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Overlooked On Newt-Stewart Exchange: Is Gingrich Confused About The Law?
Justin Elliott | February 10, 2010, 5:59PM
Newt Gingrich and Jon Stewart
As long as it's Miranda day around here: there's something in danger of being lost in all the chuckling today over Newt Gingrich's misidentification of shoebomber Richard Reid as an American citizen.
The fact is, non-citizens have the same rights under the U.S. criminal justice system as citizens. Non-citizens must be read their Miranda rights before so-called "custodial interrogation" by the police, just like anyone else.
PERMALINK | COMMENTS (31) | RECOMMEND RECOMMEND (5)Topics: Daily Show, Jon Stewart, Miranda rights, Newt Gingrich, Richard Reid, Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab
Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab
Bond On Detroit Case: Obama Didn't Learn From Bush's Mistakes
Justin Elliott | January 4, 2010, 12:47PM
Sen. Kit Bond (R-MO)
In a statement to TPMmuckraker, Sen. Kit Bond (R-MO) elaborates on his position that the Bush Administration made a mistake in not classifying shoebomber Richard Reid as an "enemy combatant" -- and that President Obama is now repeating that mistake in handling Umar Abdulmutallab.
But Bond, the top Republican on the Senate Intelligence Committee, does not explain why he did not speak out against Bush's handling of Reid at the time.
PERMALINK | COMMENTS (21) | RECOMMEND RECOMMEND (2)Topics: Barack Obama, George Bush, John Ashcroft, Kit Bond, Richard Reid, Senate Intelligence Committee, Terror Plot, Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab
Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab
Bond Spokesperson: Bush Erred In Trying Shoe Bomber As Civilian
Justin Elliott | January 4, 2010, 9:18AM
Sen. Kit Bond (R-MO)
Sen. Kit Bond (R-MO) on Sunday became the latest Republican to criticize the Obama Administration for handling the would-be Christmas day bomber as a civilian, and Bond's communications director added on Twitter that trying shoebomber Richard Reid in federal court was a "mistake."
The comments by Bond, the top Republican on the Senate Intelligence Committee, on Fox News Sunday echo calls by Rep. Pete Hoekstra (R-MI) and former Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge, for Umar Abdulmutallab to be tried in a military tribunal.
PERMALINK | COMMENTS (9) | RECOMMEND RECOMMEND (0)Topics: Kit Bond, Pete Hoekstra, Richard Reid, Shana Marchio, Tom Ridge, Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab
Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab
Hoekstra: Abdulmutallab Should Be Classified As 'Enemy Combatant'
Justin Elliott | December 30, 2009, 1:42PM
Rep. Pete Hoekstra (R-MI)
Rep. Pete Hoekstra (R-MI) believes the Obama Administration should have ordered that alleged terrorist Umar Abdulmutallab be taken into military custody and held as an enemy combatant, his spokesman tells TPMmuckraker.
Abdulmutallab is currently in federal prison in Michigan and is expected to be tried in U.S. district court.
PERMALINK | COMMENTS (69) | RECOMMEND RECOMMEND (4)Topics: Enemy Combatant, Jamal Ware, Pete Hoekstra, Pete King, Richard Reid, Tom Ridge, Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab
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