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To: Straight Vermonter

Thanks..I don’t recall ever reading that..do you happen to have a link..or was the argument about why was a non US citizen even given a Miranda warning..


8 posted on 04/20/2013 10:42:09 AM PDT by ken5050 (My tagline has mysteriously vanished...)
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To: ken5050
The case is United States of America v. Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab. Citizenship isn't the issue, public safety is the deciding factor.

I'll give you my opinion here. Our rights our natural rights, therefore, given to all humans. So rights like protection from self-incrimination exist for citizen and non-citizen alike. In the case of Abdulmutallab or the case of Tsarnaev there is a reasonable belief that a crime (act of war?) is still ongoing so no Miranda right should even apply. This would be the same if a kidnapper is caught but the child is not found. That person should be questioned vigorously without any Miranda warning.

15 posted on 04/20/2013 11:10:36 AM PDT by Straight Vermonter (Posting from deep behind the Maple Curtain)
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