Padilla Indicted

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Dirty Bomb Suspect Padilla Indicted

By MARK SHERMAN, Associated Press Writer
1 hour, 17 minutes ago

WASHINGTON - Jose Padilla, a U.S. citizen held without charges for more than three years on suspicion of plotting a "dirty bomb" attack in this country, has been indicted on three counts alleging he conspired to "murder, maim and kidnap" people overseas.

The indictment naming Padilla and four others was unsealed Tuesday after being returned last week by a federal grand jury in Miami. While the charges allege Padilla was part of a U.S.-based terrorism conspiracy, they do not include the government's earlier allegations that he planned to carry out attacks in America.

"The indictment alleges that Padilla traveled overseas to train as a terrorist with the intention of fighting a violent jihad," Attorney General Alberto Gonzales said at a news conference. Gonzales declined to comment on why none of the allegations involving attacks in America were included in the indictment.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051122/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/enemy_combatant_indicted

 

[Annie]

Dirty Bomb Suspect Padilla Indicted

By MARK SHERMAN, Associated Press Writer
1 hour, 17 minutes ago

WASHINGTON - Jose Padilla, a U.S. citizen held without charges for more than three years on suspicion of plotting a "dirty bomb" attack in this country, has been indicted on three counts alleging he conspired to "murder, maim and kidnap" people overseas.

The indictment naming Padilla and four others was unsealed Tuesday after being returned last week by a federal grand jury in Miami. While the charges allege Padilla was part of a U.S.-based terrorism conspiracy, they do not include the government's earlier allegations that he planned to carry out attacks in America.

"The indictment alleges that Padilla traveled overseas to train as a terrorist with the intention of fighting a violent jihad," Attorney General Alberto Gonzales said at a news conference. Gonzales declined to comment on why none of the allegations involving attacks in America were included in the indictment.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051122/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/enemy_combatant_indicted

Here's one on the legalities end of it. I guess the Patriot Act is good for somethings, ya think?:

http://counterterror.typepad.com/the_counterterrorism_blog/2005/11/jose_padillas_n.html

Jose Padilla's New Indictment Based, in Part, on USA PATRIOT Act (updated link to indictment)

Alleged "dirty bomber" Jose Padilla was indicted on new charges that he conspired to "murder, kidnap and maim" people overseas, along with 4 others. The indictment links Padilla to another pre-existing indictment of an alleged terrorist cell, marking the first time that Padilla has been charged in connection with terrorism activities and not just as an "enemy combatant." The indictment alleges that Padilla traveled overseas filled out a terrorist training camp application and went to Afghanistan to so train. Another important development in this case is that it cites declassified foreign intelligence intercepts as a basis for the case, an action not available to terrorism case prosecutors until the passage of the USA PATRIOT Act in 2001. So this indictment provides the Bush Administration and PATRIOT Act supporters with additional justification for the reauthorization of the Act - see Dennis Lormel's and Michael Kraft's posts on that issue. The new indictment renders irrelevant a pending Supreme Court showdown over the enemy combatant issue, as Padilla will now be under the custody of the Justice Department for this case.

You can read the full indictment here courtesy of the AP (Acrobat file), and you can read the DOJ press release on the indictment below. The indictment cites the defendants' support of Sheik Omar Abdel Rahman, leader of the Egyptian-based Islamic Jihad, who was convicted for his role in the 1993 WTC bombings (in a case led by current CIA leak case prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald). Daveed Gartenstein-Ross posted about Rahman's attorney, Lynne Stewart, who was convicted for smuggling messages from him to his followers. I posted on October 3 about the Treasury Department's designation of seven of his followers, and I gave a brief history of the group.

Download usdojpressreleasejose_padilla112205

Posted by Andrew Cochran at 11:13 AM

 

[Bonnie]

Here's one on the legalities end of it. I guess the Patriot Act is good for somethings, ya think?:

http://counterterror.typepad.com/the_counterterrorism_blog/2005/11/jose_padillas_n.html

Do you believe as some in the media are implying that this indictment is merely a concession by the administration?

 

[Annie]

Do you believe as some in the media are implying that this indictment is merely a concession by the administration?

Not surprised. In a way it is, they are not going to give out the information they have regarding anything connected with radiological devices, which would happen if they included the charges. They had til Monday, before this would have gone to the SCOTUS. I can see why they chose charges that still could result in life imprisonment.

 

[Annie]

http://www.debbieschlussel.com/archives/2005/11/what_you_dont_k.html

November 22, 2005
SCARY: Padilla Co-Indictee Had Access to Schools' Air Ducts, Water

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By Debbie Schlussel

Today's indictment of Islamic attempted dirty bomb acquirer/terrorist Jose Padilla is getting so much attention, you probably don't know much about his co-indictees.

One co-indictee, Kifah Wael Jayyousi, has a VERY scary background--because HE INFILTRATED DETROIT AND WASHINGTON, DC SCHOOL SYSTEMS & HAD ACCESS TO THEIR AIR DUCTS, WATER.

Here in Detroit, Jayyousi was Assistant Superintendent of the Detroit Public Schools, from 1997-1999. He was in charge of physical facilities and capital improvement for the school district and oversaw spending of $1.5 million school bond funds. He was also an adjunct professor of engineering at Wayne State University--just as another terrorist, Sami Al-Arian--was a professor at University of South Florida. After he left the Detroit Public Schools, he took a similar job at the Washington, D.C. Public Schools, running its facilities.

It's frightening that this man had access to facilities and infrastructure in schools--from which he could easily spread poisons and toxins.

At the same time, Jayyousi, a Palestinian Jordanian, ran Islamic "charities" as fronts to raise money for Islamic terrorists fighting in Bosnia, Kosovo, Chechnya, and Somalia. Jayyousi's father still lives in the Detroit area.

Posted by Debbie at November 22, 2005 01:50 PM