On 10/11/06, Dana Tierney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > they keep saying that, yes. So Jose Padilla is in jail why again? And what > about the > American Taliban kid?
They are in jail under completely different charges. In the case of the "American Taliban" he is being charged with treason because he drew arms against his country in defense of another. His has been sentenced to 20 years... personally he got off light, he could have faced a firing squad. >From what I can find on Padilla, he does not fall under the new law either. He is a citizen that was charged in conjunction with terror activities or attempts. In all honesty his case is one that doesn't pass my "smell test" on *either side*. I will grant that he was held from 2002 to 2004 in a Navy Brig, charged as an enemy combatant, however I found an AP published timeline: http://www.bradenton.com/mld/bradenton/news/breaking_news/15598911.htm The following entry on *his* side don't pass my smell test: Aug. 2, 2006 - Cooke reluctantly agrees to delay trial from September until January 2007 after both sides ask for more preparation time. (this is after getting access to the classified mateiral to help defense preparation) 5 more months to prepare a defense? What fails my smell test is the fact that if he's innocent of the charges and the government doesn't have enough evidence to prove it beyond a shadow of a doubt, why do his lawyers want 5 months to prepare?? Especially after the fact that they've been working together (Padilla and his attorneys) for years now. That's all well, fine and good but it does not relate to the bill just passed and signed into law. What was just passed is ONLY for those non-american enemy combatants being held at Gitmo. Lindh was held in Gitmo until it was determined that he was a US citizen and Padilla was never held in Gitmo, rather a Navy base in South Carolina. I'm all for letting Lindh and Padilla go through the court system... as is their right as American citizens. The prisoners at Gitmo are not citizens of the US. Since our government, up until the passing of this legislation, had no legal basis for dealing with the Gitmo detainees their lawyers (or the people that are forcing their pity on the unappreciated) did not know what recourse they could file. It has not been set down. I'm very sure that one of these public defenders will decide to take this up to the Supreme Court, as is the correct process . We'll see where it goes from there. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Introducing the Fusion Authority Quarterly Update. 80 pages of hard-hitting, up-to-date ColdFusion information by your peers, delivered to your door four times a year. http://www.fusionauthority.com/quarterly Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:217343 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
