"Mr. Padilla was added as a defendant in a terrorism conspiracy case already under way in Miami. The strong public accusations made during his military detention -- about the dirty bomb, Al Qaeda connections and supposed plans to set off natural gas explosions in apartment buildings -- appear nowhere in the indictment against him.
The indictment does not allege any specific violent plot against America. Mr. Padilla is portrayed in the indictment as the recruit of a "North American terror support cell" that sent money, goods and recruits abroad to assist "global jihad" in general, with a special interest in Bosnia and Chechnya. Mr. Padilla, the indictment asserts, traveled overseas "to participate in violent jihad" and filled out an application for a mujahedin training camp in Afghanistan."
How we treat innocent uncharged Americans.
Look at those photos, shackled, sensory deprived, guarded by three body armored guards. An innocent, and at the time uncharged American who could be you. This is why we have courts. Padilla could well be guilty, but his rights have been so trampled at this points, who cares? He has served his time for any offense he is currently (and finally) charged with. I've seen far more evidence that Bush et al are guilty of war crimes and unconstitutional acts that are impeachable "high crimes and misdemeanors", than I have that Padilla has done anything he was finally charged with. Hell, Padilla's 3 year uncharged, warrantless, confinement is more wrong than anything he has even been accused of.
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