Sunday, June 14, 2009

Terrorists to Receive Miranda Rights?

Why on Earth would President Obama want to give captured terrorists Miranda rights? The notion is absurd and ridiculous since these people are not entitled to right normally given to Americans.

Since a terrorist has the right to remain silent, he is not compelled to divulge what he knows. This will likely dry up the flow of intelligence, and could result in the loss of life as a result since this intel has to be acted on quickly. If Khalid Sheikh Mohammed had had such rights we likely would have seen a larger loss in life regardless of the interrogation method.

President Obama is taking us back to a pre-9/11 mentality, where we are to treat terrorists as mere crimminals to be tried in normal courts instead of enemy combatants to be treated as you would in a time of war. This is incredibly dangerous.

He of course is doing this so as to make way for future terrorists to be tried. However, these cases will make still be hard to make due to the way in which a terrorist might have been captured, i.e. divulging sources and methods.

I would hope President Obama would think long and hard about this road he's taking us down, because it is one that will lead to nothing but trouble.

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