Suspected airplane bomber Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab Sen. Bond To The WH: 'I’m Supposed To Apologize?' -- ABC News
The ranking Republican on the Senate Intelligence Committee, Sen. Kit Bond, R-Mo., dismissed the White House’s call for him to apologize for alleging that the administration leaked information about Umar Farouk Abdulmuttalab for political reasons.
"After telling me to keep my mouth shut, the White House discloses sensitive information in an effort to defend a dangerous and unpopular decision to Mirandize Abdulmutallab and I’m supposed to apologize?" Sen. Bond said in a paper statement today.
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Update: Storm Brews Over Decision to Reveal Abdulmutallab's Cooperation -- FOX News
My Comment: I was surprised when I read in the news that suspected airplane bomber Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab was cooperating with authorities .... I had thought that on the advice of his attorneys he had clammed up. So .... why did the administration make the decision to release this information?
I suspect that the reason why was because of the beating that they were receiving in the press on their decision to Mirandize terror suspect Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab .... I guess they felt that they had to respond.
But to respond in this way .... against the advice of the FBI .... is now morphing into a discussion that the White House is using intelligence information to advance their political standing. What the White House should have done is just clam up and say nothing .... the story would be dead by now and/or the proper Congresional politicians would have been notified and this story and the politics from it would have been buried.
But now .... we have this debate and controversy .... and while we are fighting among ourselves our enemies are watching us.
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