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Padilla convicted with no evidence to back up charges.(Inside Track)(Jose Padilla )(Brief article)
Jose Padilla was arrested in 2002 and accused of planning to detonate a dirty atomic bomb in a major U.S. city in order to kill thousands. He was also labeled an enemy combatant and a collaborator of Osama bin Laden and al-Qaeda. Held for more than three years without any formal charges being placed against him during that period, he finally received some amount of justice when the Supreme Court intervened and ordered that he either be released or put on trial.
At the trial that ended with conviction for Padilla and two co-defendants on August 16, none of the original charges against the man were mentioned. Instead, the evidence used to convict him included: 1) seven intercepted telephone messages; 2) a ten-year-old videotape of Osama bin Laden; and 3) the man's highly questionable application to attend a training camp in ...
- Lawyers in Miami terror trial of Jose Padilla at odds over bin Laden interview.
- Newspaper article from: South Florida Sun-Sentinel (Fort Lauderdale, FL) June 21, 2007 700+ words
...interview with Osama bin Laden has sparked a bitter...Miami terror trial of Jose Padilla and two other men. Prosecutors...American statements made by bin Laden during the interview...references to al-Qaida, bin Laden and Sept. 11 out of...
- From Taco Bell To Al Qaeda: How accused 'dirty bomb' plotter Jose Padilla...
- Magazine article from: Newsweek Campo-Flores, Arian Johnson, Dirk June 24, 2002 700+ words
...ARIAN CAMPO-FLORES AND DIRK JOHNSON Jose Padilla, a.k.a. Abdullah al-Muhajir...part of a larger homegrown network of bin Laden recruits. In 1991 Padilla and his family...where he began his journey deep into bin Laden's world. The next time he stepped...
- From Chicago to bin Laden's tent.(how American Jose Padilla ended up being...
- Magazine article from: U.S. News & World Report Kaplan, David E. Whitelaw, Kevin Glasser, Jeff Markowitz, Arnold Reynolds, Michael June 24, 2002 700+ words
...and other leads eventually pointed to an unlikely suspect: Jose Padilla, a former Chicago street gang member of Puerto Rican descent...may remain active and tied to al Qaeda. For years, Osama bin Laden's network has shown interest in recruiting Americans, whose...
- Sparks fly in Padilla sentencing hearing.(terrorist Jose Padilla)(USA)
- Newspaper article from: The Christian Science Monitor Richey, Warren January 11, 2008 700+ words
...against suspected Al Qaeda operative Jose Padilla and two codefendants in their Miami terror...a tape of a CNN interview with Osama bin Laden - although there is no evidence that...had any dealings or connection to Mr. bin Laden. According to a prosecutor, the tape...
- Odyssey Into the Shadows: Jose Padilla was on the move, but his alleged mentor,...
- Magazine article from: Newsweek Hosenball, Mark Hirsch, Michael Moreau, Ron June 24, 2002 700+ words
...For nine hours. This airborne stakeout was directed at one Jose Padilla, a.k.a. Abdullah al-Muhajir, a Brooklyn-born street...into Pakistan with Abu Zubaydah, a senior deputy to Osama bin Laden. Tipped off by Zubaydah--who was arrested in Pakistan...
- Bush team wins on power to detain, for now; The Supreme Court opted not to hear...
- Newspaper article from: The Christian Science Monitor April 4, 2006 700+ words
...declining to take up the appeal of suspected Al Qaeda operative Jose Padilla. Mr. Padilla's lawyers were waging a potential landmark...the case of Salim Ahmed Hamdan, a former driver for Osama bin Laden. Mr. Hamdan and his lawyers are challenging the legality...
- Padilla jurors watch video clip of bin Laden.
- Newspaper article from: South Florida Sun-Sentinel (Fort Lauderdale, FL) June 26, 2007 700+ words
...interview with Osama bin Laden Tuesday as part of their...support case against former Jose Padilla and two other men. U...seven-minute clip, bin Laden berates the United States...They are heroes," bin Laden says. Padilla, 36...
- Padilla sentence: does terror training merit life?(terrorist Jose Padilla)(USA)
- Newspaper article from: The Christian Science Monitor Richey, Warren January 22, 2008 700+ words
...law to send convicted Al Qaeda recruit Jose Padilla to prison for the rest of his life...recruit, according to prosecutors. "Jose Padilla is properly characterized as a trained...the only appropriate punishment for Jose Padilla," he said. But how is a judge to...