"Dirty Bomber" Set To Walk

[theknife]

seems like the courts aren't too comfortable with the "enemy combatant" designation:

A federal judge ordered the Bush administration Monday to either charge terrorism suspect Jose Padilla with a crime or release him after more than 2 1/2 years in custody.

U.S. District Judge Henry Floyd in Spartanburg, S.C., said the government can not hold Padilla indefinitely as an "enemy combatant," a designation President Bush gave him in 2002. The government contends Padilla was planning an attack with a "dirty bomb" radiological device.

this is a great ruling for anyone who believes in the Constitution...whatever they think this guy was planning (and, as it turned out, they have no proof he was doing anything), he's a citizen and is entitled to Constitutional protection. indefinte detention of citizens, without charges, is unconstitutional, period. if the gov thinks he's guilty of something, than prove it.

"The court finds that the president has no power, neither express nor implied, neither constitutional nor statutory, to hold petitioner as an enemy combatant," Floyd wrote in a 23-page opinion that was a stern rebuke to the government. Floyd, appointed by Bush in 2003, gave the administration 45 days to take action.

fuckin-a - that's why he's called "The President", not "The King" or "The Emporer". seems like every time this shit gets in front of a judge, the Bushies lose, as well they should. beware of government officials who roll back constitutional protections while "defending your freedom"

http://apnews.myway.com//article/200...D88HSK4O0.html