"The decision to Mirandize him was one that the magistrate made and that was totally consistent with the laws that we have, " Holder said.

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So they did ultimately Mirandize him.

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We are told that, for some reason, local FBI agents - who had gotten a wealth of valuable intelligence in the course of a few hours with the alleged Christmas Day pantybomber before they told him he had the right to remain silent - believed they needed to Mirandize the terrorist before he went into surgery.

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