Ethics

Petraeus: Rogers and Hoekstra Are Full of Shit

By Ed Brayton

On Wednesday the Weekly Standard had a story wherein Rep. Mike Rogers and Rep. Pete Hoekstra, both Michigan Republicans on the House Intelligence Committee, claimed that the Obama administration had secretly ordered our troops to read detainees their Miranda rights when capturing them in Iraq and Afghanistan. On Thursday Gen. David Petraeus, the commander of all American forces in both countries, shot down that claim.

Miranda warnings are the ones you've seen on every TV police show for the last 40 years - "You have the right to remain silent. Anything you say can and will be used against you in a court of law. You have the right to speak to an attorney, and to have an attorney present during any questioning. If you cannot afford a lawyer, one will be provided for you at government expense."

Full post as published by Dispatches from the Culture Wars on June 15, 2009 (boomark / email).