U.S. to use al Qaeda suspect's words against him (Jose Padilla)

[Eugene]

Source: Reuters

U.S. to use al Qaeda suspect's words against him

By Jane Sutton
24 minutes ago

MIAMI (Reuters) - Evidence from alleged al Qaeda operative Jose Padilla can be
used against him at trial despite defense claims the American's arrest was based
on information obtained through torture, a U.S. judge ruled on Wednesday.

U.S. District Judge Marcia Cooke refused to reconsider a magistrate's ruling in
September to admit Padilla's statements to the FBI as evidence in his trial
starting on April 16 on charges of conspiring to aid Islamist extremists overseas.

Cooke said the defense failed to raise any new arguments.

The warrant the FBI used to arrest Padilla at Chicago's O'Hare airport in May 2002
was based in part on information provided by two prisoners held at the U.S. military
jail at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba, Abu Zubaydah and Binyam Muhammad, prosecutors
acknowledged in November.

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[jody]

1. Comments by the Brits who confessed to being in Iranian waters are also acceptable! n/t

[maxsolomon]

2. when his conviction is upheld by the supreme court

we'll know the constitution is finally dead.

this is an AMERICAN CITIZEN being denied HABEAS CORPUS for 5 years now.