Charles Krauthammer -- Human Events -- November 20, 2009    Travesty in New York    For late-19th-century anarchists, terrorism was the "propaganda of the deed." And the most successful propaganda-by-deed in history was 9/11 -- not just the most destructive, but the most spectacular and telegenic. -- And now its self-proclaimed architect, Khalid Sheik Mohammed, has been given by the Obama administration a civilian trial in New York...

The Hill -- Washington -- November 16, 2009     Holder dials back his commitment to pushing assault weapons ban    Attorney General Eric Holder is retreating on his commitment to pursue a controversial gun-control measure. -- Holder's statements, recently delivered to senators in writing, clearly indicate the Obama administration is in no rush to reinstate the assault weapons ban... [See Gun-Grabbers]

Dick Morris -- GOPUSA.com -- November 16, 2009      Painting a bull's eye on New York City    President Obama's decision to put Khalid Sheikh Mohammed on trial in New York City along with four others accused of helping destroy the World Trade Center and attack the Pentagon on 9-11 paints a bulls-eye for terrorists right on New York City, their favorite target. Now Obama has identified where the terrorists should focus their energies - on New York City...

Family Security Matters -- November 16, 2009      Guiliani blasts NYC trials as unnecessary benefit to terrorists    Video clip from This Week with George Stephanopoulos, ABC News. -- Related: This video from 2006 shows the Snake Oil Salesman-In-Chief saying Khalid Sheik Mohammed will get a 'full military trial.' [See Obama Watch] -- More FSM blog entries here.....

Gregory D. Lee -- Family Security Matters -- November 16, 2009      Why are 9/11 killers being tried in New York?    The administration snatched a government conviction from the jaws of victory when it halted military tribunals in Guantanamo earlier this year. Now, Attorney General Eric Holder is giving terrorists another opportunity to get away with murder. -- Seen this before... [See Obama Watch]

Emanuel A. Winston, Middle East Analyst & Commentator -- November 15, 2009       Another act of stupidity by Obama & Attorney General Eric Holder     President Barack Hussein Obama and Attorney General Eric Holder may be the best friends of Muslim Terrorists who planned the 9/11 attacks and other Muslim Terror attacks. Once they were safely locked up in Guantanamo Prison, Cuba - called Gitmo. But, Obama, in deference to the Liberal Left, had pledged during his presidential campaign...

Politico -- November 15, 2009      Judges could free detainees moved to U.S.    When it comes to keeping Guantanamo inmates locked up indefinitely in the United States, the problem really isn't the jails, some lawyers say -- it's the judges and the law. -- While some Americans fear that Guantanamo prisoners brought to U.S. prisons might break out, a far more likely possibility is that some of the terror suspects will simply walk out... [See Obama Watch]

TPM Media -- November 13, 2009      Obama's radical AG to try 9/11 terror suspects in civilian court in N.Y.    At a press conference this morning, Attorney General Eric Holder said he hoped Washington would "leave the politics out of it" when considering his decision to transfer five suspected 9/11 conspirators from the detention center in Guantanamo Bay to New York City for trial in federal court... [Video: Rep. Pete King denounces Obama administration decision] [See Obama Watch]

Andrew C. McCarthy -- National Review -- October 31, 2009       Counterterrorism, Obama style    Five months ago, when al-Qaeda jihadist Ali Saleh Kallah al-Marri pleaded guilty, it was obvious that the Justice Department had given him a sweetheart deal. On Thursday, a federal judge in Illinois dutifully finished the job. Al-Marri, a committed sleeper operative sent by our enemies to carry out... [See Obama Watch]

Guy Benson -- National Review -- October 20, 2009      The White House vs. Fox News: It's about control    The president of the United States — a man who successfully campaigned as a post-partisan healer who abjured the partisan backbiting that he said characterized Washington's politics — has either ordered or permitted a hyper-political PR blitz against a major news outlet, Fox News...

Harry Hurley -- Shore News Today -- Seaville, NJ -- August 31, 2009      Left is taking radical steps in name of diversity    ...Another important area to keep a watchful eye on is the aggressive Obama use of appointed "czars." These czars possess tremendous power and are basically 100 percent unchecked. None were vetted. No FBI background checks. No advice and consent from the U.S. Senate... [See Obama Watch and Free Speech Watch]

Michelle Malkin -- August 27, 2009      Culture of corruption: Bill Richardson edition    Well, well, well. Another Obama ally off the hook. Last month, it was Chris Dodd who escaped accountability for his Countrywide sweetheart home loan deals. This week, it’s failed Commerce Secretary nominee Bill Richardson. The decision to drop federal corruption charges against Richardson was made by…top officials in crime-coddling Attorney General Eric Holder's Department of Injustice...

Connie Hair -- Human Events -- August 21, 2009      Holder throwing a bone to radical Left    Here we go again. What is it about a radical liberal that commands the inner child to seek and destroy America’s national security apparatus? What is it that continually drives them to leave America vulnerable to her enemies? You would think September 11, 2001, was devastating enough to keep them on the side of American security for at least a decade. -- Not so.....

We Get E-Mail -- August 5, 2009     Holder threatens to withhold Oklahoma funding    Being a California fan and supporter of Sen. Inhofe, I read incredulously the press release on Sen. Inhofe's web page concerning AG Holder's threat of withholding federal funding from Oklahoma if the state passed a constitutional amendment making English the official language of the state...

The Oklahomas -- August 1, 2009      Federal role questioned in Oklahoma's English-only debate     The Oklahoma congressional delegation wants U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder to explain why the Justice Department got involved in a debate by the Oklahoma Legislature this year over making English the state’s official language...

Sacramento Bee -- July 13, 2009      Rise in county gun sales tied to fewer cops, what Obama might do    Gun sales in Sacramento County have grown more than in any other populous county in California since November, according to the state attorney general's office. -- From November 2008 to May 2009, gun dealers in Sacramento County sold nearly 5,000 more guns than they did in the same period last year... [See Obama Watch and Gun Grabbers]

Prison Planet -- Austin, Texas -- July 8, 2009      Holder "hate speech" video floods Senate    NPN polls show dozens of Senatorial aides have watched our 10-minute video "Holder Admits: No Equality in Hate Bill." Dozens more, both Democrat and Republican, are promising to watch it or pass it on to Senators. -- With possibly only a week left before a Senate vote on hate bill S. 909, this video is the political dynamite... [See video here] [See Free Speech Watch and Big Brother Watch]

Truthtellers.org      -- July 8, 2009    Holder Admits: No equality under "hate" bill (aka thought crime bill)    Video shows Attorney General Eric Holder being questioned about the effects of pending anti-'hate' legislation, much of which was crafted by the notorious Anti Defamation League... [See Free Speech Watch and Big Brother Watch]

Prison Planet -- Austin, Texas -- July 6, 2009      Bill amendment gives AG Holder authority to decide who is a terrorist     Obama’s Attorney General, Eric Holder, may soon have the power to classify millions of Americans as domestic terrorists. An amendment to H.R. 2647 (the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010), introduced by Rep. Alcee Hastings of Florida, would grant Holder absolute authority to decide who is a terrorist....

Prison Planet -- Austin, Texas -- June 17, 2009      Obama lackey urges Congress to pass "hate Crimes" legislation     James von Brunn's murderous rampage may soon produce concrete results — the passage of "a tougher U.S. hate crimes law," according to AG Eric Holder. -- "Over the last several weeks, we have witnessed brazen acts of violence, committed in places that many would have considered unthinkable..."

Associated Press -- June 16, 2009      Obama's annoying AG urges new "hate crimes" law    Attorney General Eric Holder said Tuesday that recent killings show the need for a tougher hate crimes law to stop "violence masquerading as political activism." -- "Over the last several weeks, we have witnessed brazen acts of violence, committed in places that many would have considered unthinkable..."

Michelle Malkin -- June 5, 2009      DOJ issues statement "to protect American Muslims"    You will be fascinated -- among other reactions -- by the latest statement issued by the Obama DOJ, issued yesterday after the president's Cairo speech. -- No, it's not a statement condemning the jihadist in Arkansas who targeted our troops or the Bronx jihadi plotters who targeted Jews, infidels, and our troops...

Michelle Malkin -- June 5, 2009      The Department of Injustice    My column today looks at the political corruption of the Obama Justice Department. With the crime-coddling crony Attorney General Eric Holder in charge, no one should be surprised, of course. Members of Congress who care about electoral integrity need to press the administration on who intervened in....

NRA / ILA -- Right Side News -- Kennesaw, Georgia -- May 16, 2009    Anti-gun blacklist bill introduced in U.S. House     Rumor was enough to get you burned as a witch in Salem, Massachusetts. It was enough to get you shot in Nazi Germany and Soviet Russia. It's enough to get your head chopped off in parts of Iraq infested with madmen claiming to carry out Allah's will... [See Gun Grabber Watch]

Lebanon (Pa.) Daily News Editorial -- May 14, 2009    Cartels won't blink at US gun ban    Attorney General Eric Holder recently suggested that passing a gun ban on semiautomatics would, somehow, put an end to Mexico's escalating drug violence. The ban could include any semiautomatic pistol, rifle or shotgun. -- Are we supposed to believe drug cartels that own entire fleets of aircraft and are building submarines to traffic drugs ... [See Gun Grabber Watch]

Rep. David Derby -- Tulsa Beacon -- May 7, 2009    Obama's assault on gun ownership    Though President Barack Obama has repeatedly told gun owners that they have no reason to fear his administration, I believe that it has been made more than clear that such statements should be taken as false. Not only does he have a history of supporting gun control, but his newly appointed attorney general recently made it known that he would be seeking to permanently reinstate...

CNN -- May 4, 2009    Ammo hard to find as gun owners stock up    Aurora, Colo. -- Gun shops across the country are reporting a run on ammunition, a phenomenon apparently driven by fear that the Obama administration will increase taxes on bullets or enact new gun-control measures. -- "In the last two months it's gotten very, very difficult to find ammunition," says Richard Taylor... [See Gun Grabber Watch]

Alex Newman -- The New American -- May 4, 2009   Obama pushes anti-gun treaty    After a meeting with Mexican President Felipe Calderon last month, Barack Obama announced his support for the 'Inter-American Convention against the Illicit Manufacturing and Trafficking in Firearms' treaty, also known by its Spanish acronym CIFTA. The gun-control treaty was signed in 1997... [See Gun Grabber Watch]

InfoWars.com -- Austin, Texas -- May 3, 2009        Obama supports treaty outlawing gun possession     As Lou Dobbs notes here, Obama is in favor of the ratifying CIFTA, the Inter-American Convention Against Illicit Manufacturing of and Trafficking in Firearms. On its face, the treaty sounds reasonable because it would "prevent, combat, and eradicate the illicit manufacturing of and trafficking in firearms..." [See Gun Grabber Watch]

Opposing Views -- April 30, 2009    Gun owners say Arlen Specter must go    First, Senator Arlen Specter provided the instrumental Republican support to get anti-gun Attorney General Eric Holder confirmed by the Senate. -- Then, he singlehandedly pushed through the massive economic bailout, the so-called stimulus bill, which contained several provisions of concern to gun owners... [See Gun Grabber Watch]

Brad O'Leary -- American Daily Review -- Austin, Texas -- April 26, 2009    Disarming America    U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder has stated that the Obama Administration would like to resurrect the Clinton ban on semi-automatic firearms, as well as other gun control laws. -- One of the reasons for bringing back these unpopular laws, according to Holder, is that Mexican drug cartels are becoming increasingly violent and warring with Mexican government troops...

Persnal Liberty Digest -- April 8, 2009   Gun group files lawsuit against attorney general     The Second Amendment Foundation (SAF) has filed a lawsuit in U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia against Attorney General Eric Holder in connection with his move to enforce the federal law against firearm purchases by non-resident American citizens...

Christian Science Monitor -- April 4, 2009    Top US, Mexican officials meet on guns smuggling     Cuernavaca, Mor., Mex. -- High level US officials visiting Mexico to discuss illegal guns smuggling underscored their commitment to work with Mexico to fight drug violence, but shied away from discussions about renewing the assault weapons ban. --- "I don't think our Second Amendment will stand in the way of the efforts we have begun," [gun-grabber AG Eric] Holder said during a press conference...

Hot Air -- April 2, 2009         What part of "support and defend the Constitution" does Holder not understand?    All federal officials take this oath before assuming their duties, including the Attorney General of the United States. Eric Holder took that oath roughly two months ago, but apparently he's already forgotten it. Despite a ruling from the Office of Legal Counsel that...

Los Angeles Times -- April 1, 2009         Will Mexico's drug war lead to tighter gun control laws in U.S.?    ...The Arizona Republic today ran a story on Mexico's gun-control laws, among the strictest in the world, and quoted a Mexican gun shopper as saying, "If the United States had a system like ours, we wouldn't have so many problems here in Mexico." --- On Thursday, U.S. Atty. Gen. Eric Holder and Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano will be in Mexico City to discuss ways to prevent smuggling weapons into Mexico...

Associated Press -- March 25, 2009    Gun control debate hangs over U.S.-Mexico violence    Members of Congress may be alarmed by the surge in Mexican drug violence and its potential to spill across the border, but they grow silent when the talk turns to gun control as a solution. -- With related kidnappings and killings occurring in the U.S., the Obama administration is likely to shift dozens of enforcement agents...

Des Moines Register -- March 23, 2009    Gun sales soar after gun-grabber Holder announces plans    ...A ban on military-style weapons expired in 2004 under President George W. Bush, but U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder has said the Obama administration supports reinstating it. Holder said Mexican drug cartels have been obtaining weapons like the AK-47 rifle from U.S. gun stores, contributing to violence across the border.

Jim Kouri, CPP -- The Examiner -- March 22, 2009    Obama lied to gun owners; Holder is a 'gun grabber'    As a presidential candidate, Barack Obama deliberately and repeatedly lied to America's 90 million gun owners across the country when he insisted that he would not try to take away anyone's firearms, the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms said...

Steve Hempfling -- American Free Press -- March 22, 2009    Holder living up to reputation as a gun grabber    The choice of Eric Holder for attorney general sends an alarming signal to gun owners about how the Obama administration will view individual gun rights, as affirmed this year by the Supreme Court. -- Holder signed an amicus brief in the Heller case that supported the District of Columbia’s handgun ban...

The Coloradoan -- Fort Collins -- March 22, 2009         Markey fights weapons ban    Rep. Betsy Markey joined 64 of her House Democratic colleagues this week in urging Attorney General Eric Holder to abandon plans to reinstitute an expired ban on some semi-automatic weapons. -- "I am a staunch supporter of Second Amendment rights. I believe it is a mistake to deny constitutional rights to all Americans because of the misdeeds of a few," Markey said...

Florida Freedom Newspapers -- March 22, 2009            Boyd joins Dems opposing assault weapons ban    Monticello Democrat Allen Boyd lent his voice to a chorus of Democratic lawmakers denouncing proposals for a new assault weapons ban. -- Boyd is one of 65 signatories, all Democrat members of the house, to a letter sent to U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder regarding his comments...

YouTube -- Obama Secrets -- March 20, 2009          Video: "We the People" stimulus package    Are you as sick and tired of arrogant windbags such as Eric Holder (who called Americans 'cowards' recently) and members of your do-nothing congress as this man is?

Dave Gibson -- American Chronicle -- March 20, 2009    Obama administration looking to renew weapons ban    Recently, U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder announced his support for the return of the so-called Assault Weapons Ban. Of course, Holder is hardly alone in this wish. Shortly after he was elected President, Barack Obama announced on his official website, his desire for "making the expired federal Assault Weapons Ban permanent."

Wall Street Journal -- March 19, 2009                           Guantanamo detainees may be released in U.S.     Attorney General Eric Holder said some detainees being held at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, may end up being released in the U.S. as the Obama administration works with foreign allies to resettle some of the prisoners. -- Mr. Holder, in a briefing with reporters, said administration officials are still reviewing individual cases of the approximately 250 detainees...

Fox News -- March 18, 2009                         Gun advocates ready for battle over federal assault rifle ban    Get ready for a gunfight. -- Attorney General Eric Holder is using the drug violence in Mexico to "confuse and mislead" Americans in an attempt to reinstate the expired Federal Assault Weapons Ban, gun advocates claim. -- Holder revealed his intention to reinstate the ban last month while announcing more than 700 arrests...

KTVQ-TV -- Billings, Montana -- March 18, 2009                            Tester, Baucus tell AG to back off on gun control    Montana Senators Max Baucus and Jon Tester have a message for the Obama administration: they will oppose any gun restrictions the new administration may be considering. -- In a letter to Attorney General Eric Holder, the two Democrats said the Justice Department should enforce existing laws...

National Immigration Forum -- March 12, 2009    Open-borders zealots laud investigation of Joe Arpaio    ...We [these pests] welcome the Department of Justice's investigation because when a local elected official takes the law into his own hands, the role of the federal government is to protect the people from abuse. The Sheriff's over-the-top publicity-seeking has made him a flashpoint for those concerned that immigration enforcement practices...

University of New Mexico-Talk Radio News Service -- March 12, 2009    Reconquista 'MEChA-boy' Grijalva up in arms over Sheriff Arpaio    ..."We carry the burden of being stuck with this man but it is not an Arizona problem, this is a national disgrace... It can't be tolerated." said Congressman Raul Grijalva (D-Ariz.). Grijalva said he never supported the 287(g) program which trains local officers to enforce immigration law. "Put it in the wrong hands, it becomes abusive, discriminatory... "

Arizona Republic -- Phoenix -- March 11, 2009       Arpaio to be investigated over alleged violations    The U.S. Justice Department has launched a civil-rights investigation of the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office after months of mounting complaints that deputies are discriminating in their enforcement of federal immigration laws. -- Officials from the DOJ's Civil Rights Division notified Sheriff Joe Arpaio on Tuesday...

Associated Press -- February 28, 2009     Mexicans laud Holder's efforts to restrict your Second Amendment rights    President Felipe Calderón said that his police and soldiers are dangerously outgunned because U.S. authorities are failing to stop the smuggling of high-powered weapons into Mexico. His attorney general called for more aggressive prosecutions of gun smugglers, saying that the U.S. constitutional right to bear arms doesn't protect them... [Isn't it Mexico's responsibility to protect their own borders?]

WorldNetDaily.com -- February 26, 2009    Obama seeks 'assault weapons' ban for the benefit of Mexico    The Obama administration [most of whom are puppets for the New World Order] has announced a sweeping plan to help curb Mexican violence across the border – ban "assault weapons" in the United States. -- "As President Obama indicated during the campaign, there are just a few gun-related changes that we would like to make, and among them would be to reinstitute the ban on the sale of assault weapons," Attorney General Eric Holder [a gun-grabber] said...