BREAKING: NBC Reporting that Suspect #2 has been Mirandized by the FBI

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[Perdogg]

And...scene. RT @adamsavader BREAKING: NBC Reporting that Suspect #2 has been Mirandized by the FBI.— Monica Crowley (@MonicaCrowley) April 20, 2013

[okie01]

U.S. citizen arrested on U.S. soil had better get due process.

Unless he has committed a terrorist act in service to a foreign power.

In which case his ass is grass. Literally. And legally.

Dzhokhar Tsaraev acted as a traitor and committed a terrorist act against the country and thereby sacrificed all rights of citizenship. Instead, he qualifies as an "enemy combatant" -- a status which doesn't even qualify for protection under the Geneva Convention.

Tsaraev belongs in a military court -- where he would be sentenced to death.

See Ex parte Quinn (1942).

[GOYAKLA]

Giuseppe Zangara (September 7, 1900 – March 20, 1933) was the assassin of Chicago mayor Anton Cermak.
On February 15, 1933 he shot at FDR and killed Cermack. Execution was 35 days later.
Damn those were the “Good Olde Days”!
My next door neighbor, Patrolman Fitzhugh Lee was FDR’s chauffer that day and was one of those who caught the perp.
Secret service were not responsible for FDR’s travel.

[Road Warrior ‘04]

Dirty bastards! (not saving language) They should have taken him to a black site and water boarded him!

[ELS]

According to CBS, he has/will not be Mirandized.

[batterycommander]

He can join Nassan at Fort Hood. It was workplace violence, doncha know. Oh Jeeves, come give me another massage.

[QT3.14]

Can't wait to see the stonewalling. The FBI interviewed his brother two years ago and now this. Just like 911, agents warned their superiors before the event and where ignored and hounded later.

Gross incompetence V2.0.

[AlexW]

I am a bit surprised that Aljazera is covering this as intensively as FOX.

[easternsky]

I thought no death penalty in Mass.

[centurion316]

So, in spite of Supreme Court decisions requiring the reading of Miranda rights, you do not believe that this should have been done in this case? How do you think a failure to do so would have affected future court actions? What would you recommend that they do in these circumstances?

[austinaero]

“agree totally, he become an American citizen and now he has rights and so bozo can deal with all the aftermath plus the left is against the death penalty so what will they push for”

I agree and Conservatives can highlight and point out that this is what happens when we allow student visa immigrants from hostile areas to become ‘citizens’...they get to take advantage of the system as if they were born here.

[101stAirborneVet]

"But THIS guy is a jihadi terrorist dirtbag. Asking him “where are the rest of the IEDs?” isn’t going to make him more likely to tell you by not mirandizing him. He WANTS innocent people to get blown up by them."

My hope would be that because he is injured and will possibly be drugged at the hospital, they can question him under the public safety exception (a questioning which, because he is in distress would not be allowed otherwise), and hopefully elicit information implicating any accomplices that they do not currently know about.

His statements implicating others during his questioning under the public safety exception can be used as probable cause to proceed against additional suspects.

[pollywog]

I heard they weren’t going to do that....figures! Obama! Holder...

[RugerMini14]

I fully expect the MuzzieOTUS to pardon this jihadist after the 2016 elections.

[101stAirborneVet]

"So, in spite of Supreme Court decisions requiring the reading of Miranda rights, you do not believe that this should have been done in this case? How do you think a failure to do so would have affected future court actions? What would you recommend that they do in these circumstances?"

Miranda is not required to ask this guy a number of questions about imminent dangers to the public.

[austinaero]

I sure would appreciate a link to some of that “begging the US to stop the drone war” stuff you mention.

[Bronzy]

You should have stayed here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8dOHEw8izno&NR=1&feature=endscreen

[Alaska Wolf]

So, in spite of Supreme Court decisions requiring the reading of Miranda rights,

Are enemy combatants and traitors entitled to Miranda rights?

[Meet the New Boss]

We’ve got at least a couple of federal capital crimes to charge him with. In the last ten years Congress expanded the category of these crimes.

Detonating an explosive device in the crowd on a public street should qualify as federal capital crime under the expanded statute.

Also, killing the MIT cop is probably a federal capital crime, even though the cop was not a federal agent, because the perps were the object of a federal investigation and did so to avoid apprehension.

A bigger question is whether Holder would be willing to seek the federal death penalty, even though it appears he has grounds to do so. I think no.

[austinaero]

I think your question is good. The next question is, what category are the Feds going to put him in? Is he going to be classified as an enemy combatant? With the excrement for President we have, I highly doubt that.

[Political Junkie Too]

Correct me if I'm wrong, but a person has a right to remain silent whether someone reads it to him or not. Miranda only requires the police to inform the suspect of that right, and to tell him that anything he says will be used against him.

Not "Mirandizing" him is not carte blanche to beat the crap out of him if he doesn't cooperate.

-PJ