Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab is shown in this booking photograph released by the U.S. Marshals Service December 28, 2009. REUTERS/US Marshals Service/HandoutFrom The Washington Post/AP:
WASHINGTON -- Badly burned and bleeding, the suspect in the Christmas Day flight to Detroit tried one last gambit as he was led away: He claimed there was another bomb hidden on the plane he'd just tried to destroy, officials said.
There was no second bomb, federal agents learned after a tense search. But the Nigerian suspect's threat began hours of conversations that are now the subject of a fierce political debate over the right way to handle terrorism suspects.
In interviews with The Associated Press, U.S. officials described for the first time the details of Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab's arrest Dec. 25 at Detroit Metro Airport.
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My Comment: The Washington Post gives a head's up on what the defense line will be for Abdulmutallab ....
.... Before they began questioning Abdulmutallab, the FBI agents decided not to give him his Miranda warnings providing his right to remain silent ....
As for what do is my personal opinoin on this whole thing .... Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab is a terrorist who has been praised by Osama Bin Laden himself .... but this Justice Department will still pursues the case that he is not an enemy combatant .... even when all the evidence indicates the opposite.
Update: Abdulmutallab interrogated for less than an hour; White House defends handling of terrorist case -- A commentary from Byron York, Washington Examiner
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