Brennan implied that his Republican interlocutors should have concluded from his statement that Abdulmutallab was in custody and was cooperating that he would be given a Miranda warning and a lawyer. A reasonable person would not draw any such conclusion, however, and in fact Brennan's interlocutors did not . Brennan angrily asserted that he was “tiring of politicians using national security issues such as terrorism as a political football. They are going out there, they're, they're unknowing of the facts, and they're making charges and allegations that are not anchored in reality.” If Brennan is tired, his lassitude must derive from his own exertions in political football. चलिये हम बयान पर ध्यान देते हैं, “ जब सरकारें अपने लोगों की मूलभूत सुविधाओं को पूरा करने में असफल होती हैं तो लोग हिंसा और मृत्यु की विचारधारा की ओर आकर्षित होते हैं”, इसमें दो त्रुटियाँ हैं। पहला, इसमें समाजवादी कल्पना है कि सरकारें मूलभूत आवश्यकतायें उपलब्ध कराती हैं। नहीं, कुछ वस्तु समृद्ध राज्यों में सरकारें सुरक्षा करती हैं और वैधानिक ढाँचा उपलब्ध कराती हैं जबकि बाजार इसे उपलब्ध कराता है।
