Obama Administration Says Some Detainees Overseas Are Being Mirandized -- and Bush Did It, Too

ABC ^ | 6/11/09 | Jake Tapper

[Nachum]

The Obama administration announced this week that some detainees captured and held abroad have been read Miranda rights to preserve evidence for a potential prosecution.

Administration officials say the Bush administration did this as well in some instances relating to certain criminal cases.

They would not offer specifics in any of the cases, whether under President Obama or President Bush

[Nachum]

The list, ping

[freekitty]

Our idiot President speaks.

[avacado]

"...and Bush Did It, Too"

Good grief! They are children! Marxist crybaby children!

[Retired Greyhound]

Exactly.

Never before has another president blamed so much on his predecessor.

[Principled]

riiiiiiiiiight....

nothing fishy about this statement.

jeez he’s dumb.

[pabianice]

They would not offer specifics in any of the cases,

I'll bet.

[jersey117]

I doube the Bush people did it. And if they did, it was probably for a US citizen, like John Walker Lind or a case like that.

[skeeter]

It would be nice to hear Bush speak for himself, for a change.

[petitfour]

hahahahahaha

Maybe they’re referring to the American citizens who were captured in Afghanistan. John Walker Lindh???? (is that the guy’s name? too lazy to look it up . . .)

[SE Mom]

I frankly don’t care if Bush did it too- it’s an absurd action to take in a freaking WAR ZONE no matter who had the idea.

Unless- maybe John Walker Lindh? He’s an American citizen.

[utahagen]

I actually think it is more effective for Karl Rove and Dick Cheney to defend the Bush administration while GWB remains silent. The more time passes without GWB’s criticizing Obama, the bigger jerk and foll Obama looks like when he blames things on bush.

[Neverforget01]

I don’t care who did it; it’s moronic!

[Thidwick]

“..and Bush Did It, Too”

A rare moment in which Obama uses (alleged) Bush policy to support his own.

[trtdenver]

What a jackass! THERE, I SAID IT!

[scory]

I just find a certain bitter enjoyment in the fact they are justifying what they do by citing the Bush Administration.

[edcoil]

Interesting that this was announced just after the inital troops arrived for the “obama surge” plan he said he would implement.

You know, the one he opposed - the “Bush surge” in iraq

[sheikdetailfeather]

Mark Levin played a clip of Obama last night saying the Bush administration did not trust the justice system and it is NOT AS THOUGH THESE PEOPLE WOULD BE READ MIRANDA RIGHTS OR ANYTHING. I am unsure of the date of this statement. Mark called him a LIAR because, last night the miranda rights were being read to them in a stealth manner.

[Red Dog #1]

Hopefully the RNC grows a pair and uses all his “blame Bush” sound bits for a campaign add in 2010. The possibilities are endless...

[SumProVita]

I don’t care who did it or does it....it is patently ignorant!!!!