Karl Rove today called the way the Obama administration has handled the attempted attack on Flight 253 “troubling,” and said it “shows the big difference in this administration’s approach to it.”
In an appearance on Fox News, Rove criticized the White House’s supposed depiction of the suspected terrorist as a “lone wolf.” He asked: “This is an isolated extremist? We already have Al Qaeda up claiming credit for him.”
Rove continued: “And this guy’s telling the FBI there are more like me!”
He also took the opportunity to criticize the administration’s decision to treat the suspected terrorist as a criminal, and not as an enemy combatant. “This just shows the big difference in this administration’s approach to it,” he said.
This guy was treated not as an enemy combatant, and turned over to the FBI and the CIA for interrogation, he was charged criminally, which means he immediately lawyered up.
He concluded: “This is a very troubling way in which the administration has handled this.”
Here’s the video:
