[oceanview]

al qaeda is a foreign military, and Padilla was a "member". he may not have been on a battle field in Afghanistan with them, but what difference does that make.

[ndt]

"al qaeda is a foreign military, and Padilla was a "member"."

In Taliban Johns case, he was on the field with the enemy. In Padilla case he was at the airport quite possibly menacingly munching peanuts.

Just to reiterate for everyone. I'm not saying he didn't do it. Only that we still need to follow the Constitution and rule of law.

Also, when did we start calling A.Q. a foreign military? That would require we treat them as POWs.