Larry King Better Than Feds at Interrogation: McConnell

Senate's top Republican blasts Obama on terror

By Will McCahill, Newser Staff

Posted Feb 4, 2010 8:16 PM CST

(Newser) – Perhaps a little too pumped up by his new 41-59 majority in the Senate, Republican leader Mitch McConnell lashed the Obama administration for allowing would-be Detroit bomber Umar Farouq Abdulmutallab to lawyer up.
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