Unfounded Vindication
The Forgotten Man wrote here about the White House attempting to vindicate themselves by releasing details of Christmas Day bomber Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab recent cooperation despite his mirandizing 50 minutes after he was apprehended. But once again, the White House got it wrong as they compared this alleged success to Jose Padilla. As Thomas Joscelyn writes in the Weekly Standard, Gibbs stated “Jose Padilla was made an enemy combatant so that we could get him to talk,” Gibbs said. “And guess what happened when we made him an enemy combatant, he didn't talk. He did talk when he was transferred back into a civilian court.” However, the real story is that Padilla clammed up when he was mirandized and only started giving information when he was designated an enemy combatant and turned over to the military for interrogation.
It's bad enough that the Obama administration completely blew it on this one, but to outright mislead the American public borders on criminal. What they also seem to be missing in defending their actions is that even if the information is relevant, it's now over five weeks old. I wonder what intel the Christmas Bomber may have provided that could have saved American lives if we had gotten it sooner?
It's bad enough that the Obama administration completely blew it on this one, but to outright mislead the American public borders on criminal. What they also seem to be missing in defending their actions is that even if the information is relevant, it's now over five weeks old. I wonder what intel the Christmas Bomber may have provided that could have saved American lives if we had gotten it sooner?
Posted by The Forgotten Man at 2/14/2010 2:22 AM 
Categories: Terrorism
Tags: Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab Weekly Standard Jose Padilla
Categories: Terrorism
Tags: Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab Weekly Standard Jose Padilla
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