Department Quote by Eric Holder

“Holder’s department orchestrated the astounding “Fast and Furious” operation, in which large quantities of firearms were knowingly sent to vicious drug gangs in Mexico.”

— Andrew McCarthy

While I oppose the death penalty as a policy matter, in a legal culture in which we reserve the right to execute people for…

— Benjamin Wittes

Operation Bluestar was a mischievous blunder, and it should not have been done.

— Subramanian Swamy

“During the briefings their current hyper-conservative rules of engagement had been drilled into them. “And if you screw up,” the briefers added, “they will…

— Brandon Webb

Requiring that an execution be relatively painless...actually undermines the very premise on which public approval of the retribution rationale is based.

— John Paul Stevens

Big mistakes were made in Benghazi, and people should be held accountable. But the brave officers who staff American posts in crisis zones know…

— David Ignatius

Since 9/11, the Justice Department has been widely criticized for one particular tactic it uses in fighting the War on Terror: it detains suspicious…

— Annie Jacobsen

It's very important to go back and keep in mind the distinction between handling these events as criminal acts, which was the way we…

— Dick Cheney

Vengeance is a personal reaction. But not one that government can indulge in.

— Janet Reno

The good thing about execution issues are that they are within our control.

— N. Robert Hammer

The severity of the laws prevents their execution.

— Anonymous

The indictment knocked me on the head. First of all, I hand no idea at all about 90 per cent of the accusations in…

— Alfred Jodl