Jose Padilla Is Back in Another Court Case

This time, Padilla is suing John Yoo, author of the "Torture Memos".

The Padilla Verdict

Aside from whatever evidence there was or was not in the Padilla case, the fact that he was tried and convicted leads Glenn Greenwald to ask a good question: What now becomes of the WH claim that accused terrorists are too dangerous to be permitted a regular trial in US courts according to our Constitution?

....but hey, do what you want....you will anyway.

Padilla Verdict Is In

[Jose] Padilla, 36, and his foreign-born co-defendants, Adham Amin Hassoun and Kifah Wael Jayyousi, were convicted of conspiracy to murder, kidnap and maim people overseas, which carries a penalty of life in prison. All three were also convicted of two terrorism material support counts, which carry potential 15-year sentences each.

  Yahoo News

Sentencing is set for December 5.

Padilla Trial Coming to a Close

Closing arguments were scheduled for Monday in the case of accused terrorist Jose Padilla, a US citizen held in a Navy brig without charge for nearly four years. Defense psychiatrists have testified.

Jose Padilla had no history of mental illness when President Bush ordered him detained in 2002 as a suspected Al Qaeda operative. But he does now.

  Yahoo

Jose Padilla, thousands of Iraqi civilians, and a good number of American soldiers.

Some psychological tests place him on par with individuals who have suffered brain damage, according to the reports prepared by Hegarty, Grassian, and Patricia Zapf, a New York psychologist and psychology professor at John Jay College of Criminal Justice in New York.

Padilla's treatment in the brig is classified as a state secret.

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"There have been 12 major reviews conducted of detention operations over the past several years, none of which found there was any policy that ever condoned abuse," says Commander Gordon, the Pentagon spokesman.

Please note: none of the (military, I presume) reviews found there was any policy that condoned abuse. That says absolutely nothing about whether there was in fact any abuse perpetrated, does it?