Padilla goes on trial

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Source: Reuters

Padilla goes on trial

By Jane Sutton
1 hour, 5 minutes ago

MIAMI (Reuters) - A Chicago gang member once accused by the
Bush administration of plotting to detonate a "dirty bomb" in the
United States went on trial on Monday, charged with the lesser
crime of supporting terrorism.

Jose Padilla, once designated as an "enemy combatant" and held
without charge in a military jail for 3-1/2 years, appeared in U.S.
district court in Miami clad in a suit and tie instead of his
standard prison uniform for the first time.

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The trial began on Monday with jury selection, a process his
attorneys believe could prove troublesome because the accusation
that he was a "dirty bomber" might have tainted the jury pool.
A "dirty bomb" would use conventional explosives to spread
radioactive material.

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U.S. District Judge Marcia Cooke -- who in the past has called
the government's case "light on facts" -- instructed prosecutors
on Monday to avoid drawing any links between the trio of
defendants and the September 11 attacks.

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Read more: http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070416/us_nm/usa_padilla_dc

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Source: New York Daily News

Padilla in jail peril, experts say

BY JAMES GORDON MEEK
DAILY NEWS WASHINGTON BUREAU

Sunday, April 15th 2007, 4:00 AM

WASHINGTON - Accused Al Qaeda agent Jose Padilla could be thrown
back in a military brig even if he's acquitted or gets a light sentence
in his civilian criminal trial beginning this week, experts say.

All President Bush would have to do is sign papers again branding him
an "enemy combatant," and Padilla would be back behind bars.

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And if Padilla is returned to military custody, he could be held
indefinitely until the end of the war on terror, Solis said.

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Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/news/wn_report/2007/04/15/2007-04-15_padilla_in_jail_peril_experts_say.html