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Padilla, 31, had prepped hard for his meeting, but his ambition outstripped his guile. Senior U.S. officials tell Time that Padilla, conducting research on the Internet, had come across instructions for building a nuclear bomb�"an H-bomb," as a top official described it.
President Bush does not have power to detain American citizen Jose Padilla, the former gang member seized on U.S. soil, as an enemy combatant, a federal appeals court ruled Thursday. The decision could force the government to try Padilla, held in a so-called "dirty bomb" plot, in civilian courts. In a 2-1 ruling, a three-judge panel of the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said Padilla's detention was not authorized by Congress and that Bush could not designate him as an enemy combatant without the authorization. More...
Originally posted by Jakomo
Can Padilla sue the government for false imprisonment and no access to any legal counsel of any kind for 7 months? Do you live in a free country still?
Is there an addendum in the Patriot Act that takes this right away (I'm thinking there is)?