Brennan: Deal 'on the table' for terror suspect

politico.com ^ | Jan. 3, 2010 | Josh Gerstein

[SonOfDarkSkies]

This is great news!

Keep it up Obama! You're driving that stake deeper and deeper into your own heart!

[dandiegirl]

I have a feeling that BO is gonna wish he hadn’t made such a big deal about how the US “tortures” in the months to come. These terrorists are not going to reveal anything and it will be on his shoulders alone.

[PhilDragoo]

Counterterrorism in Obama's Washington by Daniel Pipes

Implementation of the inept policies outlined by Brennan spells danger for Americans, American interests, and American allies. The bitter consequences of these mistakes soon enough will become apparent.

[meatloaf]

1. Convict him. 2. Anoint his body liberally with lard (from pigs). 3. Execute him. They executed McVeigh didn’t they? 4. Bury him in a grave sealed with several yards of concrete. Publicize number 2.

Let the Imams and their followers know we condemned one of their would be martyrs to hell.

[DFG]

To hell with giving him a deal in exchange for info. Waterboard him already!

[YOUGOTIT]

First of all he should not be in the hands of the civilian police. He is a terrorist combatant and should be in the hands of the military where the President should make the decision quickly that he would be tried by a military court and given the same sentence as those who were caught during the FDR rule.

[tobyhill]

Wow! They could get even more info by not negotiating but by waterboarding his sorry ass.

[ArmstedFragg]

He goes on TV and says Cheney put him up to it, and they let him cop a plea to starting a campfire without a permit.

[Nachum]

The list, ping

[excopconservative]

These folks seem to be motivated by the prospects of endless sex in the afterlife. Perhaps a troupe of patriotic prostitutes would give these guys a reason to continue living and spill their guts. It would also give Obama an excuse to nationalize the world’s oldest profession.

[SonOfDarkSkies]

Maybe Obama will just let Holder dismiss the case ala the New Black Panthers voter intimidation case.

That'll teach those terrorists a lesson!

[sockmonkey]

I was watching Fox when he said it. Then I started spewing expletives, and had to leave the room. Also, he referenced Bush more than the present admin. Oh, let’s keep blaming Bush.
Do they have any other Mantra in this WH?

[Brytani]

“We will not negotiate with terrorists” sigh

[Protect the Bill of Rights]

My sense was that a plea deal of some sort could be worked out. I chose to ignore it (for now) or pretend I was reading too much into it.

I am having trouble wrapping my brain around so many things this past week. I don’t know how much more my brain can try to process.

[RogerQ]

They don’t need to make a deal with him to get information. Treat him like Bush/Cheney treated the Shoe Bomber, Richard Reid. Waterboard him till he gives us everything he knows, then try him before a Military Commission and place him before a firing squad. Thats the way Real American Men treat Terrorists.

[icwhatudo]

"why Abdulmutallab should cooperate given his right, as criminal defendant, to remain silent, Brennan replied: "He doesn't have to"

...and that ladies and gentlemen is why Gitmo prisoners should not be brought to US spoil.

[maggief]

WTF?

Plea bargaining with a terrorist.

[DoughtyOne]

Naive doesn’t begin to describe this administration. They’re going to have to come up with a whole slew of new adjectives before this one goes away.

[Eddie01]

In China, a plea deal includes letting the condemned live 3 extra months from tomorrow.

Wish we had that.

[Protect the Bill of Rights]

Yep. Heard it with my own ears.