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Post by LostSunrise on Jan 22, 2004 18:56:24 GMT -5
Jose Padilla is a US born US citzen. He was arrested on "alleged suspicions" to plant a dirty bomb in Chicago O'Hare Airport. He was returning form the Middle East where sources say he was revieving training in explosives and detonators. He has been held incommunicado* for over a year in a millitary prison. He hasn't been charged, with breaks the sixth ammendment. Even the infamous PATRIOT act does not allow his detainment. He has been labled as an enemy combatant by the Bush Administration although he was arrested far form a battle field and on "alleged suspicions." The Bush Administration also decreed that the decision that he was a combatant could not be second guessed. His lawyer filed a Habeus Corpus and it was eventually determinded that he had to be charged and tried. The government pulled strings to keep him in prison.
I think that the government is denying him the right to a trial because they do not have any evidence and do not want him to be aquitted on lack of evidence. He has been in questioning by the military for his entire imprisonment, and if they do not have sufficient evidence by now, there must not be any.
*Incommunicado means "without being allowed to speak with anyone"
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