Congressional Democrats Take Aim at Interrogators
Late Wednesday, congressional Democrats inserted (at the last minute) a section into the intelligence authorization bill titled, “Cruel, Inhuman, and Degrading Interrogations Prohibition Act of 2010.” The section ostensibly outlaws the types of interrogation tactics (e.g. waterboarding) used by CIA interrogators on senior al Qaeda terrorists and even specifies prison sentences starting at a minimum [...]
Mighty Big of Them!
So the mountain hath labored mightily and given birth to — a mouse:
An initial review by the Justice Department’s internal affairs unit found that former government lawyers Jay Bybee and John Yoo had committed professional misconduct, a conclusion that could have cost them their law licenses. But, underscoring just how controversial and legally thorny the [...]
From the administration’s lips to the pages of the Washington Post
Recently, veteran reporter Walter Pincus has been faithfully transcribing Obama administration talking points about the Abdulmutallab interrogation onto the pages of the Washington Post. Last week, Pincus passed along the White House’s claim that Abdulmutallab is talking again and, indeed, providing “not stale” intelligence (was it the White House or Pincus that decided [...]
How Barack botched the Christmas Day Jihadist Incident
In looking at this Stephen Hayes report at The Weekly Standard:
[...] One of the greatest concerns about the handling of Abdulmutallab is that FBI interrogators — in their initial 50 minute interview — questioned him without the benefit of the information the U.S. intelligence community had collected on him in the six months prior [...]
Three Different Accounts of Abdulmutallab’s Interrogation
In the five weeks since the Christmas Day attack on Flight 253, the Obama administration has come under tremendous scrutiny for its mishandling of al Qaeda operative, Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab. At first the criticism focused on the many intelligence lapses that allowed Abdulmutallab on the plane. In recent weeks, most of the attention has been [...]
Axelrod: "We Have Not Lost Anything" by Giving Abdulmutallab Miranda Rights
Top White House adviser David Axelrod believes the U.S. government properly handled the Christmas Day bomber, Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, despite the fact that Abdulmutallab stopped talking to interrogators after having had Miranda rights read to him. In an appearance on NBC's Meet the Press, Axelrod was asked about the decision to read Abdulmutallab his rights [...]
