K-Lo, I’d cut Eric Holder some slack on most of this. There are prudent Justice Department policies against DOJ officials making “we’re gonna get ‘em” comments before people get charged — those comments don’t add anything meaningful to the public’s understanding of the situation and they can cause litigation complications later on.

I do, though, wish someone would send him a history book. There hasn’t been an act of piracy against a United States vessel in hundreds of years? Leaving aside that piracy wasn’t really eradicated until the late 19th Century, does he not remember the Mayaguez? The incident was a very big deal at the time, in 1975. I was about 16 then, and he’s a few years older. Even if he doesn’t remember it, he’s the Attorney General and it was very predictable that he’d be asked about this, so someone should have made sure he had an accurate script.