Lawmakers to Holder Who Decided to give Miranda Rights to Accused Detroit Bomber?

By: Byron York

Chief Political Correspondent

January 21, 2010

Washington Examiner

Are we sick and tired of this administration’s priorities when it comes to protecting America and Americans? “When dealing with terrorists, our tax dollars should pay for the weapons to stop them, not for lawyers to defend them.” What possible reason could there be for giving access to enemy combatants and terrorists to our court system and its legal protection.

This is a huge waste of the tax payer dollar. Why when we have men and women in the field in Afghanistan, Iraq, Pakistan and Yemen, would Obama and his “no-justice department” expose CIA and military operations? To bash President Bush? Get over it, your place has been firmly cemented as the worst “president” in the history of theUnited States of America. That’s really saying something to replace, the inept incompetent failed presidency of smiling Jimmy Carter. Random thoughts while observing the passing parade, J.C.

All seven Republicans on the Senate Judiciary Committee have signed a letter to Attorney General Eric Holder seeking to learn who made the decision to treat Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, the accused Christmas Day terrorist bomber, as a criminal suspect rather than an enemy combatant. On the same day he tried to detonate a bomb aboard a Northwest Airlines plane in Detroit, Abdulmutallab, who was trained by al Qaeda in Yemen, was informed of his Miranda right to remain silent and given a government-paid lawyer. He then refused to cooperate with U.S. authorities.

The letter is signed by GOP Sens. Jeff Sessions, Orrin Hatch, Charles Grassley, Jon Kyl, Lindsey Graham, John Cornyn, and Tom Coburn. The lawmakers were rattled by testimony yesterday before both the Judiciary Committee and the Homeland Security Committee by some of the nation’s top law enforcement and anti-terrorism officials. All of those who testified — FBI director Robert Mueller, National Counterterrorism Center director Michael Leiter, Director of National Intelligence Dennis Blair, and Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano — said they were not consulted about the decision to handle Abdulmutallab in the criminal courts. Complete Story

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