Susan Collins is full of crap
What did Susan Collins know about the undiebomber, and when did she know it?
Greg Sargent strikes again:
Senator Susan Collins, who’s emerged as a leading critic of the decision to Mirandize the bomb plot suspect, raised no concerns about his handling while being briefed on Christmas Day about his capture on a private call with a top Homeland Security official, a source familiar with the conversation tells me.
The call was confirmed to me by Department of Homeland Security spokesperson Bobby Whithorne, who declined to confirm details.
The claim about Collins’ silence comes after Obama counterterror chief John Brennan madebig news yesterday by claiming that four other top GOP Congressional officials were similiarly told that Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab was being held in “FBI custody,” prompting no objections from the Republican leaders.
Why does it matter what Collins knew and when she knew it? Well …
Because lately, Ms. Collins has had an uncharacteristically big mouth:
When Collins delivered the GOP weekly address in late January, she devoted the entire thing to criticizing the decision to Mirandize the suspect. “How did the Obama administration decide to treat a foreign terrorist who had tried to murder hundreds of people as if he were a common criminal?” she asked, adding that the Obama administration had “advised him that he could remain silent and offered him an attorney at our expense.”… “This administration cannot see a foreign terrorist even when he stands right in front of them fresh from an attempt to blow a plane out of the sky on Christmas Day,” she continued. “Foreign terrorists are enemy combatants and they must be treated as such.”
And apparently, Ms. Collins couldn’t spot hypocrisy if it was gift wrapped and placed under her holiday tree. The other four disingenuous R’s: Mitch McConnell,John Boehner, Kit Bond, and Pete Hoekstra — all of whom were told by Brennan that AbdulMullatab was in FBI custody, which by definition means he would be Mirandized.
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