The New York Times reports today that President-elect Barack Obama's transition team "signaled to Eric H. Holder Jr., a senior official in the Justice Department in the Clinton administration, that he will be chosen as attorney general." While the Obama transition team denied that Holder has been selected, many progressives see Holder as a strong rebuke of the Bush Justice Department.
Glenn Greenwald — a consistent and vocal critic of the Bush Justice Department — writes that Holder's views seem "rather unconstrained for Washington, suggestive of actual passion and conviction on these matters." Digby writes similarly, "If [Holder] follows through…it would be good news."
rest http://thinkprogress.org/2008/11/19/holder-justice-issues/
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