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House counterterrorism chief John Brennan revealed Sunday that he
briefed four Republican congressional leaders on Christmas night about
the arrest and subsequent handling of the suspect in an attempted sky
bombing.
"None of those individuals raised any concerns with me, at that point,"
Brennan said on NBC's "Meet the Press." "They didn't say, 'Is he going
into military custody? Is he going to be Mirandized?' They were very
appreciative of the information. We told them we'd keep them informed.
And that's what we did."
The revelation could undermine Republican complaints about the reading
of Miranda rights to the Nigerian suspect, Umar Farouk Abdulmatallab.
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Those briefed were Sen. Mitch McConnell (Ky.); House Minority Leader
John Boehner (Ohio); Sen. Christopher Bond (Mo.), vice chairman of the
Senate intelligence committee; and Rep. Pete Hoekstra (Mich.), top
Republican on the House intelligence committee.
http://www.politico.com/blogs/politicolive/0210/Brennan_briefed_GOP_on_Christmas.html?showall