Dan Miller
2010-02-03 05:31:55
The Crotch Bomber has started talking again, apparently under a plea deal and has provided “valuable intelligence.” That’s probably a good thing, but it suggests that the powers that be were puffing smoke when they announced that he had said all that he was going to say before being given a Miranda warning and counsel.
Word that Mr. Abdulmutallab has resumed cooperating with authorities isn’t likely to end the controversy. “There’s no changing the fact that Mirandizing Abdulmutallab gave terrorists a six-week head start to cover their tracks,” said Sen. Kit Bond of Missouri, the top Republican on the Senate intelligence committee. “We will never know what life-saving information on co-conspirators and future plots we missed out on.”
