Surely this is not the first administration to seek the help of the FBI to further its political agenda, but it would be difficult to imagine any administration having done so in such a blatantly obvious way - a way that makes us less secure. For the Bureau to cooperate with the administration by leaking information just obtained from the Christmas Day Bomber after visiting with his parents in Nigeria is unforgivable. One wonders what the lawyer (whose fees we are paying) for Abdulmutallab thinks about all this. The "Rights" of the "accused," something of paramount importance to Eric Holder, would appear to have been seriously violated (or would have been if such "Rights" ever existed). No lawyer worth his salt would allow his client to talk to the FBI at this stage without assurances that his client's cooperation would be rewarded. We are now to believe that the reading of Miranda Rights to the bomber was not a problem after all, because he is once again talking freely. First of all, the FBI should be nowhere near this guy. He should be (and should have been) under the care and control of people who know how to get every bit of information out of him without making deals about "criminal prosecution." No doubt there is already a guilty plea in the works, with some kind of lenient sentence to follow. Meanwhile, all the information we could have gleaned in a timely fashion is no longer useful - even if he is providing it truthfully now (which is doubtful). This piece from The Corner on National Review Online today is right on target:
But even worse is that someone in the administration is leaking this at all. How does it further our national-security interests to tell Abdulmutallab’s fellow terrorists overseas that he is informing on them? What would you do if you were one of those fellow terrorists? If you hadn’t already gone to ground, you sure would do so now.
The Saga of Abdulmutallab, Underwear Bomber - Dana M. Perino & Bill Burck - The Corner on National Review Online
