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By Steven L. Taylor
By Steven L. Taylor
Earlier today, ABC News reported what might have been a “dry run” for a terror plot: ABC NEWS EXCLUSIVE: Two Men on United Flight from Chicago Arrested on ‘Preparation of a Terrorist Attack’ in Amsterdam. It now looks like it may have all been a mistake. From me @OTB: Terrorism False Alarm? A bit of trivia worth noting, given my state of residence: one of the men in question started his day in Tuscaloosa, AL and flew the first leg of his flight from Birmingham. By Steven L. Taylor
Well, no. From me at OTB: By Steven L. Taylor
I discuss Joe Lieberman’s new idea over at OTB. By Steven L. Taylor
Indeed. More on Shahzad and the TSA here: Shahzad on Terror Watch List Since 1999?! By Steven L. Taylor
The Hill reports: McCain: ‘Serious mistake’ if car bombing suspect was Mirandized
This, without a doubt, ludicrous. Regardless of anything else, Shahzad is an American citizen arrested on American soil for a crime committed within the borders of the United States. If such a person doesn’t deserve constitutional protections, I don’t know who would. Really, this as clear-cut as it gets. Understanding that it is quite likely that Shahzad is guilty of the crime for which he has been arrested, do I really have to remind a US Senator that there is a presumption of innocence in the US criminal justice system? It is foundational to our criminal justice system. Indeed, even if one is caught in the act of committing a crime, one still has legal rights and is assumed to be innocent until the state can make its case in court. Granted, if one was caught red-handed, then making the case shouldn’t be too difficult. The whole point of the various rights under the Miranda umbrella (the right to remain silent or to have an attorney) is to put a check on the power of the government. Further, we have a court process for a reason—we do not want the police to act as judge, jury and executioner (i.e., determining guilt on the spot). If we are going to have any kind of serious discussion of “small” or" “limited” government it has to start with the coercive powers of the state. And, it is worth noting, the authorities do make mistakes. Does the name Richard Jewell ring a bell? It seems the McCain’s re-nomination fight is getting to him. More, along with a long list of reactions, from James Joyner at OTB who also notes that Representative Peter King (R-NY) expressed sentiments along the same line as McCain. By Steven L. Taylor
Jeffrey Goldberg writing at The Atlantic:
Yes, of course: one can extrapolate from one individual. Not only is the snark about “Barack Obama’s America” rather out of place given the topic under discussion (not everything has to be about cheap political points, for crying out loud) but the notion that one individual person can tell anything about “the future of integration” is an utterly ridiculous observation. Given that one could readily produce hundreds of thousands (and over time, millions) of persons who have integrated into the US quite nicely, I think the evidence is such that we can remain quite hopeful about the future of integration. Goldberg, however, is a fan of the single data point equaling proof of his personal hypotheses. In the same post he wrote:
Without getting into any discussion of linkage arguments, again: we are talking about a single data point. At least he allows that he is guessing. By Steven L. Taylor
James Fallows has an essay posted at The Atlantic that is is worth a read: If the TSA Were Running New York. After some tongue-in-cheek (although rather accurate) speculation about the TSA and the NY City attempted car bombing, he reminds us of the following:
The piece also notes the following from Fareed Zakaria:
Indeed. Those who treat all of this as an existential threat to the United States/the West seem to forget all of this (and, indeed, play right into the goals of the terrorists). |
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