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Brennan: Deal 'on the table' for terror suspect
politico.com ^ | Jan. 3, 2010 | Josh Gerstein

Posted on 01/03/2010 12:17:09 PM PST by Free ThinkerNY

The U.S. Government is offering the suspect charged with attempting to bomb an aircraft on Christmas Day, Omar Abdulmutallab, some kind of incentives to share what he knows about Al Qaeda, White House counterterrorism adviser John Brennan said Sunday.

Asked why Abdulmutallab should cooperate given his right, as criminal defendant, to remain silent, Brennan replied: "He doesn't have to but he knows there are certain things that are on the table... if he wants to engage with us in a productive manner, there are ways he can do that."

Asked if Abdulmutallab's willingness to talk changed once he had an attorney, Brennan declined to answer. "I'm not going to address what he did before or after he talked with a lawyer," the adviser said.

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TOPICS: Breaking News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: 253; alqaeda; analysiscorp; analysiscorporation; bhogwot; delta253; flight253; government; insanity; johnbrennan; military; nw253; nwa253; obama; politics; tm; wot
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1 posted on 01/03/2010 12:17:11 PM PST by Free ThinkerNY
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To: Free ThinkerNY

Oh, great.


2 posted on 01/03/2010 12:18:35 PM PST by 9YearLurker
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To: 9YearLurker

Making a deal with a terrorist? Oh great. What a great idea.


3 posted on 01/03/2010 12:19:12 PM PST by JaneNC (I)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

I see a future Law and Order episode in the works.


4 posted on 01/03/2010 12:19:53 PM PST by ilgipper
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To: Free ThinkerNY; Admin Moderator

Can this be in breaking news?


5 posted on 01/03/2010 12:20:34 PM PST by Velveeta
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To: ilgipper
I see a future Law and Order episode in the works.

Yeah, the one where he identifies the Russian mafia, or Christian militia, or Swiss Nuns as his real handlers.

6 posted on 01/03/2010 12:23:36 PM PST by MuttTheHoople (http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/9/9c/TeddyVWad.jpg)
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To: Velveeta

He wanted to die and become a martyr. What possibly can we give him to change his mind? Ice cream cones in Bermuda?


7 posted on 01/03/2010 12:24:25 PM PST by shalom aleichem
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To: JaneNC

Jealots can’t be persuaded to give up information by deals. A religious jealot is even more out there.


8 posted on 01/03/2010 12:25:25 PM PST by pacpam (action=consequence and applies in all cases - friend of victory)
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To: shalom aleichem

The Jihadis must all be laughing like crazy right now. This is the perfect time for them to attack America.


9 posted on 01/03/2010 12:25:38 PM PST by Soothesayer (The United States of America Rest in Peace November 4 2008)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

I am so not getting this.
Announce to the world that the panty terrorist is going to cooperate and spill the beans on his fellow jihadists.
The other terrorists will then change their plans- with a net result of nothing gained.


10 posted on 01/03/2010 12:26:31 PM PST by kaila
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To: Free ThinkerNY

They are offering him a deal, when he should have been shot on sight. Wonder how many of us are going to die before we get rid of the fools and villains in the White House.


11 posted on 01/03/2010 12:28:11 PM PST by La Lydia
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To: Free ThinkerNY
Liberal thought: why can't we all just get along?

(and thought doesn't come easy when you have no brain)

12 posted on 01/03/2010 12:28:48 PM PST by fish hawk (It's sad that science gathers knowledge faster than society gathers wisdom. Isaac Asimov)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

“A deal”.....?
*shakeshead*

The pure audacity and ignorance of this administration speaks volumes to their lack of any credibility as it pertains to keeping Americans safe and combating terrorism.


13 posted on 01/03/2010 12:29:02 PM PST by cranked
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To: shalom aleichem

Perhaps a little “art therapy”?


14 posted on 01/03/2010 12:29:02 PM PST by Velveeta
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To: Free ThinkerNY

meanwhile- three brave Navy Seals are at risk for court martial for doing their job....


15 posted on 01/03/2010 12:29:24 PM PST by God luvs America (When the silent majority speaks the earth trembles!)
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To: Free ThinkerNY; potlatch; devolve; ntnychik; FARS
Gee, and just WHO is John Brennan?


16 posted on 01/03/2010 12:29:30 PM PST by PhilDragoo (Hussein: Islamo-Commie from Kenya)
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To: kaila

Well, Obama still decided to release and send back the yemenis in Guantanamo to Yemen - just few more of them will be on our planes now so...what do you expect of these traitors?


17 posted on 01/03/2010 12:30:17 PM PST by American Dream 246
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To: Free ThinkerNY

Rather than trying to obtain publicity from this, Obama should have him waterboarded in secret to obtain everything he knows.


18 posted on 01/03/2010 12:30:34 PM PST by johniegrad
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To: Soothesayer

Thomas McInerney, a retired Lt. Genera with the US Air Force, told Fox News television on Saturday that within the next 30 to 120 days, “there is a danger of high probability” awaiting US airliners.
http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=115268&sectionid=3510203


19 posted on 01/03/2010 12:30:49 PM PST by Velveeta
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To: Free ThinkerNY

“if he wants to engage with us in a productive manner, there are ways he can do that”

So this democrat outburst warns every terrorist he’s ever been in contact with to GTF out of dodge.


20 posted on 01/03/2010 12:30:58 PM PST by chuck_the_tv_out ( <<< click my name: now featuring Freeper classifieds)
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