Posted on 01/31/2010 6:18:13 AM PST by rellimpank
The real scandal surrounding the failed Christmas Day airline bombing was not the fact that a terrorist got on a plane — that can happen to any administration, as it surely did to the Bush administration — but what happened afterward when Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab was captured and came under the full control of the U.S. government.
After 50 minutes of questioning him, the Obama administration chose, reflexively and mindlessly, to give the chatty terrorist the right to remain silent. Which he immediately did, undoubtedly denying us crucial information about al-Qaida in Yemen, which had trained, armed and dispatched him.
We have since learned that the decision to Mirandize Abdulmutallab had been made without the knowledge of or consultation with (1) the secretary of defense, (2) the secretary of Homeland Security, (3) the director of the FBI, (4) the director of the National Counterterrorism Center or (5) the director of national intelligence (DNI).
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After two days of harsh interrogation he should have been hung to death then buried in pig fat. No more nice guy games. It is time to react in manner these people understand. Death for them is the only solution.
Obama administration chose, reflexively and mindlessly, to give the chatty terrorist the right to remain silent. Which he immediately did,
Which to me makes Obama PERSONALLY responsible for any deaths that will occur from any future attacks. I mean PERSONALLY like being dragged out of the White House and hauled off to court.
POOR handling? How ‘bout NON-HANDLING???
This is 2010. We play with a nuclear football these days. Our government CANNOT afford to drop the thing - EVER.
Yes, they MUST be THAT good. Other administrations have been.
Who in the DOJ made this decision and was Obama aware of it? Congress should investigate this but with the Democrats in control that won’t happen. My guess is that Eric Holder made the decision with a write off from Obama.
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