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Civil Libertarians and Excessive Post-Boston Angst

By Timothy H. Lee
Thursday, April 25 2013

Did America violate the due process rights of the murderous Boston terrorist – we won’t publicly recite his name – by interrogating him prior to itemizing his Miranda rights? The straightforward answer is “no,” and claims to the contrary from some hand-wringing alarmists do not withstand legal or logical scrutiny. To be sure, civil libertarians are right to cast a wary eye on government authority. That was, after all, the basis for the American Revolution itself. Unfortunately, excesses and hyperbole do a disservice to the nation by obfuscating…

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