Padilla case weaves web of risks for government (Miami Herald)

[RagingInMiami]

When federal prosecutors lost a major terrorism trial against a Tampa scholar this month, the shocking verdict raised doubts about a terrorist case in Miami against Jose Padilla.

Now, further complicating the criminal case is the possible U.S. Supreme Court review of Padilla's detention as an ''enemy combatant.''

Padilla, arrested in Chicago in 2002 amid accusations that he had planned to detonate a radioactive ''dirty bomb'' on American soil, has been in military custody.

But after declaring Padilla an enemy combatant, the Bush administration switched its position last month and tossed the former Broward County resident into the criminal justice system.

http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/13487487.htm

[baby_bear]

1. Alito must not be confirmed

Cases such as this one makes Alito a necessity to prolong the Bush dictatorship. Our constitution is at stake and is in the hands of a few senators.

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[Demeter]

2. Remember the Fable About The Tar Baby?

Bush has created an entire orphanage of Tar Babies, and they are sticking to him and his co-conspirators. A lot of them, like Padilla, are Ashcroft specials. It's no wonder the dead man won!