The United States Attorney General, Eric Holder, failed to disclose seven Supreme Court briefs he joined in on, including two regarding al-Qaeda-linked terrorist Jose Padilla, during his confirmation hearings in Congress. The Politico reports:

“It has come to our attention that some but not all briefs submitted to the Supreme Court by or on behalf of Attorney General Holder as counselor amicus were supplied to the Committee in the course of his confirmation process last year. We regret the omission,” Assistant Attorney General Ronald Weich wrote to Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy…

The Padilla brief endorsed by Holder stated, among other things, that using the ordinary judicial system to deal with a citizen seized as an enemy combatant “might impede the investigation of a terrorist offense in some circumstances. It is conceivable that, in some hypothetical situation … the government might be unable to detain a dangerous terrorist or to interrogate him or her effectively. But this is an inherent consequence of the limitation of Executive power.”

[Bill] Burck, former deputy White House counsel, and [Dana] Perino, former Bush White House press secretary, said [in NRO] that acknowledgment in the brief contradicted Holder’s public statements justifying the FBI’s reading of Miranda rights to Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, the alleged underwear bomber.

The Padilla case is one of the most famous cases in the history of the United States, and it certainly would’ve been the most prominent case Eric Holder had dealt with to date. Are we expected to believe that he simply “forgot” to mention these briefs submitted to the United States Supreme Court?

Let’s be frank: Eric Holder intentionally and knowingly withheld information pertaining to his previous legal experience from the United States Congress. He intentionally and knowingly failed to report his briefs involving one of the most prominent cases in history. Basically, he lied.

Between this, his decision to Mirandize the underwear bomber, and his moving of Khalid Sheikh Mohammed to a civilian trial in New York City, Holder has demonstrated his willingness to lie to Congress and place the security of the American people at risk. If he had any dignity whatsoever, he’d resign.