 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Muna November 2009, Holder akazivisa kuti September 11 kurwisavamwe vapanduki - Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, Ramzi Bin al-Shibh, Walid bin Attash, Ali Abdul Aziz Ali naMustafa Ahmed al-Hawsawi - vaizotongwa muNew York City pamhosva dzehurumende dzokupanduka uye kuponda. Holder panguva iyoyo akati vashanu vacho vachatongwa mugadziriro yedu yeruramisiro pamberi pedare rinotonga risina rusaruro maererano nemitemo nemitoo zvakatangwa kare kare. Urongwa uhwu hwakakanganiswa neCongress, zvisinei, uye zvirambidzo zveCongress pakuendesa vasungwa veGuantánamo kudare rehurumende zvakanga zvanonoka nyaya yacho kwenguva isingazivikanwi. Muna Kubvumbi 2011, Holder akamanikidzwa kusiya zvirongwa zvekutongwa kwemubatanidzwa uye panzvimbo pezvo akaendesa vashanu kumakomisheni emauto; panguva iyoyo, Holder akashora Congress yekupindira mukutongwa, achiti: Congress yatora chimwe chezvishandiso zvehurumende zvinorwisa hugandanga kubva patafura uye yakasunga maoko edu nenzira ingave nemhedzisiro yakakomba. Makomisheni ehondo anoramba akabatwa mukunonoka kwetsika, kusava nechokwadi kwepamutemo uye nharo dzinopfuurira nhasi. 