Posted on 06/10/2009 12:36:54 PM PDT by Danae
In a story by Stephen F. Hayes in the Weekly Standard, The Obama Administration has ordered the FBI and CIA to give terrorists anywhere in the world the Rights of an American Citizen, they must be read their Miranda rights.
You have the right to remain silent. Anything you say can and will be used against you in a court of law. You have the right to speak to an attorney, and to have an attorney present during any questioning. If you cannot afford a lawyer, one will be provided for you at government expense.
1) They have no Rights under American Law. They are not American. 2) This means that the FBI and CIA in Afghanistan are now fighting a law enforcement action, not a war under Combat Conditions.
To say that this literally hamstrings US. Intelligence operations worldwide is an understatement.
Quoting directly from Hayes article: “Rogers, a former FBI special agent and U.S. Army officer, says the Obama administration has not briefed Congress on the new policy. “I was a little surprised to find it taking place when I showed up because we hadn’t been briefed on it, I didn’t know about it. We’re still trying to get to the bottom of it, but it is clearly a part of this new global justice initiative.”
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How about that hope and change, seems to be working great so far for those who want to murder Americans.
Flashback: Obama in March: 'Now, do these folks deserve Miranda rights? Do they deserve to be treated like a shoplifter down the block? Of course not.'
Yep, can anyone imagine reading Nazi’s in Berlin their Miranda rights? Or the Japanese on Iwo Jima?
This will get people killed.
What a joke. Our troops will have to read terrorists there rights before they shoot back at them.
Unbelievable. Yeah, let’s provide captured terrorists with an attorney at government expense.
When did the FBI get jurisdiction abroad?
But of course. Oh and don’t be asking any questions of these bastards, that MIGHT ACTUALLY INCRIMINATE THEM!!!!!! Oh Heavens NO!
/sarc so thick I think I may barf
Seems to me the outcome of this will be their immediate death on the battlefield rather than a trip to a tropical island.
Doesn’t it flow from the CIA to the FBI once the “suspects” (OMfingG) are in custody?
I am just so sickeningly astounded.
Stray bullet is better than they deserve, but dead men don’t talk and give up plans like Sheik Khalid Mohammad did saving untold thousands in LA.
You have the right to remain silent.
If you choose to remain silent, your status will be changed from “unlawful combatent” to “rented mule”.
DO you wish to make a statement?
A variant of the hole and a shovel strategy.
This is madness. Obama is even worse than Jimmy Carter.
Why doesn’t he get rid of the TSA and flight screening while he’s at it?
See the ACLU web page this has been done. It is only idiotic Obama that actually listened to them whine about not getting their pacifiers and tucked into bed with their strapped to chest bombs with our name on it.
Well, yes, but tell it to the Obamites.
That will be next. He will cut that to pay for health care for illegal aliens and white/black trash welfare.Imagine paychecks for the skilled middle class worker when Obama is done... there isn’t much now as COLA’s only goes to the house and senate and gov.
For the safety of our troops the on-scene commanders should order an immediate withdrawl off all point positions.
If they re dead on sight, no reading, no trial, no bother.
Death is a highly underrated motivator
If there’s a right to remain silent, then interrogation is dead.
Sounds like our dingdong “president” is just BEGGING for either a revolution or a military coup.
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