AntiWar.Com
by Scott Horton

08/11/05

Why would the government go to such lengths to persecute Jose Padilla in the first place? Perhaps it's because when Ashcroft announced his detainment as an 'enemy combatant,' -- fittingly from Moscow -- Padilla was described as a terrible al-Qaeda terrorist threat -- a man capable of, and intent on, detonating a 'dirty bomb' which would cause 'cause mass death and injury.' The truth is, Padilla had no money, no experience with bombs, and no access to radioactive material. In short, it was decided that because the criminal case against Padilla was paper thin, his fate could not be left to some irresponsible federal judge or jury to decide, and so they turned him over to the military. If George Bush has his way, the military will have successfully claimed the legal right to do this to you too...

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Informant: Thomas L. Knapp