Tue, 14 Aug 2007

Beyond Padilla terror case, huge legal issues

If anyone still seriously believes that we are a free people, this sordid tale of torture and kidnapping should help to clear things up.

Padilla isn't a run-of-the-mill enemy combatant apprehended on a foreign battlefield. He is a United States citizen, arrested on US soil, who was held in a military prison for 43 months and subjected to harsh interrogation techniques until he confessed.

(link) [Christian Science Monitor | Top Stories]

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