Appointments Are the President's Prerogative

Appointments Are the President's Prerogative

In November, Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, asked Attorney General Eric Holder to provide him with a list of Department of Justice political appointees who had represented enemy-combatant "detainees, or worked for organizations advocating on terrorism or detainee policy." The DOJ has not sent him the names.

But on Tuesday, a group called Keep America Safe -- Liz Cheney is a board member -- ran ads that proclaimed, "Americans have a right to know the identity of the al-Qaida 7" at the "Department of Jihad." Later Fox News reported the identities of all the attorneys now known as the DOJ9....