[dogbyte12]

As long as they file charges, keep him locked up. I find a big difference between keeping foreign combatants locked up as POW's, and holding american citizens without charges.

It is unamerican to hold somebody without being able to see a lawyer or hear the charges against him.

If they have the goods, charge him, otherwise he must be released. The court was right here.

[Frank_Discussion]

I agree, but I think Galtoid is right: I'm betting we have real dirt on him, and it will come to real charges. Then he can rot some more.

[MarkL]

As long as they file charges, keep him locked up. I find a big difference between keeping foreign combatants locked up as POW's, and holding american citizens without charges.

It is unamerican to hold somebody without being able to see a lawyer or hear the charges against him.

If they have the goods, charge him, otherwise he must be released. The court was right here.

I agree with you 100%... If they had caught him on the battlefield in Afgahnistan, that would be OK... But here's a guy who's a US citizen, who was captured on US soil, at an airport... I've got some serious problems with that.

Mark

[Recovering_Democrat]

The court doesn't know how to read the law. They'll be corrected: Padilla is being held, under the law, as an ENEMY COMBATANT...not unlike those jokesters in Guantanamo. He's got the unique designation of being a citizen who trained and planned with Al Qaeda. Of course the courts want to protect such a man...fortunately, the administration wants to protect the citizenry.

The Department of Defense holds Padilla: NOT the Justice Department!