Bombing Suspect Still Hospitalized As Battle Brews Over His Right To Remain Silent -- McClatchy News
WASHINGTON — A pointed legal and political fight has begun over whether the wounded ethnic Chechen suspected of being one of two Boston Marathon bombers should be treated as an enemy combatant, instead of as a conventional criminal.
With formal charges imminent, Republican lawmakers want the Justice Department to designate 19-year-old Dzhokhar Tsarnaev as an enemy combatant, while senior Democrats warn that the move is unwarranted.
The outcome will determine how Tsarnaev is treated, and, in particular, how he is questioned. Though the naturalized U.S. citizen appears ineligible for the kind of military commissions established for foreign terrorists, designation as an enemy combatant could subject him to extended, isolated interrogation.
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My Comment: This argument is now moot. He will not be treated as an enemy combatant .... therefore .... he can now obtain legal consul and remain silent. Now if another terrorist occurs and it is later proven that he had prior knowledge of the group and/or of the attack .... sighhhh .... many accept that as the price to pay for the system of government and laws that we now have.