Padilla is Abdullah al Muhajir.
And that is precisely what this all has to do with the German analogy.
Padilla did exactly those things.
Not according to the US Second Circuit Court of Appeals, which found that Roosevelt was acting in accord with Congressional authorization whereas Bush was not.
Bush has lost in 3 of 4 Federal Courts, now, which is why the administration is trying so hard to keep the Supreme Court from hearing the case.
For some reason, it is vital to certain persons in the Bush administration to ensure that any American citizen can be indefinitely detained without due process and deprived of legal representation upon the President's claim that he is an enemy combatant.