“Not Guilty”?
The Rights of an American Citizen Afforded to a Terrorist…Is Anybody In The White House Awake? How does a terrorist even get the opportunity to enter a freakin’ plea?
DETROIT – A not guilty plea was entered on behalf of a 23-year-old Nigerian man Friday to charges that he tried to blow up a packed U.S. Detroit-bound airliner on Christmas Day.
A terrorist given rights?
Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab said little during a federal court hearing
that lasted less than five minutes. The , who wore a white T-shirt, tennis shoes and khaki pants, said “yes” in English when asked if understood the charges against him.
Abdulmutallab was traveling from Amsterdam when he tried to destroy the NorthwestAirlines plane carrying nearly 300 people by injecting chemicals into a package of explosives concealed in his underwear, authorities said. The failed attack caused popping sounds and flames that passengers and crew rushed to extinguish.
A grand jury indicted Abdulmutallab on six charges earlier this week. The most severe carries up to life in prison — the attempted use of a weapon of mass destruction.
During Friday’s hearing, Abdulmutallab stood at the podium along with Assistant U.S. Attorney Jonathan Tukel and defense attorney Miriam Siefer and answered a few questions from Magistrate Judge Mark A. Randon.
When the judge asked if he had taken any drugs or alcohol in past 24 hours, he answered, “some pain pills.” Siefer then said he was competent to understand the proceedings. Abdulmutallab, who is being held at a federal prison in Milan, Michigan, had been treated at a hospital for burns after the attack.
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