At the conclusion of this interview, I was given a letter signed by Hatch, Cornyn, Kyl, Sessions and a few other Republicans that took AG Holder to task for not naming the lawyers he has on staff that previously represented Gitmo detainees. That made his answer here pretty obvious.

His staff was antsy; I could tell they had to be somewhere, so I tried to accommodate them as best I could. (Don’t get on the bad side of staff!)

But… I really want to know… If a lawyer had previously defended a rapist, or for that matter, a drunk driver, child abuser or wife-beater, should they be allowed to work at the Justice Department? How do we know where their loyalties lie?