Comey's natural lack of curiosity aside, the rest of the country may want to know if Todashev was given his Miranda rights. Courts have ruled that when the subject feels he is not free to leave the interrogation he must be advised of those rights but the FBI refuses to answer that simple question citing its ongoing investigation. How many peace officers were huddled in Todashev's apartment? From 3 to 11 according to the FBI in various statements but no names can be released because of concerns for the agents' safety but the FBI saw no reason to withhold the name of the Coptic Christian film maker, Nakoula Basseley Nakoula who will eventually be released with the caveat that he may not arm himself.
And what about the now famous Todashev attack? Evidently the FBI is still trying to select the weapon. The weapon has morphed from a samurai sword, to a ceremonial sword, to a pole, to a pipe, to a broom, to a vase, to the table Todashev was sitting at, then to Todashev himself, the martial arts killing machine of 153 pounds with fresh surgery on one knee that made walking difficult. Given time the FBI will nail it down as it seems to have collected evidence to support any eventual conclusion. According to Todashev's widow, Reni Manukyan the FBI left nothing to chance.
“We had a yellow broom, a metal broom and then there was a mop. So they took the mop,” Manukyan said. What is referred to as a “broomstick” in the search warrant return, she says, must be the mop she found missing when she finally gained access to the condo after the FBI evidence team left. Investigators also collected a number of kitchen knives and blades, she says, as well as a ceremonial sword that she remembered as dull and broken long before that night.We see a lot of people bludgeoned to death with mop handles!
“The handle was broken,” she said. “That thing was trash to me.”
The public may also want to know why the FBI deliberately created the dangerous situation its agents supposedly found themselves in. If they were afraid of Todashev why did they not take him to a secure location instead of questioning him for 5 hours before they perceived a life threatening danger? Are we to believe agents just sat there as Todashev rifled through a drawer of kitchen knives until he selected the ideal parry knife or the perfect mop handle?
Yes, we are all eager to read to see the report released.
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