Osama bin Laden, you have the right to remain silent. You have the right to an attorney, and if you cannot afford one, an attorney will be provided. Do you understand these rights?
Well, we don't.
During a visit to Afghanistan, Rep. Mike Rogers, Michigan Republican, witnessed captured foreign fighters being read Miranda warnings. The Justice Department says this is done "to preserve the quality of evidence obtained." The practice began during the Bush years when congressional challenges to the administration's detainee policy required building criminal cases using "clean" evidence that could stand up in U.S. courts.
This looks like a creeping return to 1990s counterterrorism practices that failed to prevent the Sept. 11 attacks. The 9/11 Commission found that policies adopted in the Clinton years - which limited intelligence sharing lest criminal cases be compromised - led to tragedy. There was an overabundance of caution to avoid evidence being tainted, and it was an open secret in the FBI that sharing too much was a career ender.
Well, we don't.
During a visit to Afghanistan, Rep. Mike Rogers, Michigan Republican, witnessed captured foreign fighters being read Miranda warnings. The Justice Department says this is done "to preserve the quality of evidence obtained." The practice began during the Bush years when congressional challenges to the administration's detainee policy required building criminal cases using "clean" evidence that could stand up in U.S. courts.
This looks like a creeping return to 1990s counterterrorism practices that failed to prevent the Sept. 11 attacks. The 9/11 Commission found that policies adopted in the Clinton years - which limited intelligence sharing lest criminal cases be compromised - led to tragedy. There was an overabundance of caution to avoid evidence being tainted, and it was an open secret in the FBI that sharing too much was a career ender.
Source: The Washington Times
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