The tragic case of Jose Padilla
CounterPunch
by Elaine Cassel
03/08/07
Last week, U.S. District Judge Marcia Cooke ruled that American citizen Jose Padilla, who is now facing terrorism charges in Miami, Florida, is competent to stand trial. In order to put the competence issue in context, it is necessary to review the long and unprecedented history of the U.S. government’s cases against Jose Padilla. Cases involving Padilla have been before federal courts in New York, South Carolina, and now Florida, and back and forth to the U.S. Supreme Court on three occasions...
http://www.counterpunch.org/cassel03082007.html
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Padilla
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Elaine+Cassel
by Elaine Cassel
03/08/07
Last week, U.S. District Judge Marcia Cooke ruled that American citizen Jose Padilla, who is now facing terrorism charges in Miami, Florida, is competent to stand trial. In order to put the competence issue in context, it is necessary to review the long and unprecedented history of the U.S. government’s cases against Jose Padilla. Cases involving Padilla have been before federal courts in New York, South Carolina, and now Florida, and back and forth to the U.S. Supreme Court on three occasions...
http://www.counterpunch.org/cassel03082007.html
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Padilla
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Elaine+Cassel
rudkla - 9. Mär, 14:34
