Attorney General Eric Holder Jr. today appeared on Capitol Hill for an oversight hearing for the first time in nearly a year, giving Senators a wide range of topics—including voting rights and surveillance reform—to discuss with the country’s top prosecutor.
Holder was asked about, among other things, his views on the National Security Agency’s bulk collection of telephone records under Section 215 of the USA Patriot Act. Holder was clear in his defense of the controversial program, noting that judges on the secret Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court have upheld the constitutionality of the surveillance.
