Jose Padilla

The coddled "terrorists" of South Florida The coddled "terrorists" of South Florida

Anti-Castro Cuban exiles who have been linked to bombings and assassinations are living free in Miami. Does the U.S. government have a double standard when it comes to terror?
  • Padilla sues "Torture Memos" author John Yoo

    The once-accused dirty bomber has targeted Yoo as the architect of the legal theories that allegedly resulted in Padilla's torture.
  • Where there's smoke

    Jose Padilla lit up a stogie and was nailed for contemplating arson. Have I written something that could easily be misconstrued by a jury of my peers?
  • The CIA's favorite form of torture

    If the Bush administration forces the CIA to drop "tough" interrogation techniques like waterboarding, the agency will probably fall back on a brutal method that leaves no physical marks.
  • The terrorist you've never heard of

    Unlike alleged al-Qaida terrorist Jose Padilla, right-wing "dirty bomber" Demetrius Crocker was investigated and prosecuted the old-fashioned constitutional way.
  • Meet the acting attorney general

    Did Paul Clement lie to the Supreme Court about the way the United States treats detainees?
  • Padilla: Guilty until proved guilty

    The strange, terrible saga of Jose Padilla, the man once accused of being a "dirty bomber" in waiting.
  • Jury finds Padilla guilty on terrorism charges

    It's a long way from 2002, when John Ashcroft declared Padilla a would-be dirty bomber.
  • Prosecution rests in Padilla case

    The defense takes over in the trial of Jose Padilla, the U.S. citizen once accused of being a dirty bomber and held as an "enemy combatant."
  • They should look in the grocery bag under Judy Miller's desk

    How could the government lose a videotape of Jose Padilla's interrogation?
  • J. Michael Luttig says goodbye -- for now

    Fed up with Bush administration gamesmanship in a terror case, the conservative judge takes a job at Boeing.
  • A conservative court tells Bush: Enough

    The 4th Circuit says it's time to stop playing games in an "enemy combatant" case.
  • On Jose Padilla, a blink and a bait-and-switch

    The White House avoids a Supreme Court showdown by charging Jose Padilla with a crime -- but not the one for which he has been held.
  • Operation Enduring Fog

    The White House strategy for dealing with the Abu Ghraib scandal: Stall, control, attack, deny and scare.
  • Above the law

    The Bush administration is arguing that it has the right to lock up U.S. citizens forever -- without evidence, witnesses, lawyers or trials. If the Supreme Court agrees, will this still be America?
  • Grounding the flying nun

    Activists on the left and right -- including a 71-year-old Milwaukee nun and an art dealer who told other passengers that President Bush "is dumb as a rock" -- have long complained they were being hassled by airport security. After months of silence, the federal government says: It's true.
  • Al-Qaida cell, or misguided kids?

    Federal prosecutors say the arrest of six Yemeni Americans in Buffalo is a blow against world terrorism. Or, critics say, it may be another mirage.
  • Miss Liberty strikes back

    The courts and even some of his allies have turned against John Ashcroft and his attack on civil rights -- and he has only his own bungling and overreaching to blame.
  • A conversation with Aukai Collins

    The author of "My Jihad" talks about John Walker Lindh, his days with Daniel Pearl's killer and a 9/11 hijacker, and why the FBI had its head in the sand.
  • A legal war without victory

    After months of bold posturing and fierce infighting, both sides in the case of American Taliban John Walker Lindh decided to cut their risks.
  • A military tribunal for al Muhajir?

    John Ashcroft may want to try the "dirty bomb" suspect in a secret military court where his rights would be limited -- even though he's a U.S. citizen.

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