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Kornblut puts journalistic spin on Holder press conference

by YankeeJim | May 6, 2010 at 03:07 am

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This commentary is to remind journalist Anne Kornblut that her job is to report the news as it happens, and without the spin. The news is not that Attorney General Holder had a moment to celebrate. He didn’t look like he was enjoying a celebration. Anne’s job is to report the bomb suspects arrest and the associated facts about the development.

Surely, AG Holder is pleased that the pursuit of a suspect did not drag on as a result of bureaucratic bungling. Some report that we were lucky to catch him at the airport, though the last minute catch was caused by a defective rule. The rule was that Airlines had 24 hours in which to update their “no-fly” list instead of making the change instantly as it should be.

“Catching bomb suspect was rare moment for Holder to celebrate

By Anne E. Kornblut

Washington Post Staff Writer
Thursday, May 6, 2010

When Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. stepped up to the lectern at 1:30 a.m. on Tuesday, it was more than an unusual middle-of-the-night appearance trumpeting the swift arrest of an alleged terrorist. It also marked a rare moment of glory for the attorney general.

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Holder has been on rocky ground for months. His decision last November to try Khalid Sheik Mohammed, the self-declared mastermind behind the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, in federal court in Manhattan was quickly opposed by New York lawmakers, then reversed by the White House. He was criticized for having the suspect in the failed Christmas Day bombing read his Miranda rights soon after his arrest -- and then later for quipping that the same would not happen to al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden because officials would be "reading Miranda rights to a corpse."