Updated: August 17, 2011, 9:45AM
The FBI’s decision not to immediately advise a suspected terrorist of his Miranda rights upon his arrest has upset a federal judge and caused prosecutors to agree not to use statements he made prior to being advised of his rights in court.Senior U.S. District Jude Justin Quackenbush of the Eastern District of Washington ruled last week that FBI agents subjected Kevin Harpham, the man with ties to white supremacist groups accused of attempting to bomb a parade in Washington state on Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, to “the functional equivalent of interrogation” before he was advised of his rights.
This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://talkingpointsmemo.com/?p=108344