Padilla Is Convicted in Terrorism Case ap Link

[Perky]

Padilla Is Convicted in Terrorism Case

MIAMI (AP) -- Jose Padilla was convicted of federal terrorism support charges Thursday after being held for 3 1/2 years as an enemy combatant in a case that came to symbolize the Bush administration's zeal to stop homegrown terror.

Padilla, Adham Amin Hassoun and Kifah Wael Jayyousi face possible sentences of life in prison if convicted of all three charges in the case.

The three are accused of being part of a North American support cell that provided supplies, money and recruits to groups of Islamic extremists. The defense contended they were trying to help persecuted Muslims in war zones with relief and humanitarian aid.

Padilla was first detained in 2002 because of much more sensational accusations. The Bush administration portrayed Padilla, a U.S. citizen and Muslim convert, as a committed terrorist who was part of an al-Qaida plot to detonate a radioactive "dirty bomb" in the U.S. The administration called his detention an important victory in the war against terrorism, not long after the Sept. 11 attacks.

The charges brought in civilian court in Miami, however, were a pale shadow of those initial claims in part because Padilla, 36, was interrogated about the plot when he was held as an enemy combatant for 3 1/2 years in military custody with no lawyer present and was not read his Miranda rights.

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[ayeshahaqqiqa]

1. Terra terra terra

fear fear fear---what a nice distraction from the tanking Dow Jones....

[EST]

2. And one of the biggest effects is that the doj and the executive

are so infested with corruption that very few people who have any idea of what's going on actually will believe any of it.
Was he convicted? Well, yes.
Was he guilty? Who the hell knows?

Unfortunately, they have him so screwed up that not even he knows, for sure.

[napi21]

3. I know how this admin is going to spin this. "We were RIGHT!"

However, I think we can spin it the other way! The US court system worked just fine! Why do we still have Gitmo? Bring them all to a regular trial in the Us std. court system and let justice work!!!!

[Vincardog]

4. Is this the same person who is now insane and unable to participate in his defense?

The one that now LOVES BOOOSH?

[Peregrine Took]

5. DId they waterboard him like "Jason Bourne"? n/t

[no_hypocrisy]

6. Mission Accomplished