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.

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