Bin Laden raid stokes anti-Americanism.
Defending the Indefensible
February 4, 2010 By 28 Comments
Treating the Christmas bomber like a common criminal was a national security blunder.
David B. Rivkin Jr. and Marc A. Thiessen: A Tale of Two Terrorists – WSJ.com
February 2, 2010 By Leave a Comment
The Obama administration’s decision to read the Christmas Day bomber his Miranda rights has rightly come under withering criticism. Instead of a lengthy interrogation by officials with al Qaeda expertise, Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab was questioned for 50 minutes by local FBI agents and then later advised of his “right to remain silent.”It’s well understood that [...]
Gabriel Schoenfeld: How the Left politicized the terrorist watch list — latimes.com
December 29, 2009 By Leave a Comment
The case of the alleged Christmas bomber, Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, is being called a massive intelligence failure. And the evidence thus far does suggest a possible lapse in the government’s management of terrorist watch lists. But if so, the blame doesn’t lie wholly with government agencies charged with maintaining the lists. Some share of responsibility [...]
