The Washington Post editorializes that likely-AG-designate Eric Holder had a spotless record as a prosecutor until one dark dread night in 2001, when he signed off on the Marc Rich pardon. His sole blot. The Post sucks its thumb:
why did Mr. Holder not object to the pardon of a fugitive millionaire politically connected to the president?
Good question. The Post doesn't bring up my favorite angle, of course. Ehud Barak wanted Rich pardoned. So did Scooter Libby. Is that significant? Rich, who was born in Belgium, had given loads of money to Clinton and to Israel. Is there a way to even talk about this stuff? Evidently no.
