AG Eric Holder: I decided to charge crotch bomber as a criminal but only because my law firm needed a new celebrity client

 
 
 
 
 
 
With pressure bearing down from both sides of the aisle, the Egregious Joke of an Attorney General Eric Holder (I hear that's the title he prefers) admitted he was the behind the decision to charge Yabba Dabba Doo as a criminal in federal court.

U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder acknowledged today that it was his decision to charge Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab as a criminal in federal court but said he informed intelligence agencies of his decision and none “objected to this course of action.”

Detecting a theme from the Obama administration? It's all someone else's fault. Perhaps they can find a way to blame Bush.

Holder said he is confident the decision not to hold Abdulmutallab – accused of trying to blow up Detroit-bound Flight 253 on Christmas Day – as an enemy combatant in the war against terror “has not, and will not, compromise our ability to obtain information needed to detect and prevent future attacks.”

Because timely collection of information really isn't a priority in deterring catastrophic terror attacks. Making America look good in the eyes of barbarous dictatorships is our tippity-topmost priority.

Holding Abdulmutallab as a military combatant, say Holder’s critics, would have allowed interrogators to get more information out of him before being read his rights and getting legal counsel. But, on Tuesday evening, senior administration officials told reporters that federal agents had contacted Abdulmutallab’s family, who had helped FBI agents approach the suspect. Sometime last week, they said, Abdulmutallab began speaking to agents again.

Sure -- and prancing golden unicorns sang lullabies every evening to the alleged flaming weiner man to help him fall asleep at night, too.

Holder's partners at the law firm of Covington & Burling appear to be pleased. Last week, The American Thinker pointed out the outrageous conflicts-of-interest involved.

It's just insane that a lawyer who defended Osama bin Laden's driver and bodyguard -- and who sought constitutional rights for terrorists -- could be one of the Obama administration's top legal officials.

But there's Neal Katyal, occupying a top perch at the Justice Department as the principal deputy solicitor general.

Then there's Jennifer Daskal -- who just months ago was an anti-Guantanamo activist. Now she's in Justice's National Security Division -- working on detainee issues.

All kinds of rules prohibit government employees from influencing policy to the benefit of their previous employers. If Katyal, Daskal and other conflicted Justice lawyers had worked for corporations, they'd almost certainly be subject to these regulations.

Lawmakers on Capitol Hill are hopping mad about the situation -- and rightly so. Months ago, Senate Judiciary Committee member Charles Grassley asked Attorney General Eric Holder to disclose who in the administration had previously represented or agitated for alleged terrorists.

The AG's reply?

"I will consider that request."

In other words, f*** you.

Put simply, the far left ACLU hacks appear to be controlling the Justice Department and the counterterrorism policies of this administration. And the President himself has abdicated his first and primary role: to protect the American people.

The only open question is who will destroy American first: the Soros-controlled Obama Democrats or the terrorist barbarians. The Vegas line has 'em even.