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Byron York at NRO noted the different treatment by the Washington Post to similar delays for John Ashcroft.

... On January 24, 2001, the Washington Post reported the story under the following headline:

Vote On Ashcroft Is Delayed A Week; Democrats Cite Need for More Review

Yesterday, Republicans on the Senate Judiciary Committee did precisely the same thing for the nomination of Eric Holder to be attorney general. Today, the Washington Post is reporting the story under the following headline:

Republicans Obstruct Holder's Path to Justice Department

I think it is appropriate that Republicans raise concerns about a with hunt. Too many Democrats have encouraged the criminalization of policy differences and we need to know if that is what the new administration intends to do. It is time to find out if he is in the terrorist rights lobby.

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