Is US Attorney General Eric Holder On The Way Out?

Attorney General Holder and President Obama

Decision On 9/11 Trial Could Undercut Holder -- Wall Street Journal

President Barack Obama's pending decision on where to try alleged plotters of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks threatens to undercut his attorney general, who followed the president's own guidelines in announcing the suspects would be tried in civilian courts.

White House officials said they were now leaning toward a military trial for Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and other defendants as part of an effort to make a deal with lawmakers. The aim is to save the administration's broader goal of allowing the Justice Department to try other terror suspects in civilian courts and shutting down the Guantanamo Bay prison.

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My Comment: Eric Holder was chosen by President Obama to be Attorney General for the simple reason being that President Obama agrees with much (if not all) of Eric Holder's legal beliefs and interpretations. Smacking down Holder will be equivalent to smacking himself down. But having said that .... President Obama is a politician and his world revolves around politics. If it is politically expedient for him to undercut Holder on this issue .... I am betting that he will.

My prediction .... in the next few months a decision will be made that civilian and military trials will be applied to Guantanamo detainees on a case by case basis. At the same time, the official date for the closure of Guantanamo will be made, and in this case President Obama's promise for closure will be met.