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During his 30-month tenure, in keeping with Obama's willingness to overlook the unpleasant history of CIA renditions and "extreme interrogations," Holder has made no move to prosecute any upper-level official of any of the big banks and money firms responsible for the financial collapse of 2008.
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The scope of Mr Holder's inquiry will probably be limited to whether intelligence officials went beyond the rules set by Mr Bush's own justice department which allowed some forms of "enhanced interrogation", including waterboarding, or anticipated them before they were actually made.
President Obama has insisted that C.I.A. officers who adhered to Justice Department interrogation guidelines should escape prosecution, and Mr. Holder is not expected to single out Justice Department lawyers who approved the brutal interrogation techniques.
C.I.A. officials apparently believed they had successfully avoided further inquiries into interrogation tactics, but when word came that Mr. Holder was considering opening his own investigation, the agency reacted bitterly.
Shortly before the vote, the tone of the debate turned sharp as some Republicans pushed for a pledge from Mr. Holder not to prosecute intelligence agents for using harsh tactics during interrogations.
But Justice Department officials confirmed a report in Newsweek on Saturday that Mr. Holder in recent weeks has been leaning toward opening an interrogation inquiry.
August 2009: Mr. Holder names a federal prosecutor to reopen criminal investigations into the C.I.A.'s interrogation of prisoners and is sharply criticized by some former intelligence officials and Republicans in Congress.
Anyone who's worked in law enforcement will be able to use their interrogation skills when interviewing policy holders and witnesses to a claim.
At his confirmation hearing, Mr. Holder was asked by Senator Orrin G. Hatch, Republican of Utah, whether he would pursue a criminal investigation of the interrogation programs.
Mr. Obama banned brutal interrogations.
Ruthless interrogations begin.
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