Did the Obama administration blow an opportunity in the Flight 253 case?

Washington Post

 The Washington Post Excoriates Obama for his mismanagement of the eunuch bomber

UMAR FAROUK Abdulmutallab was nabbed in Detroit on board Northwest Flight 253 after trying unsuccessfully to ignite explosives sewn into his underwear.

The Obama administration had three options:It could charge him in federal court. It could detain him as an enemy belligerent. Or it could hold him for prolonged questioning and later indict him,ensuring that nothing Mr. Abdulmutallab said during questioning was used against him in court.

It is now clear that the administration did not give serious thought to anything but Door No. 1. This was myopic,irresponsible and potentially dangerous.

Whether to charge terrorism suspects or hold and interrogate them is a judgment call. We originally supported the administration’s decision in the Abdulmutallab case,assuming that it had been made after due consideration. But the decision to try Mr. Abdulmutallab turns out to have resulted not from a deliberative process but as a knee-jerk default to a crime-and-punishment model.

In testimony Wednesday before the Senate Homeland Security Committee,Director of National Intelligence Dennis C. Blair,Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano,and Michael Leiter,director of the National Counterterrorism Center,all said they were not asked to weigh in on how best to deal with Mr. Abdulmutallab.

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7 comments to Did the Obama administration blow an opportunity in the Flight 253 case?

  • sheldon

    The white house closet muslim who shares his contempt for America along with his America-hating wife,who ives in unaccustiomed luxury at taxpayer expense and with his America hating reverend Wright continues to demean America in his speeches. Our only hope for America is a Republ;ican/Independent majority in the Senate so that Obama can be impeached for his true misdeeds just as he and his minions demanded Pres. Bush impeachment for daring to defend America and its values. Obama will not willingly allow the prosecution of an y muslim terrorists–these are his fellow muslims whom he loves and protects.

    • Boe

      Sheldon you are right. Eric Holder needs to be investigated too. He made the decision to treat as a common criminal…but I am sure with Obama`s approval. These 2 jack-ass mack-daddies are muslims and the American people are almost at their breaking point…and we will put a stop to this.

  • BERT

    DON'T THEY ALWAYS BLOW IT????? IMPEACH ALL OF THEM NOW BEFORE AMERICA IS GONE . HOW MANY LAME BRAINS DOES IT TAKE TO GET THIS TREASON-TERRORIST OUT OF THIS COUNTRY-ILLEGAL ALIEN AT THAT. WAKE UP AMERICA BEFORE IT IS MUCH TO LATE. OBAMMIE IS SUPPOSED TO HAVE HIS COURT DATE 1/26/2010. LETS HOPE HE IS HUNG FOR GOOD ALONG WITH ALL WHO KNEW ABOUT THIS PLOT TO BUY HIS POSITION HE ISN'T WORTHY OF. I SAY ALL THE CONGRESS KNEW ABOUT THIS -PELOSI -REID AND ALL THE OTHER COMMUNIST –MUSLIM JIHADIST TERRORIST KNEW ALL ALONG WHAT WAS GOING ON AND ALL OF THEM NEED PUNISHED TO THE FULLEST EXTENT OF THE LAW. ENOUGH IS ENOUGH. CLEAN OUT THE CORRUPTION OF WASHINGTON-CONGRESS AND START WITH NEW-TRUTHFUL-INTELLIGENT -WORKING FOR THE PEOPLE WHO VOTES THE TRUE PEOPLE IN OFFICE. WE LEGAL AMERICAN CITIZENS AREN'T "STUPID"!!

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  • Michael Snyder

    Hardly a day goes by that our president doesn't break a campaign promise,saddle us with a new taxation plan,or advise that new regulations will be imposed on banks,insurance companies,or whatever corporation might have a few bucks. If b.s. was music,he would be a symphony. Stimulas money to non-existing zip codes,net losses of jobs month after month. bribes to feather "his legacy."His policies must be rejected in the strongest possible terms.

  • Idaho Navy Vet

    How many of you noticed that Obumbler opened the door for the Muslim Brotherhood posted 1-22-10? TARIQ RAMADAN is the grandson of HASSAN al BANNA,the founder of the Brotherhood back in 1928. The Brotherhood has a bloody past with involvement in terrorism and assassinations of Egypt prime minister,Mahmud Fahmi Nokrashi in 1948,an attempted assassination of Egyptian president Nasser in 1954,assassination of Anwar Sadat in 1981,and at present support violent jihad groups including the mujahideen in Afganistan.
    Inviting his own demise at the hands of his Muslim friends doesn't seem likely,however,if he is as he claims,of Christian faith,he must be eliminated,especially if he converted from Muslimism. If,as many of the informed of us believe,he is in fact a Muslim,then he is relatively safe. Contrary to what the propaganda would have us believe,all nonbelievers in the Muslim faith must be eliminated as is demanded by the teachings of the Qur'an. The Brotherhood has as their motto:"Allah is our objective. The prophet is our leader. Qur'an is our law. Jihad is our way. Dying in the way of Allah is our highest hope."Enough Said??? The proof is evident .

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