The overwhelming majority of Americans know we are at war.

The would-be Christmas bomber reminded everyone of that fact.

So why did the government take the Christmas bomber into the criminal law system and read him his rights as if he were a U.S. citizen and tell him he had the right to remain silent?

We need information! The bomber has already told us that there are dozens, maybe more, already trained in Yemen ready, willing and able to launch similar attacks at American targets. Don't we want to know that?

One more or less learned U.S. lawyer Josh Marshall argues that's the way it should be, what the Obama Administration is doing is the right thing. Marc Thiessen questions that:

Why is the Obama administration telling Abdulmutallab that he has the “right to remain silent”? Why are they not interrogating him to find out what follow-on attacks may be coming? Is Josh okay with the decision to let this terrorist, who tried to kill hundreds of Americans, keep his secrets to himself? And will he stand up and defend that decision if another terrorist who trained with Abdulmutallab in Yemen succeeds in blowing up another plane?

Andrew McCarthy, who successfully prosecuted the blind sheikh behind the first World Trade Center bombing, explains why what the Obama administration is doing is gravely damaging to our national defense.

UPDATE: A new Rasmussen poll finds that 58% of the American public want the Christmas bomber waterboarded! Also,

Seventy-one percent (71%) of all voters think the attempt by the Nigerian Muslim to blow up the airliner as it landed in Detroit should be investigated by military authorities as a terrorist act. Only 22% say it should be handled by civilian authorities as a criminal act, as is currently the case.

The public's priority is defending Americans. The president should do what the public wants and what his oath to the Constitution requires.