Congresswoman Michele Bachmann. Proudly Serving the 6th District of Minnesota

Congresswoman Michele Bachmann. Proudly Serving the 6th District of Minnesota: "Washington, D.C. , Jan 7 - U.S. Representative Michele Bachmann (MN-6) issued the following statement today calling on President Obama to reconsider his fundamental approach to combating terrorism:

“For the sake of U.S. national security, President Obama must immediately make a fundamental change to his policy in dealing with terrorism. It’s simply not enough to apologize for the government’s lapse in national security. Instead, the President must stop treating terrorists as criminals as opposed to the enemy combatants they are.

“How can we honestly believe the President when he says he will not rest until he finds out all who were involved in the attempted Christmas day bombing when we’ve already given Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab the right to remain silent? We should be using all legal means necessary to push this terrorist to release all his information, not allow him to lawyer up. He should not be afforded the rights of American citizens like you and me. He is a terrorist, and he should be treated like one. Abdulmutallab’s actions were an act of war and not akin to breaking an entering. Thus, they must be treated as such.

“Therefore, I’m calling on President Obama to immediately change his approach to this ongoing struggle against terror, and never again allow terrorists Miranda Rights. Our law enforcement should be allowed immediate access to any and all combatants for interrogation in the interest of national security. Anything less and the President will continue to put the men and women of this country at risk. There’s too much at stake.”"