S. HRG. 111–403 NOMINATION OF ERIC H. HOLDER, JR., NOMINEE TO BE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES HEARING BEFORETHE COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY UNITED STATES SENATE ONE HUNDRED ELEVENTH CONGRESS FIRST SESSION JANUARY 15 & 16, 2009 Serial No. J–111–2 Printed for the use of the Committee on the Judiciary ( VerDate Nov 24 2008 12:46 May 12, 2010 Jkt 056197 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6011 Sfmt 6011 S:\GPO\HEARINGS\56197.TXT SJUD1 PsN: CMORC N O M I N A T I O N O F G E E R N I EC R H A L. H O O F L TD HE ER , UJ NR I. , T N E DO M S I TN A E T E E ST O B E A T T O R N E Y VerDate Nov 24 2008 12:46 May 12, 2010 Jkt 056197 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6019 Sfmt 6019 S:\GPO\HEARINGS\56197.TXT SJUD1 PsN: CMORC S. HRG. 111–403 NOMINATION OF ERIC H. HOLDER, JR., NOMINEE TO BE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES HEARING BEFORETHE COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY UNITED STATES SENATE ONE HUNDRED ELEVENTH CONGRESS FIRST SESSION JANUARY 15 & 16, 2009 Serial No. J–111–2 Printed for the use of the Committee on the Judiciary ( U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 56–197 PDF WASHINGTON : 2010 For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office Internet: bookstore.gpo.gov Phone: toll free (866) 512–1800; DC area (202) 512–1800 Fax: (202) 512–2104 Mail: Stop IDCC, Washington, DC 20402–0001 VerDate Nov 24 2008 12:46 May 12, 2010 Jkt 056197 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 5011 Sfmt 5011 S:\GPO\HEARINGS\56197.TXT SJUD1 PsN: CMORC COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY PATRICK J. LEAHY, Vermont, Chairman HERB KOHL, Wisconsin ARLEN SPECTER, Pennsylvania DIANNE FEINSTEIN, California ORRIN G. HATCH, Utah RUSSELL D. FEINGOLD, Wisconsin CHARLES E. GRASSLEY, Iowa CHARLES E. SCHUMER, New York JON KYL, Arizona RICHARD J. DURBIN, Illinois JEFF SESSIONS, Alabama BENJAMIN L. CARDIN, Maryland LINDSEY O. GRAHAM, South Carolina SHELDON WHITEHOUSE, Rhode Island JOHN CORNYN, Texas RON WYDEN, Oregon TOM COBURN, Oklahoma AMY KLOBUCHAR, Minnesota EDWARD E. KAUFMAN, Delaware BRUCE A. COHEN, Chief Counsel and Staff Director NICHOLAS A. ROSSI, Republican Chief Counsel (II) VerDate Nov 24 2008 12:46 May 12, 2010 Jkt 056197 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 5904 Sfmt 5904 S:\GPO\HEARINGS\56197.TXT SJUD1 PsN: CMORC C O N T E N T S Thursday, January 15, 2009 & Friday, Junuary 16, 2009 STATEMENTS OF COMMITTEE MEMBERS Page Cardin, Hon. Benjamin L., a U.S. Senator from the State of Maryland, Pre- pared statement ................................................................................................... 409 Leahy, Hon. Patrick J., a U.S. Senator from the State of Vermont January 15, 2009 Opening statement ............................................................. 1 January 15, 2009 Prepared statement ........................................................... 489 January 16, 2009 Opening statement ............................................................. 199 January 16, 2009 Prepared statement ........................................................... 491 Specter, Hon. Arlen, a U.S. Senator from the State of Pennsylvania: January 15, 2009 Opening statement ............................................................. 3 January 15, 2009 Prepared statement ........................................................... 599 January 16, 2009 Opening statement ............................................................. 200 PRESENTERS Norton, Hon. Eleanor Holmes, a Delegate in Congress from the District of Columbia Presenting Eric H. Holder, Jr., Nominee to be Attorney Gen- eral of the United States ..................................................................................... 10 Warner, Hon. John W., former U.S. Senator from the State of Virginia Pre- senting Eric H. Holder, Jr., Nominee to be Attorney General of the United States .................................................................................................................... 6 STATEMENT OF THE NOMINEE Holder, Eric H., Jr., Nominee to be Attorney General of the United States ...... 12 Questionnaire .................................................................................................... 16 WITNESSES Canterbury, Chuck, National President, National Fraternal Order of Police .... 205 Conner, Joseph F., Glen Rock, New Jersey ........................................................... 211 Freeh, Louis, J., former Director, Federal Bureau of Investigation .................... 201 Hahn, Richard S., Hahn & Company, former FBI Special Agent, Seal Beach, California .............................................................................................................. 215 Halbrook, Stephen P. Attorney at Law, Fairfax, Virginia ................................... 218 Payton, John, President and Director Counsel, NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc ......................................................................................... 207 Townsend, Frances M. Fragos, former Homeland Security Adviser to Presi- dent George W. Bush ........................................................................................... 209 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS Responses of Joseph Connor to questions submitted by Senator Specter .......... 229 Responses of Richard Hahn to questions submitted by Senator Specter ............ 232 Responses of Frances Fragos Townsend to questions submitted by Senator Specter .................................................................................................................. 236 Responses of Eric H. Holder Jr. to questions submitted by Senator Coburn ..... 238 Responses of Eric H. Holder Jr. to questions submitted by Senator Cornyn ..... 249 Responses of Eric H. Holder Jr. to questions submitted by Senator Feingold ... 257 Responses of Eric H. Holder Jr. to questions submitted by Senator Graham .... 263 Responses of Eric H. Holder Jr. to questions submitted by Senator Grassley ... 265 (III) VerDate Nov 24 2008 12:46 May 12, 2010 Jkt 056197 PO 00000 Frm 00005 Fmt 5904 Sfmt 5904 S:\GPO\HEARINGS\56197.TXT SJUD1 PsN: CMORC IV Page Responses of Eric H. Holder Jr.,. to questions submitted by Senator Hatch ..... 308 Responses of Eric H. Holder Jr. to questions submitted by Senator Kohl ......... 312 Responses of Eric H. Holder Jr. to questions submitted by Senator Kyl ............ 314 Responses of Eric H. Holder Jr. to questions submitted by Senator Specter on behalf of Senator Martinez ............................................................................. 321 Responses of Eric H. Holder Jr. to questions submitted by Senator Sessions ... 323 Responses of Eric H. Holder Jr. to questions submitted by Senator Specter ..... 331 Responses of Eric H. Holder Jr. to questions submitted by Senator White- house ..................................................................................................................... 365 SUBMISSION FOR THE RECORD Adler, J., National President, Federal Law Enforcement Officers Association, Lewisberry, Pennsylvania, letter ........................................................................ 366 Aguayo, Samuel M., M.D., Staff Physician, Atlanta Veterans Affairs Medical Center, former Professor and Chairman, Department of Medicine, and Asso- ciate Dean for Veterans Affairs, Morehouse School of Medicine, letter .......... 369 Allen, Ernie, President & CEO, National Center for Missing & Exploited Children, Alexandria, Virginia, letter ................................................................ 372 American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations, Wil- liam Samuel, Director, Government Affairs Department, Washington, DC, letter ...................................................................................................................... 373 American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee, Kareem Shora, J.D., LLM, Washington, DC, letter ........................................................................................ 374 Anti-Defamation League, Glen S. Lewy, National Chair, and Abraham H. Foxman, National Director, New York, New York, letter ................................ 376 Asian American Justice Center, Karen K. Narasaki, President and Executive Director, Washington, D.C., letter ...................................................................... 378 Bar Association of the District of Columbia, Ralph P. Albrecht, President, and James G. Flood, President-Elect, Washington, DC, joint letter ................ 379 Barr, Hon. Bob, a former Representatives in Congress from the State of Georgia, letter ....................................................................................................... 381 Barr, William P., former General Counsel, Verizon Corp. and former Attorney General of the United States; Manus M. Cooney, President, The TCH Group, former Chief Counsel, Senate Judiciary Committee; Makan Delrahim, Brownstein Hyatt & Farber Schreck, LLP, former Staff Director Senate Judiciary Committee and former Deputy Assistant Attorney General of the United States; Joseph E. DiGenova, DiGenova & Toensing, former United States Attorney for the District of Columbia; Stuart M. Gerson, Epstein Becker & Green, P.C., former Acting Attorney General and Assist- ant Attorney General of the United States; Michael J. Madigan, Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP, former Federal Prosecutor and Chief Counsel, Senate Special Investigation, Committee on Governmental Affairs; Michael O’Neill, George Mason University, former Chief Counsel and Staff Director, Senate Committee on the Judiciary, former Commissioner, United States Sentencing Commission, George J. Terwilliger III, White & Case, former United States Attorney for the District of Vermont, former Deputy Attorney General of the United States; Victoria Toensing, DiGenova & Toensing, former Deputy Assistant Attorney General of the United States and Chief Counsel, Senate Intelligence Committee; and Charles R. Work, McDermott Will & Emery, former Federal Prosecutor and former President, District of Columbia Bar, joint letter ............................................................................... 384 Brady Campaign to Prevent Violence and Survivors, Jennifer Bishop, The Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence, Washington, DC, statement ....... 387 Break the Cycle; Family Violence Prevention Fund; National Alliance to End Sexual Violence; National Congress of American Indians Task Force on Violence Against Native Women; National Latino Alliance for the Elimi- nation Of Domestic violence; National Network to End Domestic Violence; National Network to End Domestic Violence; National Organization of Sis- ters of Color Ending Sexual Assault; Pennsylvania Coalition Against Rape; Sacred Circle, January 5, 2009 letter ................................................................. 388 Bryant, Dan, Senior Vice President, Global Public Policy and Government Affairs, Pepsi Co, former Assistant Attorney General, Office of Legal Policy, and Office of Legislative Affairs, and Chris Wray, Partner, King Spalding, former Assistant Attorney General Criminal Division, joint letter ................. 390 Burlingame, Debra, Co-founder, 9/11 Families for a Safe & Strong America, statement .............................................................................................................. 391 VerDate Nov 24 2008 12:46 May 12, 2010 Jkt 056197 PO 00000 Frm 00006 Fmt 5904 Sfmt 5904 S:\GPO\HEARINGS\56197.TXT SJUD1 PsN: CMORC V Page Burton, Dan, a Representatives in Congress from the State of Indiana, letter . 396 Cabral, Sam A., International President, International Union of Police Asso- ciations AFL–CIO, Alexandria, Virginia, letter ................................................. 400 Calhoun, S. Brady, Northwest Florida Daily New, December 5, 2008 article .... 402 Campbell, Stanley V., Jr., Chief Executive Officer, Business Intel Solutions, Washington, DC, letter ........................................................................................ 404 Canterbury, Chuck, National President, National Fraternal Order of Police, Washington, DC, statement ................................................................................ 405 Cognetti, Sal, Jr., Foley, Cognetti, Comerford, Cimini & Cummins, Law Of- fice, Scranton, Pennsylvania, letter .................................................................... 412 Coleman, William T., Jr., Senior Partner and Senior Counselor, O’Melveny & Myers LLP, Washington, DC, letter ............................................................... 414 Comey, James B., McLean, Virginia, letter ........................................................... 415 Congressional Black Caucus, Barbara Lee, Chairwoman, Washington, DC, letter ...................................................................................................................... 416 Connor, Joseph F., Glen Rock, New Jersey, statement and letter ...................... 419 Connors, Edward, President, Institute for Law and Justice, Alexandria, Vir- ginia, letter and attachment ............................................................................... 424 Constitutional Accountability Center, Doug Kendall, President, Washington, DC, letter .............................................................................................................. 427 Dees, Morris, Founder and Chief Trial Counsel, Southern Poverty Law Cen- ter, Montgomery, Alabama, letter ...................................................................... 429 Elofson, Matt, October 6, 2008, article .................................................................. 431 English, Sharon J., Homicide Victim Survivor, Crime Victim Services Advo- cate, Sacramento, California, letter .................................................................... 432 FBI, Director, Memorandum to Mr. Esposito ........................................................ 433 Floyd, Craig W., Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, National Law En- forcement Officers Memorial Fund, Inc., Washington, DC, letter ................... 435 Fortun˜o, Luis G., Governor, San Juan, Puerto Rico, letter .................................. 436 Freeh, Louis J., former Director, Federal Bureau of Investigation, statement and letter .............................................................................................................. 438 Gaboury, Mario Thomas, J.D., Ph.D., Professor and Chair of Criminal Justice, University of New Haven, West Haven, Connecticut, letter ............................ 442 Gelder, Barbara Van, former Assistant United States Attorney, Washington, DC, letter .............................................................................................................. 443 Gerstell, Glenn S., former Chairman, District of Columbia Water and Sewer Authority, Washington, DC, letter ...................................................................... 445 Hahn, Richard S., R. Hahn & Company, Seal Beach, California, and Former FBI Special Agent ................................................................................................ 447 Halbrook, Stephen P., Fairfax, Virginia, statement ............................................. 453 Hills, Carla A., Hills & Company, International Consultants, Washington, DC., letter ............................................................................................................. 458 Hispanic National Bar Association, Ramona E. Romero, Esq., National Presi- dent, Washington, DC., letter ............................................................................. 459 Hoar, General Joseph, USMC; Vice Admiral Lee F. Gunn, USN; Lt. General Charles Otstott, USA; Major General Paul D. Eaton, USA; Rear Admiral John D. Hutson, USN; Major General William L. Nash, USA; Brigadier General James P. Cullen, USA; Brigadier General, David R. Irvine, USA; Brigadier General Murray G. Sagsveen; and Brigadier General Steven N. Xenakis, USA, joint letter ................................................................................... 461 Holder, Eric H., Jr., Covington & Burling LLP, Washington, DC., letter .......... 463 Holder, Eric H., Jr., Nominee to be Attorney General of the United, state- ment ...................................................................................................................... 465 Hutchinson, Asa, Asa Hutchinson Law Group, Washington, D.C., letter ........... 469 Illinois Victims, Jennifer Bishop-Jenkins, Founder, Northfield Illinois, letter .. 471 International Association of Chiefs of Police, Russell B. Laine, President, Alexandria, Virginia, letter ................................................................................. 472 International Organization for Victim Assistance, Marlene A. Young, Ph.D., J.D., President, Newberg, Oregon, letter ........................................................... 473 Judicial Watch, Thomas Fitton, President, Washington, DC., letter .................. 474 Justice Solutions, NPO, David Beatty, Executive Director, Washington, D.C., letter ...................................................................................................................... 477 Kassa, Jonathan, Executive Director, Security On Campus, Inc., King of Prussia, Pennsylvania, letter .............................................................................. 478 La Bella, Charles G., La Bella & McNamara, LLP, San Diego, California, letter ...................................................................................................................... 479 Lamm, Carolyn B., White & Case, Washington, DC., letter ................................ 481 VerDate Nov 24 2008 12:46 May 12, 2010 Jkt 056197 PO 00000 Frm 00007 Fmt 5904 Sfmt 5904 S:\GPO\HEARINGS\56197.TXT SJUD1 PsN: CMORC VI Page Leadership Conference on Civil Rights, Wade Henderson, President and CEO, Nancy Zirkin, Executive Vice President, Washington, DC, letter ................... 483 Leadership Conference on Civil Rights; Alliance for Justice; American Federa- tion of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations; American for Democratic Action, Inc.; Asian American Justice Center; Center for Inquiry; Feminist Majority; Human Rights Campaign; Judge David L. Bazelon Cen- ter for Mental Health Law; Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law; National Abortion Federation; National Association for the Advance- ment of Colored People; NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund, Inc.; National Council of Jewish Women; National Council of La Raza; National Fair Housing Alliance; National Health Law Program; National Partnership for Women & Families; National Organization for Women; National Urban League; People for the American Way; Planned Parenthood Federation of America, joint letter ......................................................................................... 486 Leary, Mary Lou, National Center for Victims of Crime, Washington, DC., letter ...................................................................................................................... 492 Lee, Sheila Jackson, a Representatives in Congress from the State of Texas, letter ...................................................................................................................... 493 Levey, Dan, President, Parents of Murdered Children, Inc., Cincinnati, Ohio, letter ...................................................................................................................... 496 MADD, J.T. Griffin, Vice President of Public Policy, Irving, Texas, letter ......... 498 Major Cities Chiefs Association, Chief R. Gil Kerlikowske, President, Colum- bia, Maryland, letter ............................................................................................ 500 McNulty, Paul J., former Deputy Attorney General and United States Attor- ney, Washington, D.C., letter .............................................................................. 501 Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund, John Trasvina, President and General Counsel, Los Angeles, California, letter ...................... 502 Moore, Brian P., Spring Hill, Florida, letter ......................................................... 504 Morford, Craig S., Dublin, Ohio, letter .................................................................. 508 National African American Drug Policy Coalition Inc., Arthur L. Burnett, Sr., National Executive Director, Washington, DC, letter ................................ 510 National Asian Pacific American Bar Association, Andre T. Hahn, Sr., Presi- dent, Tina Matsuoka, Executive Director, and John C. Yang, Co-Chair, Judiciary Committee, Washington, DC, joint letter .......................................... 512 National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, Benjamin T. Jealous, President & CEO, Julian Bond, Chairman, Baltimore, Maryland, letter ...................................................................................................................... 514 National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, Hilary O. Shelton, Vice President for Advocacy/Director Washington Bureau, Wash- ington, DC, letter ................................................................................................. 516 National Association of Assistant United States Attorneys, Richard Delonis, National President, Lake Ridge, Virginia, letter ............................................... 517 VerDate Nov 24 2008 12:46 May 12, 2010 Jkt 056197 PO 00000 Frm 00008 Fmt 5904 Sfmt 5904 S:\GPO\HEARINGS\56197.TXT SJUD1 PsN: CMORC VII Page National Association of Attorneys General, Tom Miller, Attorney General of Iowa; Patrick Lynch, Attorney general of Rhode Island; Dustin B. McDaniel, Attorney General of Arkansas; John W. Suthers, Attorney Gen- eral of Colorado; Richard S. Gebelein, Acting Attorney General of Delaware; Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General of Georgia; Mark J. Bennett, Attorney General of Hawaii; Lisa Madigan, Attorney General of Illinois; Steve Six, Attorney General of Kansas; Jon Bruning, Attorney General of Nebraska; Terry Goddard, Attorney General of Arizona; Edmund G. Brown, Jr., Attor- ney General of California; Richard Blumenthal, Attorney General of Con- necticut, Bill McCollum, Attorney General of Florida; Alicia G. Limtiaco, Attorney General of Guam; Lawrence Wasden, Attorney General of Idaho; Stephen Carter, Attorney General of Indiana; Jack Conway, Attorney Gen- eral of Kentucky; James D. ‘‘Buddy’’ Caldwell, Attorney General of Lou- isiana; Douglas F. Gansler, Attorney General of Maryland; Lori Swanson, Attorney General of Minnesota; Mike McGrath, Attorney General of Mon- tana, Gary King, Attorney General of New Mexico; Roy Cooper, Attorney General of North Carolina; Larry Long, Attorney General of South Dakota; Mark Shurtleff, Attorney General of Utah; Rob McKenna, Attorney General of Washington; Bruce A. Salzburg, Attorney General of Wyoming; Janet T. Mills, Attorney General of Maine; Martha Coakley, Attorney General of Massachusetts; Jim Hood, Attorney General of Mississippi; Catherine Cortez Masto, Attorney General of Nevada; Andrew Cuomo, Attorney Gen- eral of New York; W.A. Drew Edmondson, Attorney General of Oklahoma; Robert E. Cooper, Jr., Attorney General of Tennessee; William H. Sorrell, Attorney General of Vermont; Darrell V. McGraw, Jr., Attorney General of West Virginia; Washington, DC, joint letter .................................................. 518 National Association of Blacks in Criminal Justice, Robert L. Matthews, President, Fayetteville, Georgia, letter .............................................................. 521 National Association of Drug Court Professionals, West Huddleston, Chief Executive Officer, Alexandria, Virginia, letter .................................................. 523 National Association of Police Organizations, Inc., William J. Johnson, Execu- tive Director, Alexandria, Virginia, letter .......................................................... 524 National Bar Association Region II, Nadine C. Johnson, Director, Bronx, New York, joint letter .......................................................................................... 525 National Bar Association, Rodney G. Moore, President, Atlanta, Georgia, let- ter .......................................................................................................................... 529 National Black Prosecutors Association, Carmen M. Lineberger, President, Chicago, Illinois, letter ......................................................................................... 533 National Crime Prevention Council, Alfonso E. Lenhardt, President and CEO, Arlington, Virginia, letter .................................................................................... 535 National Crime Victims Research and Treatment Center, Dean G. Kilpatrick, Ph.D., Director, Distinguished University Professor, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, letter .......................................... 537 National Criminal Justice Association, David Steingraber, President, and Cabell Cropper, Executive Director, Washington, DC., letter .......................... 538 National District Attorneys Association, Joseph I. Cassilly, President, Alexan- dria, Virginia, letter ............................................................................................. 539 National District Attorneys Association, Joseph I. Cassilly, President, State’s Attorney, Harford County, Maryland; Christopher D. Chiles, President- Elect Prosecuting Attorney, Cabell County, West Virginia, Sandee Meyer, Member, Executive Director Prosecuting Attorney Assn, Idaho, Robert P. McCulloch, Member, Prosecuting Attorney, St. Louis County, Missouri; Jan Scully, Member, District Attorney, Sacramento, Sacramento, California, Mi- chael Wright, Member, Prosecuting Attorney, Warren Conint; James P. Fox, Chair, District Attorney, San Mateo County, California; James M. Reams, Treasurer, County Attorney, Rockingham County, New Hampshire; John Gill, Member, District Attorney General’s Office, Knoxville, Ten- nessee; Joshua K. Marquis, Member, District Attorney Clatsop County, Oregon; Luis Valentin, Member County Prosecutor, Monmouth County, New Jersey, joint letter ....................................................................................... 540 National Fraternal Order of Police, Chuck Canterbury, National President, Washington, DC, letter ........................................................................................ 542 National Leadership Council for Crime Victim Justice, Sharon J. English, Council Coordinator and Spokesperson, Washington, DC., letter ................... 544 National Narcotic Officers’ Associations Coalition, Ronald E. Brooks, Presi- dent, West Covina, California, letter .................................................................. 545 VerDate Nov 24 2008 12:46 May 12, 2010 Jkt 056197 PO 00000 Frm 00009 Fmt 5904 Sfmt 5904 S:\GPO\HEARINGS\56197.TXT SJUD1 PsN: CMORC VIII Page National Network to End Domestice Violence, Sue Else, President, Wash- ington, DC, letter ................................................................................................. 546 National Network to End Violence Against Immigrant Women, Leslye E. Orloff, Director, Washington, DC, letter ............................................................ 547 National Organization for Victim Assistance, A. Robert Denton, President, Alexandria, Virginia, letter ................................................................................. 550 National Organization of Black Law Enforcement Executives, Jessie Lee, Executive Director, and Joseph A. McMillan, National President, Alexan- dria, Virginia, letter ............................................................................................. 551 National Organization of Victims of Juvenile Lifers, Jennifer Bishop, Sec- retary, Washington, DC, letter ........................................................................... 553 National Partnership for Women & Families, Debra L. Ness, President, Washington, DC, letter ........................................................................................ 554 National Rifle Association, Wayne LaPierre, Executive Vice President, Chris W. Cox, Executive Director, Fairfax, Virginia, joint letter ............................... 556 National Sheriffs’ Association, Sheriff David A. Goad, President, and Aaron D. Kennard, Executive Director, Alexandria, Virginia, letter .......................... 559 National Troopers Coalition, Dennis Hallion, Chairman, Washington, DC., letter ...................................................................................................................... 561 National Women’s Law Center, Nancy Duff Campbell, Co-President, and Marcia D. Greenberger, Co-President, Washington, DC, joint letter .............. 562 New York Times, January 16, 2009, article .......................................................... 565 Noble, Ronald, Director General of Interpol, statement ....................................... 567 Olson, Theodore B., Gibson, Lawyer, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, Washington, DC, letter .............................................................................................................. 568 Partners-of-Color of District of Columbia Area Lawyers, Washington, DC, joint letter ............................................................................................................. 570 Payton, John, President and Director-Counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund, Inc., New York, New York, statement ........................... 576 People for the American Way, Kathryn Kolbert, President, and Tanya Clay House, Director, Public Policy, Washington, DC, joint letter ........................... 580 Police Executive Research Forum, Chuck Wexler, Executive Director, Wash- ington, D.C., letter ............................................................................................... 582 Pratt, Larry, Executive Director, Gun Owners of America, Springfield, Vir- ginia, letter ........................................................................................................... 584 Reilly, Brian, Washington, Times, December 14, 1994, article ........................... 586 Rogers, David, Executive Director, Partnership for Safety and Justice, Port- land, Oregon, letter .............................................................................................. 588 Roper, Roberta, Chairperson and Founder, and Russell P. Butler, Executive Director, Maryland Crime Victims’ Resource Center, Inc., Upper Marlboro, Maryland, letter ................................................................................................... 589 Sarcone, John P., Polk County Attorney, Des Moines, Iowa, letter .................... 590 Seigle, Thomas R., Executive Vice President, Public Safety Group, Appriss, Louisville, Kentucky, letter ................................................................................. 592 Sessions, Hon. Jeff, a U.S. Senator from the State of Alabama, letter ............... 593 Seymour, Anne, National Victim Advocate, Washington, D.C., letter ................ 595 Shestack, Jerome, former President, Martha Barnett, former President, Den- nis Archer, former President, Robert Grey, former President, and Michael Greco, former President, American Bar Association, joint letter ..................... 596 Silva, Robert, Mayor, on behalf of the City of Mendota, Mendota, California, letter ...................................................................................................................... 597 Spillett, Roxanne, President and CEO, Boys & Girls Clubs of America, At- lanta, Georgia, letter ............................................................................................ 601 VerDate Nov 24 2008 12:46 May 12, 2010 Jkt 056197 PO 00000 Frm 00010 Fmt 5904 Sfmt 5904 S:\GPO\HEARINGS\56197.TXT SJUD1 PsN: CMORC