Steve Hayes of The Weekly Standard, and esteemed member of The Panel on Fox News Special Report asks, in his column today, a question on the minds of many Americans: Who made the decision to treat the Christmas Day Bomber as a criminal rather than a terrorist?
Neither Hayes nor anyone else has yet been able to have this question answered by anyone in the administration. The estimable director of the FBI, Robert Mueller, has stated that the decision to read Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab his "Miranda Rights" was made by "agents on the ground." That, though, begs the question. The answer being sought is the identity of the administration official who made the decision to treat him as a criminal defendant rather than an enemy combatant. Since Abdulmutallab has no such "Miranda Rights" anyway (he is not a U. S. citizen), it really makes no difference who advised him of the "Rights" he does not have. The reading of his "Rights" comes into play only if the ridiculous decision to try him in our civilian court system (rather than try him before a military tribunal after proper water boarding) is carried through. Who made that ridiculous decision is the question that must be answered.
