Glenn Beck Continues His ‘Miranda’ Crusade, Grateful For Media’s Support (Sort Of)

Last week Glenn Beck turned a lot of media heads when he told Fox & Friends that Times Sq. Bomb suspect Faisal Shahzad was a citizen and as such had all the “rights under the Constitution” including Miranda rights.

Last night, in the wake of Attorney General Eric Holder’s announcement that the administration is considering limiting Miranda rights in cases of suspected terrorism, Beck lashed out again.

Why do you not want to Mirandize someone, why is that important? Because you can use interrogation techniques before you Mirandize them….you can make them talk. What do you think, they’re going to have a cake?

Beck doesn’t come right out and say it but he certainly comes close to suggesting the administration doesn’t want to Mirandize so they are free to use…enhanced interrogation techniques. He also aired a montage of various media personalities’ expressing surprise over his initial remark — including Jon Stewart, Rachel Maddow, and Jake Tapper — and wanted to know what was so surprising? Beck has been very consistent in his support of the Constitution. It’ll be interesting to see if all this agreement ends up in some sort of strange bedfellow, media kumbaya moment on Jon Stewart’s couch. One can dream. Full clip below.

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