LIE OF THE WEEK: 08-17-2007
US Attorney General Alberto Gonzales on the conviction of Jose Padilla:
''The conviction of Jose Padilla -- an American who provided material support to terrorists and trained for violent jihad -- is a significant victory in our efforts to fight the threat posed by terrorists and their supporters"
THE TRUTH: This entire case has been botched from the beginning and the conviction is no different. Jose Padilla has been convicted of submitting an application to train at an Al-Qaeda camp and nothing more. Despite all of the rhetoric, the government's misbehavior will probably ultimately lead to more terrorism and the release of many of these would-be terrorists on technicalities. His illegal seizure on American soil, his illegal imprisonment as an enemy combatant for three and a half years in a military brig, his lack of an unbiased jury as the government spread his image as a radiation "dirty" bomber across the world without providing any evidence in either the public arena or in court, and his potential life sentence for submitting a piece of paper to a terrorist organization are among the very numerous areas that his defense team can exploit on appeal. Like so many other examples, this administration has shown their incompetent loyalists that are spread across the entire administration are incapable of doing a decent job in any area of governance. The sooner we are done with this administration, the better off America will be (even if it sadly results in a very liberal administration for a few years).
''The conviction of Jose Padilla -- an American who provided material support to terrorists and trained for violent jihad -- is a significant victory in our efforts to fight the threat posed by terrorists and their supporters"
THE TRUTH: This entire case has been botched from the beginning and the conviction is no different. Jose Padilla has been convicted of submitting an application to train at an Al-Qaeda camp and nothing more. Despite all of the rhetoric, the government's misbehavior will probably ultimately lead to more terrorism and the release of many of these would-be terrorists on technicalities. His illegal seizure on American soil, his illegal imprisonment as an enemy combatant for three and a half years in a military brig, his lack of an unbiased jury as the government spread his image as a radiation "dirty" bomber across the world without providing any evidence in either the public arena or in court, and his potential life sentence for submitting a piece of paper to a terrorist organization are among the very numerous areas that his defense team can exploit on appeal. Like so many other examples, this administration has shown their incompetent loyalists that are spread across the entire administration are incapable of doing a decent job in any area of governance. The sooner we are done with this administration, the better off America will be (even if it sadly results in a very liberal administration for a few years).
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