Holder praises JAGs for work with terror suspects

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WEST POINT, N.Y. – Attorney General Eric Holder praised military lawyers for representing terror detainees at the risk of their own careers and warned that government officials must rely on the rule of law even when they act in secrecy for reasons of national security.

In a speech for a law conference at the U.S. Military Academy, Holder said some of those engaged in the battle against terrorism did not always follow the law. He offered no specifics in his address to the mostly military audience of about 150, which included military and civilian lawyers, law professors and members of the nation's military academies.

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"In our current struggle against international terrorism, when others surrendered faithful obedience to the law to the circumstances of the time, it was the brave men and women of the JAG corps who stood up against the tides, many times risking their careers to do so," Holder said.

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"If a detainee is too dangerous to release, yet there are insurmountable obstacles to prosecuting him in federal court, what shall we do?" Holder said. "Though we do not know yet the answer, I pledge that the ultimate solution will be one that is grounded in our Constitution.

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