Michael McCaul: ‘Rush To Mirandize’ Dzhokhar Tsarnaev Cost Valuable Intelligence
Posted in: Today's ChiliWASHINGTON — House Homeland Security Chairman Michael McCaul (R-Texas) said Friday the “rush” to read Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev his Miranda Rights cost the U.S. government valuable intelligence. He suggested changing the law so American citizens accused of terrorist activity can be questioned for at least 48 hours.
“Having been a federal prosecutor, I think this rush to Mirandize cost us valuable intelligence in terms of other plots that may be out there,” McCaul told reporters on Capitol Hill. “Remember that before he’s Mirandized, he does discuss the fact that he’s going to Times Square to detonate these other IEDs that were found in his older brother’s apartment.
“The only other avenue we had to get this intelligence is through this emergency exception to the Miranda warnings,” McCaul added. “But in my judgment, the FBI was cut short in their interrogations when the magistrate judge decided to Mirandize him within 16 hours, particularly given this condition of health that the defendant [is] in, and so I think that cost us dearly in terms of valuable intelligence.”
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