Holder: Bin Laden killing 'lawful'

[JURIST] US Attorney General Eric Holder [official website] said Wednesday that the killing [JURIST report] of Osama Bin Laden [WP obituary; JURIST news archive] by US forces on Sunday was lawful and justified . Testifying [hearing materials] before the US Senate Judiciary Committee [official website], Holder said that the shooting of Bin Laden was "consistent with our values," and that the soldiers who killed him "conducted themselves totally appropriately." In a prepared statement [text], Holder said:Three days agothanks to many…