All of the following goes on the premise that his citizenship will not be revoked due to fraudulent application, and he will not subsequently be shipped to gitmo for questioning. . . .
In the first place, the Miranda advisory statement is not what gives someone their rights in the United States. The rights are pre-existent, but we have to stop pretending they don't apply when the accused is Mirandized.
Second, this cat is an American citizen, and was captured on American soil, and was -and this is the important bit- NOT convicted of any crime when he was taken into custody. This guy was a criminal, not a convict. He, according to the spirit of the law in the USA, had done nothing wrong because he hadn't been proven to have done anything wrong.
Yes, he has valuable intelligence. Yes, he is an enemy combatant in the Jihad. Yes we need to lean on him. And [deleted] YES he should have been read his rights just like everyone else arrested for anything else, who is from here and caught here. Until the nation wakes up and we officially recognize that we are in a holy war not of our choosing, all this guy did is get suspicion (of being an attempted car bomber) drawn to himself. That's hardly the time to start breaking out the electrodes and bamboo slivers.
Are you ready to have the country officially recognize the jihad and start fighting back appropriately? Are you going to vote for people who will do that, this November?
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