Posted on 05/13/2010 4:24:12 PM PDT by Bokababe
Once arrested, a terrorist suspect should be interrogated for information regarding any imminent terrorist attacks. That is the top priority. It is critical not to give such suspects the chance to delay answering questions while waiting for a court-appointed attorney. Reminding the terrorist suspect that he or she has the right to remain silent can only increase the possibility that the terrorist suspect will remain silent. It is completely contrary to our country's immediate interest in preventing the loss of innocent life from more terrorist attacks.
It was, therefore, amazing to hear Carly Fiorina and Chuck Devore in the recent League of Women Voters' debate both announce that terrorist suspects who were American citizens should be given Miranda warnings before any questioning. Such a view is tremendously short-sighted and reflects a lack of knowledge of US Constitutional law. ...
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The Miranda rights should be part of every citizenship test and driver’s test. You should know it if you are within these borders.
life sucks and there are people who mean to do harm to others but, my belief is that if you are an American citizen you get all the rights of an American citizen regardless of what you did wrong.
Next thing you know, peoples rights will be taken away for lesser offenses.
I’m not so sure; just look at the Hutaree Militia and the SWAT raid here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RbwSwvUaRqc&feature=related
Imagine the two put together; with the definition of ‘terrorist’ in some undefined/mutable state.
Terrorist suspects who are US Citizens are entitled to Miranda rights. Non-citizens are not. Anything less or more is very dangerous.
^^what blogger said...you go taking US citizens rights away, bad things start happening to good people too
>Next thing you know, peoples rights will be taken away for lesser offenses.
The Hutaree Militia incident came to mind upon reading the headline.
Likewise, the pinhead, squatting in public housing at 1600 Penn Ave who originated that little tradition, is contrary to our country's interest, immediate and long term.
My take on it is, forget Miranda and get the information. If you lose the case against the suspect in a criminal proceeding, so be it.
As far as interrogation goes what difference does it make? The new rules say you can't make a foreign terrorist uncomfortable so they might as well have Miranda rights. Heck! most citizens should be treated so well by city cops if they happen to be a suspect in a crime.
The difference is precedence. BO will not be President for ever. The rules will change again. We don’t want non-citizens to be considered the same as citizens or citizenship loses its value. You grant them the rights of a citizen - all non citizens will be clamouring for American rights when dealing with our country.
Somebody should have been watching the door in the first place but now that the guy is a citizen he has the same rights as everybody else.
I feel that a multi-judge panel could be used to determine if a captured terror suspect should be Mirandized or immediately declared an enemy combatant based on evidence at the time.....citizen or not.
I think you missed my point. The fact is foreign illegal combatants get more leniency now than a citizen with Miranda rights.
But -- and here's the Campbell argument:
The Miranda warnings are needed only if the prosecution intends to rely on the suspect's information in a subsequent case in a civilian court. There is no Constitutional requirement to give the warnings, they are only needed if testimony is going to be used at trial. In the case of the Times Square would-be bomber, there was plenty of other evidence linking him to the crime, apart from anything he said. And even if there weren't, gathering evidence for a criminal prosecution should be secondary to the immediate needs of preventing an imminent terrorist attack.
I do understand that this is a very slippery slope -especially because the no-fly list is somewhat arbitrary and there is no easy way to contest it.
I hear you.
Do you know Miranda?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=61nYwoswwyI
every US citizen has the right to remain silent, wether they are read their rights or not.
i agree with someone earlier, someone should of been watching the door. its too late now. he has every right that grandma and little suzy does.
OK. lol I wasn’t sure but, to be clear, I was not arguing for degrading the rights of any citizen.
Terrorist Suspects Should Be Russianized, then Interrogated,
If They Survived, Not ‘Morondized’
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