For Holder, New Congress Means New Headaches

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/31/us/politics/31holder.html?scp=1&sq=for%20Attorney%20General,%20New%20Congress%20means%20new%20headaches&st=cse

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From: barry levine 
Date: Fri, Dec 31, 2010 at 11:25 AM
Subject: re: For Holder, New Congress Means New Headaches
To: letters@nytimes.com


To the Editor:

    Attorney General Eric Holder--alone in this Democratic administration--has cause to welcome the new Congress.  For two years, he has been the lonely linchpin in the cover-up of Bush-era crimes. Now he will be able to point to partisans in the House of Representatives who wish to protect those who tortured and those who wiretapped illegally.  Given the American electorate's short attention span, he may even convince someone by 2012.

Barry Levine