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FBI memo allows for abbreviated Miranda rights in suspected domestic terror cases

By | 03.24.11 | 12:50 pm

The Wall Street Journal reports that the U.S. Department of Justice has decided to let the FBI keep domestic terror suspects in custody longer than the average criminal suspect without reading them their Miranda rights. The FBI memo is yet another move that shows the Obama administration keeping, institutionalizing and More…

During Graham-Kagan Discussion of Miranda, a Moment of Levity

By | 06.29.10 | 4:10 pm

At the start of what became a serious line of questioning on Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan’s view on how Miranda rights should be applied in terrorism-related arrests, Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) injected a rare moment of humor into today’s confirmation hearing.

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Holder Struggles to Defend 9/11 Trial Decisions

By | 11.19.09 | 6:00 am

Attorney General Eric Holder surely knew he’d be facing a tough audience when he prepared to testify to the Senate Judiciary Committee on Wednesday. That may be why instead of delivering the written testimony he’d prepared, he focused his opening remarks on

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Petraeus: We Don’t Read Detainees Their Miranda Rights

By | 06.11.09 | 10:53 am

If you didn’t wade through the details of counterinsurgency strategy in Spencer’s liveblog of Gen. David Petraeus’ keynote speech this morning at the Center for a New American Security conference, you may have missed this interesting nugget: Petraeus tore down a Weekly Standard report that the FBI was More…