With suspected terrorist Faisal Shahzad in custody, the debate over what rights should be given to the Pakistani-American man now facing charges in connection with the attempted Times Square car bombing is already raging.
The day after the arrest of the 30-year-old Shahzad at John F. Kennedy airport in New York on Monday evening, various Republican lawmakers and commentators took to print and the airwaves to whack away at the Obama administration over the issue of whether Shahzad should have been read his Miranda rights.
Last year lawmakers and pundits from all corners of politics weighed in loudly and aggressively about the eventual decision to Mirandize Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, the Nigerian man behind the failed Christmas Day airline bombing plot.
The situation is different this time, however, since Shahzad is a naturalized American citizen.
Key GOP lawmakers argued on Tuesday that law enforcement officials should not have read Shahzad his Miranda rights in the interest of maximizing the amount of intelligence that can be received through interrogation. Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.), for example, called the reading of the rights a "serious mistake."
Here's a sampling of the GOP responses:
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