[lugsoul]

Oh. So, because he was a petty criminal and low level gang banger, and because the news stations repeated a bunch of stuff they got from the government, THAT means the Constitution is suspended. NOW I understand...

[oceanview]

do you understand why Padilla cannot be given a trial? what happens when he calls Zubayda and KSM as witnesses, should the government be required to produce them? can you answer just that simple question for us, should the government be required to produce those two people as witnesses in Padilla's trial?

[Destructor]

"Oh. So, because he was a petty criminal and low level gang banger, and because the news stations repeated a bunch of stuff they got from the government, THAT means the Constitution is suspended. NOW I understand..."

Nobody said a damn thing about the Constitution being suspended. However, we are at war, and steps are needed to protect the American people. This is not unusual, and not a dangerous precedent. None other than Abraham Lincoln initiated similar measures during the civil war. World War I, and World War II saw the same types of measures.

The fact remains that Jose Padilla represents an immediate threat to the American people, and our government is taking extraordinary steps to keep him locked up for that reason! Let me remind you that Padilla was going to detonate a nuke on American soil!!