THE TRUTH ABOUT JOSE PADILLA
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- Justice Department Statements that Padilla planned to Blow
up an apartment building or Detonate a "dirty bomb"
are unproven assertions that were gleaned from 2 years of interrogating Padilla without the presence of an
attorney. - Since June 2002 the DOD has held Padilla as an "enemy combatant" on a naval brig in South Carolina.
- Padilla has NOT been charged with any crime and has not been allowed to communicate with anyone (including his lawyer until recently)
- Federal courts have repeatedly ruled that the Bush administration's detention of Padilla is illegal.
- Although the document released by the Justice Deparment on Tuesday used the language "Padilla admitted" or "according to Padilla", in the SAME document the government acknowledges that Padilla DENIES nearly everything the Justice Department claims he admits.
- [SEE More at The Center for American Progress] and [more]