Monday, January 25, 2010
Did the Obama administration blow an opportunity in the Flight 253 case? - washingtonpost.com
Of course, their original supportive reaction was knee-jerk also, but, they do deserve credit for this...
The Washington Post has had second thoughts:
"Whether to charge terrorism suspects or hold and interrogate them is a judgment call. We originally supported the administration's decision in the Abdulmutallab case, assuming that it had been made after due consideration. But the decision to try Mr. Abdulmutallab turns out to have resulted not from a deliberative process but as a knee-jerk default to a crime-and-punishment model."
