Eric Holder admits he ordered Miranda rights be read to Abdulmutallab after just 50 minutes of interrogation

eric-holderIn a nation of cowards, at least according to Eric Holder, he may be the biggest coward of them all. According to Politico, Attorney General Eric Holder has finally admitted that it was in fact him who made the decision to read the crotch bomber Abdulmutallab his Miranda rights after just 50 minutes of interrogations. Of course Holder much like everyone else in Obama’s adminstration is blaming Bush for doing this.

Attorney General Eric Holder says he made the decision to read the underwear bomber suspect his Miranda rights — and he’s hammering Republicans for politicizing a practice he says they backed when George W. Bush was in office.

“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,” Holder wrote in a letter to senators Monday.

He called the decision “fully consistent” with precedents set by “administrations of both parties.”

“Those policies and practices, which were not criticized when employed by previous administrations, have been and remain extremely effective in protecting national security,” he said.

The Holder letter is the Obama administration’s latest round in an ongoing battle with congressional Republicans, who have accused the president of jeopardizing national security by informing the alleged terror plotter of his right to remain silent.

Holder said intelligence and law enforcement officials explicitly discussed whether to use the military tribunal system to try Abdulmutallab.

“No agency supported the use of law of war detention for Abdulmutallab, and no agency has since advised the Department of Justice that an alternative course of action should have been, or should now be, pursued,” Holder wrote.

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February 3, 2010 · Filed Under eric holder, muslims, Terrorism


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