Delaware Liberal

Here We Go Again, Miranda

So let me get this straight…. Republicans are for taking away the basic rights of an American citizen… and the Teabaggers believe that President Obama is the one that is fascist. That is some damn good PR.

John McCain said this morning on infamously tolerant “Imus in the Morning” program that he thinks it is an obviously “serious mistake until all the information is gathered” to give American citizen yet suspected Times Square attempted carbomber Faisal Shahzad his Miranda warnings that he has a right to a lawyer and the right to remain silent. Rep. Peter King, the top Republican on the Homeland Security committee, agrees:

“I hope that [Attorney General Eric] Holder did discuss this with the intelligence community. If they believe they got enough from him, how much more should they get? Did they Mirandize him? I know he’s an American citizen but still,” King said. “I hope that if they did read him his rights and if they are going for an indictment as opposed to a tribunal that he did discuss it with the Director of National Intelligence, the Central Intelligence Agency, all the component parts of the intelligence community.”

Nevermind, again, our history of giving suspected Terrorists caught on U.S. soil, whether they are U.S. citizens or not, their Miranda warnings. The failed crotch bomber Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab was read his Miranda rights before the Director of National Intelligence was consulted about the decision. The failed shoe-bomber, Richard Reid, was read his Miranda rights as he was taken into custody off the plane. After that, the Bush Administration became less vigilant in protecting the U.S. Constitution, to say the least, but even then, many suspects, including those tied to September 11 attacks, did receive Miranda-like warnings.

What we have just witnessed over the weekend and on Monday was the successful efforts of law enforcement in dealing with terrorism. From the NYPD to the FBI, they investigated and caught the terrorist. Their efforts should be applauded, not disrespected, which is what John McCain and his Confederate friends are doing. Republicans do not trust our law enforcement agencies. They do not like our American justice system. In fact, they do not like the liberties given to the guilty and the innocent under our system of government. The threat to Tyranny is from within yourselves, Teabaggers.

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