DNI Director opposed the mirandizing of Abdulmutallab
Director of National Intelligence Dennis Blair testifiying to the Senate has exposed a rift in the administration over the treatment of jihadists.
Blair noted that the administration has created a special team for interrogating high-value terrorism suspects and that it wasn't used -- but should have been -- after the arrest of Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, the Nigerian accused of attempting to take down the Northwest Airlines flight traveling from Amsterdam to Detroit.
"That unit was created exactly for this purpose," Blair told the Senate Homeland Security Committee. “We did not invoke the HIG in this case. We should have. Frankly, we were thinking more of overseas people. And, duh ... the decision was made on the scene."
Intelligence director says accused Northwest bomber should have been interrogated by elite team | D.C. Now | Los Angeles Times
The truth is that not only was Blair not consulted ;but neither were Janet Napolitano, DHS, Michael Leiter, chairman of the National Counterterrorism Center;and FBI Director Robert Mueller.Blair testified that they were not intentionally excluded ;but the procedures and processes designed by the Obama administration are so sloppy that effectively there is no process at all. Everything is ad hoc... Duh .
So why wasn't Abdulmutallab interrogated by this new unit created by the Obama am. For expressed purpose of interrogating terrorists ? According to Blair it was because Abdulmutallab had made it into the United States and the unit was only designed to interrogate terrorists overseas . Apparently they never considered the possibility that these terrorists overseas may one day attempt an attack inside the USA ? Duh .
Mueller said the decision to arrest and mirandize him was made by agents on the ground . He testified "In this particular case, in fast-moving events, decisions were made-appropriately, I believe, very appropriately-given the situation." Then he went on to testify that intelligence gathering stopped when Abdulmutallab was told he had the right to remain silent and to an attorney. ........Duh
It doesn't make sense . Abdulmutallab had roasted his chestnuts and was safely being guarded in a hospital. There was no reason for the agents to make the decision.Immediate decisions were not needed . Clearly a decision like that should've been made by someone in a higher position . Did the agents make a mistake ? If the answer is yes ;then why couldn't Eric Holder over-rule the decision and hand him over to the military ,or whoever oversees the interrogation unit. It is still not too late to classify him as an enemy combatant . Are we to believe that this was really a mistake that couldn't be rectified ? Or is it more probable that Holder and Obama agree with the decisions that were made ?
Bill Burck at NRO weighs in
The Justice Department, with the White House's explicit or tacit blessing, has won a major turf battle with the intelligence services. The Obama White House is so committed to the law-enforcement approach to combating terrorism — the very approach that the bipartisan 9/11 Commission said was a major reason the 9/11 plot went undetected until it was too late — that the possibility of interrogating Abdulmutallab to learn whether he had information that could help prevent another attack was seen as, at best, a secondary consideration and, at worst, wholly irrelevant. The war on terror, at least when it comes to threats to the homeland, has been turned over completely to the Justice Department, which is far more focused on punishment and apprehension after the fact than on preventing attacks before they happen .
Who Made the Decision on Abdulmutallab? - Bill Burck - The Corner on National Review Online=
DUH !!!!!
