This week I introduced a  Senate resolution condemning the actions of Attorney General Eric Holder for  granting the Christmas Day bomber Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab legal rights that  we share as U.S. citizens.  I was joined by six other senators in stating that America’s terrorist  enemies should not be afforded the same Constitutional rights as American  citizens.

My resolution states that Abdulmutallab should not be  granted a civilian trial nor the right to remain silent. We lost valuable  intelligence when agents were told to read Abdulmutallab his “Miranda” rights  under the direction of Attorney General Holder.

The Attorney General’s  decision to stop Abdulmutallab’s interrogation after a mere 50 minutes cost us untold intelligence  information and made America less safe. At a minimum, the Attorney General should consult the FBI Director,  the Director of National Intelligence, and others before unilaterally deciding  to terminate the interrogation of a key intelligence source and to give a  terrorist enemy the rights of an American citizen.

Rest assured I will keep fighting efforts to grant terrorists the same  Constitutional rights we as American citizens were afforded by our Founding  Fathers.