Miranda Rights for non-American Terrorists

Choke! Sorry I just swallowed the last bit of credulity regarding the Obama administration's ability to govern that I had.

Miranda Rights for non-American Terrorists

June 10, 12:31 PM

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.”

That effort, which elevates the FBI and other law enforcement agencies and diminishes the role of intelligence and military officials, was described in a May 28 Los Angeles Times article.

The FBI and Justice Department plan to significantly expand their role in global counter-terrorism operations, part of a U.S. policy shift that will replace a CIA-dominated system of clandestine detentions and interrogations with one built around transparent investigations and prosecutions.

Under the "global justice" initiative, which has been in the works for several months, FBI agents will have a central role in overseas counter-terrorism cases. They will expand their questioning of suspects and evidence-gathering to try to ensure that criminal prosecutions are an option, officials familiar with the effort said.”

This is a paradigm shift in US Policy. The rights you enjoy as a citizen of this Nation will now be applied to those who wish to deprive you of your life. No longer does the United States consider itself at war with those planning to murder our citizens.

It is now a law enforcement action.

The people we are talking about are the same type that used box cutters to slit the throats of Aircraft Crew on 9-11 in order to take over those flights. Does anyone seriously expect that people like this will not be absolutely emboldened to know that they will now have all the rights of an American citizen? Including the right to remain silent? It didn’t work to save lives after the first attack on the World Trade Center in 1993. Because the Clinton Administration took the exact same path the short sighted Obama Administration is now, terrorists know they can act with impunity. All they have to do is to look at what happened to those responsible for the first World Trade Center Bombing. Worst case scenario, they will end up in an American jail with better food, housing and “rights” then they enjoyed while planning their murder. Such a deterrent is certain to cost American lives. This is foolhardy, nay stupid. This is guaranteed to cost the lives of American Citizens.

People will die because of this policy change. Just as Clinton’s policies cost the lives of 3000 Americans on September 11th 2001.

For more info: Weekly Standard, Los Angeles Times

Perhaps the best solution here is for soldiers to proclaim, "You have the right to die quickly," and then shoot them on the spot.