[Paul Ross]

The part that really should have been in the exerpt:

The judge was stunned. Two months earlier, he had written a landmark opinion saying the government could hold Mr. Padilla without charge in a military brig. The decision validated President Bush's claim that he could set aside Mr. Padilla's constitutional rights in the name of national security. The judge assumed the government had a compelling reason to consider the suspect an extraordinary threat. Now Mr. Gonzales wanted the courts to forget the whole case.

COMMENT: Gonzales is almost as bad as Harriet Meiers.

[Steely Tom]

Sorry, I don't see the problem. Could you explain it to the non-lawyer contingent?

[MNJohnnie]

About the 3rd posting of an utterly useless story. Luttig is going because he can make about 4 times as much money as a Boeing Senior VP even before you talk Stock Options and perks. This is a nonsensical attempt to use Luttig to find yet another excuse to whine at Bush. It utter nonsense. It is the MONEY children and nothing else. No dark plots, no standing on supposed principals JUST M-O-N-E-Y.

[nikos1121]

Excuse me,

Sooner or later, wouldn't it be proper to press charges on this man? I mean surely you're not saying that keeping him under house arrest indefinitely was the objective here with this man?

[sinkspur]

Deciding to charge or not charge a federal suspect is the purview of the executive branch.

Luttig is trying to sound high-minded when all he's really doing is grabbing for the brass ring at Boeing.

[dinoparty]

Huh?
What did he do wrong here? Luttig might be smart and believe the right things constitutionally, but he simply had a temper tantrum in this instance because he thought his honor was violated.

[Republican Wildcat]

If true, this is behavior unbecoming of a judge and we should all be glad he's off of the bench.