Adam Serwer argues against using Miranda rights as a national-security fix:
The Miranda issue is much larger than reciting the now-familiar right to remain silent. It’s really about a set of criminal-justice procedures following arrest that can potentially interfere with intelligence gathering. “When Holder says Miranda, what he really means is the collection of legal issues which you’re supposed to deal with as quickly as possible,” says Ben Wittes, a scholar at the Brookings Institution. “We ought to design a first few days, first few hours for the kind situation when the government pulls someone off a plane with their underwear on fire.”
