Jose Padilla brings torture to trial
In These Times
by Doug Cassel
02/14/08
When on Jan. 22 a federal court judge sentenced Jose Padilla to 17 years in prison for conspiracy to commit terrorism, it was a one-day story. But, in fact, the Padilla case goes on. Padilla, a U.S. citizen and former Chicago gang member, alleges that he was tortured during the more than three and a half years he spent behind bars at a Navy brig in South Carolina. He is now suing John Yoo, the former Justice Department lawyer who reportedly devised the legal theories to justify the interrogation techniques used against him. While Padilla’s suit raises a number of constitutional claims — including that the military violated his rights to counsel and to exercise his Muslim religion — the heart of his argument is that Yoo gave legal advice to justify his torture, in violation of due process of law as guaranteed by the Fifth Amendment to the Constitution...
http://tinyurl.com/2qstfn
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Padilla
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=torture
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=interrogation
by Doug Cassel
02/14/08
When on Jan. 22 a federal court judge sentenced Jose Padilla to 17 years in prison for conspiracy to commit terrorism, it was a one-day story. But, in fact, the Padilla case goes on. Padilla, a U.S. citizen and former Chicago gang member, alleges that he was tortured during the more than three and a half years he spent behind bars at a Navy brig in South Carolina. He is now suing John Yoo, the former Justice Department lawyer who reportedly devised the legal theories to justify the interrogation techniques used against him. While Padilla’s suit raises a number of constitutional claims — including that the military violated his rights to counsel and to exercise his Muslim religion — the heart of his argument is that Yoo gave legal advice to justify his torture, in violation of due process of law as guaranteed by the Fifth Amendment to the Constitution...
http://tinyurl.com/2qstfn
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Padilla
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=torture
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=interrogation
rudkla - 15. Feb, 12:12
