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defrogITEM: The Obama administration is seeking a law allowing law enforcement to interrogate terrorism suspects without informing them of their Miranda rights.
Why? Well, if you ask General Eric Holder, it’s because “interrogators needed greater flexibility to question terrorism suspects”, because fighting The Terrrorz isn’t about who you are, but who you know. Also:
Okay. General Holder didn’t actually say it like that. But the spirit was there.
I’ve posted stuff before on Mirandaphobia, why we have limitations on police power in the first place, and this bizarre tendency of Republicans to insist we treat all terrorists as though they’re necromancer demons whom no prison can hold instead of the maladroit punk-ass dingbats they are.
Those posts remain in effect.
But it’s still infuriating that the Obama crew is buying into the Mirandaphobia meme ... though sadly not surprising, as I’ve also blogged before about the Obama admin’s tendency to validate much of George W Bush’s poor civil rights record. I mean, seriously, we might as well have elected John McCain at this rate for all the "change" we're getting.
The only thing that would make this whole thing weirder would be if Glenn Beck actually agreed with me on the Miranda ...
Oh.
Well, that’s awkward.
Arrest that man,
This is dF
Why? Well, if you ask General Eric Holder, it’s because “interrogators needed greater flexibility to question terrorism suspects”, because fighting The Terrrorz isn’t about who you are, but who you know. Also:
"Terrorists are so evil, scary, dangerous and EVERYWHERE that America’s justice system of law enforcement, judges, juries, legal representation and equal treatment under the law is powerless to catch and convict any of them, so just catching the guy isn’t enough – you need to declare him an enemy combatant and lock him away in Gitmo for ten years until he confesses something and rats out his superiors, otherwise he’ll just lawyer up and the next thing you know, he’s free on a technicality and ZOMG Arabs are flying planes into every shopping mall in America and all because some stupid libtards think Faisal Shahzad should be given Miranda rights and a big hug. Oh, and don't worry cos we'll only use this for people we know for sure are terrorists, because we're never wrong, and if we're not sure we can always ask Dan Fanelli, who knows a terrorist when he sees one. Kthxbye"
Okay. General Holder didn’t actually say it like that. But the spirit was there.
I’ve posted stuff before on Mirandaphobia, why we have limitations on police power in the first place, and this bizarre tendency of Republicans to insist we treat all terrorists as though they’re necromancer demons whom no prison can hold instead of the maladroit punk-ass dingbats they are.
Those posts remain in effect.
But it’s still infuriating that the Obama crew is buying into the Mirandaphobia meme ... though sadly not surprising, as I’ve also blogged before about the Obama admin’s tendency to validate much of George W Bush’s poor civil rights record. I mean, seriously, we might as well have elected John McCain at this rate for all the "change" we're getting.
The only thing that would make this whole thing weirder would be if Glenn Beck actually agreed with me on the Miranda ...
Oh.
Well, that’s awkward.
Arrest that man,
This is dF
