Obama's AG Choice was Key Figure in Clinton Terrorist Clemency Controversy

(CNSNews.com) – Eric Holder, the long-time Washington lawyer chosen by President-elect Barack Obama to be the next attorney general, was a central figure in the controversy surrounding the clemency petitions of 16 convicted terrorists during the Clinton administration. Holder, who was deputy attorney general from 1997 until 2001, oversaw all of the requests for clemency filed during those years, including requests from former 16 members of a Puerto Rican Marxist group, drug traffickers and a number of disgraced politicians. [Read on]