J. Edgar Hoover Fought for People’s Right to Remain Silent in 50-Year-Old Case
Former FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover is often criticized for his zealous, unconstitutional surveillance of civil rights leaders and suspected communists.
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James Comey Faces Tough Questions During Confirmation Battle During Confirmation Hearings
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com President Obama’s nominee for FBI director, James Comey, faces a tough confirmation battle over a host of controversial issues facing the agency. Comey, who served as deputy attorney general in President George W. Bush, is seeking Senate confirmation at a tough time for the FBI, reports The Hill. The Hill reports that…
Boston Marathon Suspects Stops Cooperating After Miranda Rights Read
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com After 16 hours of interrogations in a hospital, the surviving Boston Marathon bombing suspect stopped talking when a federal magistrate read him his miranda rights for the first time Monday, Newsday reports. Dzhokhar Tsarnaev was being questioned under a public-safety exception that does not require law enforcement to read suspects their miranda…
Job Interview for FBI Position Lands Applicant in Hot Water
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com To Dominick Pelletier, he was just being honest when he admitted to possessing child pornography during a job interview for the FBI, Reuters reports. Because he wasn’t read his rights during the interview, Pelletier claims agents had no basis on which to search his property, where they found more than 600 images…
LA Times Editorial: New Guildelines for Miranda Rights “Defensible”
By The Los Angeles Times Editorial Page There was an uproar when it was revealed that Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, the so-called Christmas Day bomber, was read his Miranda rights. The hysterical reaction obscured a real dilemma for law enforcement: how to obtain what could be vital information about terrorist plots without denying suspects their legal…
Supreme Court Rules Silence is Not Golden With Miranda Rights
By Glynnesha Taylor ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — Sometimes silence is not so golden — at least according to the Supreme Court. In a narrow 5-4 decision, the Supreme Court ruled that suspects must speak up and say they want to remain silent to get protections under the Miranda Warning during interrogations. In other words, simply shutting…
Reading Miranda Rights Remains Hot Button Issue in Terrorist Cases
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — It’s not surprising that some politicians on the Hill — including Sens. John McCain and Joseph Lieberman — started to loudly complain the other day when they learned the FBI read Times Square car bomber Faisal Shahzad his Miranda rights. And it’s not surprising the government has been hesitant…
Christmas Day Bomber Read Rights 9 Hours — Not 50 Minutes– After His Arrest, Administration Says
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — The political bickering and posturing over the questioning of the Christmas Day bomber continued in true Washington fashion Sunday. Ex-Vice President Dick Cheney, who some may view as being on a campaign to prop up or save his legacy, went on ABC and said the administration should have considered…