2006-12-04 Video Is a Window Into a Terror Suspect's Isolation

2006-12-04 New York Times Deborah Sontag \Jose Padilla\Bush-Cheney administration/torture\War on Terror\detainment of US citizens\presumed guilt http://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/04/us/04detain.html Video Is a Window Into a Terror Suspect's Isolation Article describes the completely out-of-proportion treatment given to an American citizen on US soil, just because of an accusation that he is a terrorist.  That day, Mr. Padilla, a Brooklyn-born Muslim convert whom the Bush administration had accused of plotting a dirty bomb attack and had detained without charges, got to go to the dentist. Article describes the completely out-of-proportion treatment given to an American citizen on US soil, just because of an accusation that he is a terrorist.

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 * 2006-12-03 digby