Coming Up on ‘This Week’ … Attorney General Eric Holder and Rudy Giuliani
EmailAnother attempted terrorist attack in New York City – one that seems to have been unsuccessful largely because we got lucky.
Fifty three hours after an attempted car bombing in New York’s Times Square, a suspect Faisal Shahzad is caught as he tries to leave the country. Was there a failure in intelligence? Why was he allowed to board the plane and how did he give FBI surveillance the slip?
Attorney General Eric Holder sits down with This Week anchor Jake Tapper in his first Sunday morning interview to share the latest on the investigation. We’ll also cover whether a New York trial for Khalid Sheikh Mohammed is still in play and how the Obama Justice Department will address Arizona’s immigration law? Attorney General Eric Holder, Sunday on This Week.
And, in a This Week EXCLUSIVE interview, former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani explains why he thinks the accused bomb suspect should be declared an enemy combatant. Should terror suspects lose their Miranda rights and be stripped of their citizenship? Is a criminal approach to terrorism making America less safe? The man who has been called America’s Mayor – the mayor of New York City on September 11, 2001 — Rudy Giuliani, only on This Week.
Plus, our roundtable, George Will, Shelby Steele of the Hoover Institution, prominent author and journalist Robin Wright of the U.S. Institute of Peace and John Podesta of the Center for American Progress will take on the Times Square scare. They’ll also address the other big stories of the week: Did the Obama administration’s respond quickly enough to the BP oil spill? Will the Greek debt crisis hobble the U.S. economic recovery? That and all the week’s politics, Sunday on This Week. You won’t want to miss it.
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BC’s Jake Tapper announced last night that this Sunday’s edition of This Week will feature two guests to talk about the failed car bombing in Times Square — Attorney General Eric Holder and former New York City mayor Rudy Giuliani.
I can understand the temptation to invite Giuliani on to discuss the attempted attack. After all, he was the mayor of the city that was threatened, and he was once a U.S. attorney and a member of the Justice Department.
But let’s be honest, Giuliani isn’t exactly credible when it comes to terrorism and national security.
Tapper offered a preview of what he and Rudy will discuss:
And, in a This Week EXCLUSIVE interview, former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani explains why he thinks the accused bomb suspect should be declared an enemy combatant. Should terror suspects lose their Miranda rights and be stripped of their citizenship? Is a criminal approach to terrorism making America less safe?
We already know the answers to these questions. Giuliani will say that the Obama administration is making a mistake by treating terrorism as a law enforcement issue and that this reflects a “pre-9-11 approach” to terrorism and something else about 9-11 and 9-11 and 9-11. Of course, this is the complete opposite of what Giuliani said during the Bush years, when he praised successful criminal prosecutions of terrorism suspects.
And let’s not forget that he caused quite a stir a few months ago with the gobsmackingly dishonest claim that there were “no domestic attacks” during the Bush administration.
Put simply, Giuliani’s approach to terrorism isn’t guided by principle or sense or even basic facts — it’s guided by politics. He completely reversed his position on criminal prosecution of terrorists — the very issue Tapper will discuss with him — based solely on which party controlled the White House. He’s demonstrated more times than should be necessary that you can’t trust what he says.
And yet he’ll be on ABC this Sunday for an “EXCLUSIVE interview,” offered yet another platform to lie and spin about an issue on which he has zero credibility.
Posted by: Metome | May 7, 2010, 11:46 am 11:46 am
The first word above should say “ABC”
Posted by: Metome | May 7, 2010, 11:47 am 11:47 am
Giuliani!? Puhhleease. I can sum up Rudy’s time right here and now and save you the time: Blah-blah-blah 9-11 9-11 9-11 terrorism terrorism, democrats have a pre-911 mentality, 9-11 9-11…..oh yes I forgot to say 9-11. That’s it. That’s all Rudy ever has to say on this subject. Why don’t you ask him why putting the city’s emergency services in the WTC in light of the past attack was so brilliant? Once again: My name is Rudy and 9-11. What a schill.
Posted by: Patrick in Chicago | May 7, 2010, 2:54 pm 2:54 pm
Why ae you having Guiliani again? He only spews more hate and misinformation. He has been wrong on so many things Iwould think you would want someone with a better track record. He has lost his creditability and no one gives a care about what he thinks. He certainly will not build up your audience viewership as I and others who know what direction he will take will not be listening.
Posted by: talmag | May 8, 2010, 8:41 am 8:41 am
If you’re going to have Rudy on (again) you’d better be ready to fact-check whatever he says, at the time he says it, or else it’s a complete waste of time. It’s the very least you can do, otherwise you’re just providing a platform for yet more disinformation and spin, which, as professional journalists, you should be trying to avoid, for the sake of your credibility.
Posted by: Patrick Star | May 8, 2010, 1:51 pm 1:51 pm