Tuhia he tomokanga mō tēnei wāhanga - Ko tētahi taonga tuku iho nui o te tūnga o Holder hei rōia matua ko te whakawhitinga o ngā take whakatumatuma ki ngā kōti kāwanatanga. I raro i a Holder, i angitu te DOJ i te whakawakanga i nga kaiwhakatuma i roto i te kooti a-rohe, me te whakarite i nga whiu me nga whiu mo te oranga mo te hunga i whakawakia, tae atu ki a Sulaiman Abu Ghaith (te kaikorero a Osama bin Laden); Ahmed Ghailani (he kaiwhakatuma i nga whakaeke pahū o te 1998 East Africa
); me Abu Hamza (he kaimahi al-Qaeda). Ko Faisal Shahzad (te whakamatau patu patu patu i te Times Square); me Omar Farouk Abdulmutallab (te "pupuhi pupuhi" i rahua) i whakaae ki te hara i te kooti a-rohe ka whiua ki te whare herehere mo te wa roa i te wa o Holder. I te wa o te wa o Holder, ko etahi atu kaiwhakatuma - tae atu ki a Najibullah Zazi (i whakamahere i te whakaeke i te tereina o New York), me Ahmed Abdulkadir Warsame (he kaitautoko a al-Shabab) i whakaae ki te hara me te mahi tahi me te kawanatanga. Ko Matt Olsen, te kaiwhakahaere o te National Counterterrorism Center mai i te 2011 ki te 2014, i tuhi i te 2015: "Na tona manawanui, i whakaatu a Holder i te whakaaro nui me te uara o te whakawakanga o nga kaiwhakatuma i roto i nga kooti taangata me te whakakaha i tenei huarahi mo nga whakahaere a muri ake nei".