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| 2003-12-16 |
| Jose Padilla, a U.S. citizen being held as an enemy combatant in the war on terror, continues to provide valuable intelligence to the government and will not be allowed access to a lawyer until those collection efforts cease. Senior Justice Department officials said Padilla eventually will be allowed a lawyer but that a delay was essential because of national security concerns. An order issued by President Bush in November 2001 allows captives to be detained if they were members of al-Qaida, engaged in or aided terrorism or harbored terrorists or if it is "the interest of the United States" to hold an individual. |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |
| #3 Sit, Jose, sit. Roll over...Good, Jose. Good, Jose. Give Jose a treat. |
| Posted by: tu3031 2003-12-16 8:45:51 PM |
| #2 Frank, and he was an innocent victim of Übersturmfuhrer John Ashcroft's jack-booted Patriot Act, too. So says the ACLU. Clearly, the man's a "martyr," if you'll forgive the expression. |
| Posted by: Jennie Taliaferro 2003-12-16 8:19:21 PM |
| #1 But how can this be? He was an innocent captured in a too-wide net...CAIR said so |
| Posted by: Frank G 2003-12-16 6:20:00 PM |