"Ed Hulett -> All"  wrote in
news:30291$POL_INC{at}JamNNTPd:

 EH> Faisal Shahzed IS a radical Islamist and they are rounding up his
 EH> co-conspirators in Pakistan. Shahsed was captured as he was about to
 EH> take off on a flight to Dubai.

 EH> As much as Sauer and mayor Bloomberg wanted it to be a "teabagger"
 EH> "upset over the healthcare bill," it was (and BHO said it
in his news
 EH> briefing) a terrorist attack.

 EH> Once again reality trumps the loons on the left.

Once again, reality panics the loons on the right.

Yesterday, when the primary suspect in the attempted bombing of Times
Square was a middle aged white guy, Republican leaders were the picture
of calm, sober leadership. High ranking Republicans on committees
related to national security like Pete Hoekstra and Peter King urged
people not to jump to conclusions, while Senate Majority Leader Mitch
McConnell praised New Yorkers for not succumbing to fear. Likewise,
hawkish Senator Joe Lieberman, who has tended to side with Republicans
on national security issues, issued a statement yesterday saying, "More
than anything, terrorists want to instill terror. They want to create a
wide and broad sense of fear among ordinary people. The resilience shown
by New Yorkers robs terrorists of that power."

That was yesterday. Today, as in the aftermath of the failed underwear
bombing on Christmas Day, Republicans are eager to give that power back.
With the Justice Department announcing the arrest of Faisal Shahzad, a
Pakistani-born American citizen and Connecticut resident in connection
with the failed plot, Republicans have returned to their usual script.
Contrasting McConnell's careful statement from yesterday, Rep. Eric
Cantor complained that Americans really don't live in the kind of
perpetual panic that the threat of terrorism necessitates:

Cantor complained that the public "goes on heightened alert" after such
incidents for "hours and days rather than permanently" and thatObama
aides "tend to give these warnings due attention only in limited
spurts."

Senator John McCain, appearing on the Imus show, warned the
administration against reading Shahzad, an American citizen, his Miranda
rights:

"Obviously that would be a serious mistake until all the information is
gathered," McCain said during an appearance on "Imus in the Morning"
when asked whether the suspect, 30-year-old Faisal Shahzad, a
naturalized American citizen from Pakistan [should be read his rights.]

Not content to be merely opposed to due process for foreigners accused
of terrorism, McCain wants to deny American citizens their rights to due
process as well. Indeed, McCain and Lieberman recently introduced a bill
that would allow the government to hold U.S. citizens indefinitely
without charge. Needless to say, things like Mirandization were non-
issues for McCain during the Bush administration, when more than 403
convictions were secured through the civilian justice system.

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