Finally, after weeks of poking, prodding and questioning,
Eric Holder admits that he is the one who made the decision to read the Underwear Bomber his Miranda rights. Here's what he had to say in his own words:
I made the decision to charge Mr. Abdulmutallab with federal crimes, and to seek his detention in connection with those charges, with the knowledge of, and with no objection from, all other relevant departments of the government.
Hmm that's a bit odd. Eric Holder says that "all other relevant departments" agreed to this decision "with no objection." But on January 20th,
the Senate Judiciary Committee held a little hearing on this. Senator Jeff Sessions asked during the hearing who in the "upper echelons" were involved in the decision to Mirandize. FBI Director Robert Mueller testified that he was not consulted. Director of National Intelligence Dennis Blair testified that he was not consulted. Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano testified that she was not consulted (fat lot of good it would have done, though, granted). National Counterterrorism Center Director Michael Leiter testified that he was not consulted. So if none of these directors and their departments were considered "relevant" enough to consult ... who exactly DID Eric Holder consult before making this decision? I can think of only one other person .. and that would be the individual responsible for putting this mistake at the head of the Justice Department ... none other than The Community Organizer himself. Would you like a taste of the intelligence just oozing out of Holder's persona? Well, take this and ponder for a while:
There is no court-approved system currently in place in which suspected terrorists captured inside the United States can be detained and held without access to an attorney; nor is there any known mechanism to persuade an uncooperative individual to talk to the government that has been proven more effective than the criminal justice system.
I read more brilliant material this morning on the back of my Cap'n Crunch box.
Here's a prime example of why Americans don't support the Democrat healthcare efforts.
A Wall Street Journal article points out that the Senate version of the Democrat healthcare bill would raise the effective marginal tax rates for lower and middle-income Americans up to 41% on each additional dollar.
Turns out that
Scott Brown is going to be sworn in today. There were some very important votes that he didn't want to miss.
The US is going to release a
revision to employment data and it is expected that we may lose 824,000 more jobs.
Liberals often cite one of Obama's biggest accomplishments as ridding his administration of lobbyists. But is that true?
I'll give you a hint: no.
Where does the Constitution authorize Congress to force individuals to buy health insurance? The answer is that it doesn't.
But members of Congress have a different idea.
John Coleman, founder of the Weather Channel,
has produced a documentary on the other side of global warming.
Which states do you think are the most liberal? How about the most conservative?
This is the way that
Russia handles politicians who are critical Vladimir Putin.
