WASHINGTON — Which is it now — imminent terrorist threat, or no threat? Certain or uncertain?
Only last month U.S. intelligence officials were saying the Nigerian underwear bomber slipped through their nets because they didn’t think al Qaeda could or would mount another attack here.
Yesterday, they warned that a terror attack here was “certain.”
Meantime, we hear that the Miranda warning that FBI interrogators gave Umar Farouk Abdulmutullab caused the Nigerian to clam up.
But yesterday, FBI Director Robert S. Mueller III said he was singing like the proverbial bird.
Moreover, in “case after case,” terrorists have provided actionable intelligence even after they were given their rights and charged with crimes, Mueller said.
If that weren’t enough, officials continue to contradict each other on who’s in charge of interrogating Abdulmutallab and other top-of-the-ticket terrorist suspects.
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