When It Comes To Mirandizing The Christmas Day Bomber, Someone Is Lying

So who’s lying?

On Tuesday: (h/t Doug Ross)

[FBI Director] Mueller said none of the intelligence chiefs at Tuesday’s hearing (including Director of National Intelligence Dennis Blair and CIA Director Leon Panetta) were consulted about the decision to read AbdulMutallab his Miranda rights. That decision was made by the chief security interrogator at the scene in consultation with the Department of Justice, Mueller said.

Same day report from CNN:

At congressional hearings last month, Director of National Intelligence Dennis Blair and Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano admitted they had not been consulted about the decision to Mirandize Abdulmutallab.

Today:

Ten top national security and intelligence officials were informed more than a day before suspected terrorist Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab was indicted under federal charges for trial in a civilian court, a top White House official said Wednesday.

Attorney General Eric Holder Jr. said Wednesday that he personally made the decision. “I made the decision to charge Mr. Abdulmutallab with federal crimes, and to seek his detention in connection with those charges, with the knowledge of, and with no objection from, all other relevant departments of the government,“ Holder said in a letter to Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky.

Among the Washington heavy-hitters in the Situation Room when that decision was made, according to Robert Gibbs, White House press secretary: Dennis Blair, the national director of intelligence; FBI Director Bob Mueller; CIA Director Leon Panetta; Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano; and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.

Any bets on who is the liar out of this crew?