Reply #5: I think that one can be too smart about things like this

[Liberation Angel]

It is a natural step for Holder to work for a scummy top tier law firm like this in DC after working for Clinton

But the reality is that the only thing tat can be said about his "loyalties" is that this firm deals with the worst of the worst as clients and he worked there the way millions of us work for evil corporations.
It does not prove that he is necessarily evil or other than a typical opportunist playing the political game so that he could advance and MAYBE make things better.
For a dissection of this firm i would suggest begin here:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Covington_&_Burling

These guys also represented some good progressive cases including Guantanamo prisoners

But they represented fascist scum as well

that is how money is made by lawyers

so i do not think it means as much as the OP implies other than that Holder plays the power game. It looks like he is going to appoint a special prosecutor on torture and many of his moves have been pretty good.

I am not crazy about Holder bu we could have done a LOT worse or a lot better. But Holder has experience like few others and hopefully he will use it for the best.

I reserve judgment for now