A Very Poor Response to Terrorist Threats

Well, finally.
Someone admitted that it was the decision of the Justice Department to end the FBI interrogation of the underwear bomber on Christmas Day, to give him Miranda rights, and to place him in the US legal system--with his own lawyer. Paid for of course by you, the American taxpayer.
And not surprisingly, when the terrorist was given rights reserved for US citizens--rights not to be given to terrorist enemy combatants--he then of course stopped talking. Even though he had admitted that other terrorists were heading our way.
And no one--not Defense, Homeland Security, the Directors of National Intelligence or National Counterterrorism--was invited to be part of this decision.
President Obama had specifically set up a system to interrogate suspected terrorists. It wasn't invoked.
Listen to Senator Susan Collins (R-Maine): "President Obama recently used the phrase that ‘we are at war’ with terrorists. But unfortunately his rhetoric does not match the actions of his administration. This charade must stop. Foreign terrorists are enemy combatants and they must be treated as such.....The safety of the American people depends on it."
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/washington/2010/01/weekly-remarks-why-stop-interrogating-terrorists.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+topoftheticket+%28Top+of+the+Ticket%29