Holder Faces Avalanche Of Work, and Scrutiny
• Washington PostThe attorney general clashed with Congress over national security
policy, fielded complaints from federal judges upset with bungled
evidence and cracked his tooth.
Then came a bombshell 3 days ago that has sent Washington
political circles reeling: Holder's disinclination to appoint a prosecutor
to examine whether interrogators tortured terrorism suspects during the
Bush years.
