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6:57 PM, Mar 12, 2010 • By JOHN MCCORMACK

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Politico reports:

Attorney General Eric Holder didn’t tell the Senate Judiciary Committee about seven Supreme Court amicus briefs he prepared or supported, his office acknowledged in a letter Friday, including two urging the court to reject the Bush administration’s attempt to try Jose Padilla as an enemy combatant.

Senator Jon Kyl rips Holder in a lengthy statement.

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