"'Serious mistake' if car bombing suspect was Mirandized"

[unixronin]

So says John McCain of the attempted Times Square carbomber.  Because then we'd have to prosecute him through the criminal justice system and he'll have, like, rights and stuff, instead of treating him as an "enemy combatant".  Because we've just gotten SO MUCH vitally important intelligence out of all the "detainees" we've been storing indefinitely at Guantanamo.

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[unixronin.livejournal.com]

We already have existing law that says suspects on trial on terrorism charges may not be entitled to hear evidence against them if disclosing it in their presence would endanger national security. I can tolerate excluding them from the courtroom while such evidence is presented, but IMHO the judge needs to see it.

On the other hand, if you can't convict someone on terrorism charges WITHOUT revealing evidence that jeopardizes national security, you didn't have that much of a case against him in the first place.