Obama's Guantanamo Obsession -- Charles Krauthammer, Washington Post
On Wednesday, Nigerian would-be bomber Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab was indicted by a Michigan grand jury for attempted murder and sundry other criminal charges. The previous day, the State Department announced that his visa had been revoked. The system worked.
Well, it did for Abdulmutallab. What he lost in flying privileges he gained in Miranda rights. He was singing quite freely when seized after trying to bring down Northwest Flight 253 over Detroit. But the Obama administration decided to give him a lawyer and the right to remain silent. We are now forced to purchase information from this attempted terrorist in the coin of leniency. Absurdly, Abdulmutallab is now in control.
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Commentaries, Opinions, And Editorials
After Detroit, a Big Security Gap and a Less than Reassuring Response -- Washington Post editorial
'A Failure to Connect the Dots' -- Wall Street Journal editorial
The Meaning of Al Qaeda's Double Agent -- Reuel Marc Gerecht, WSJ
Don't Discount Europe's Commitment to Afghanistan -- Carl Bildt and Anders Fogh Rasmussen, Washington Post
A Nonstarter on Arms Control -- Ariel Cohen, New York Times
India’s challenge To Pakistan -- Ayesha Siddiqa, Dawn
Public hopes fade to fears over the DPJ's capabilities -- Shinji Fukukawa
May I introduce the bloody-minded Icelanders -- Roy Hattersly, The Times