'No one is above the law,' Holder says of torture inquiry

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'No one is above the law,' Holder says of torture inquiry
By Terry Frieden
CNN Justice Department Producer

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Attorney General Eric Holder said Wednesday that he would "follow the law" as he weighed potential prosecutions of Bush administration officials who authorized controversial harsh interrogation techniques.

Some groups want Attorney General Eric Holder to appoint a special prosecutor to investigate the issue.

In Holder's first public comments on the issue since President Obama's statements on the matter Tuesday, the attorney general responded to questions briefly and cautiously.

"We are going to follow the evidence, follow the law and take that where it leads. No one is above the law," Holder said at an Earth Day event.

Some human rights groups have demanded that Holder appoint a special prosecutor to investigate the matter, but the attorney general appears to be in no hurry to decide how to proceed.

Obama said Tuesday that the attorney general would ultimately decide whether to proceed with prosecutions of those in the Bush administration who drew up the legal basis for aggressive interrogation techniques.

Those techniques include waterboarding, which simulates drowning. Obama has called the practice torture. Other techniques include keeping the prisoner in "stress positions" for long periods of time, enclosing the prisoner's head in a box with insects he is told are poisonous, and sleep deprivation.

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[Thrill]

1. Holder sends them a Kiss

[ananda]

2. Gasp. Really??

Follow the law?

What a concept!

I've almost forgotten what that was like.

Wish he'd do the same for Don Siegelman.

[FrenchieCat]

3. Who says he won't.

Don't think the Stevens findings was "accidental".