http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/padilla/ en-us Fri, 18 Sep 2009 00:01:08 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2342429/posts LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – The California lawmaker who spearheaded a high-profile anti-obesity effort across the country's most populous state is now training his sights on sugar-sweetened drinks. Sen. Alex Padilla, who led a campaign requiring big restaurant chains to disclose calories in meals, said on Thursday he planned to hold hearings in November on the link between soda consumption and obesity. The announcement from Padilla -- who chairs the California Senate's Select Committee on Obesity and Diabetes -- coincides with the release of a study that shows nearly two-thirds of children aged 12 to 17 gulp down at least one... Reuters http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2342429/posts#comment Fri, 18 Sep 2009 00:01:08 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2274413/posts There are no legal grounds for prosecuting Bush administration lawyers who supported the use of enhanced interrogation techniques to thwart planned terrorist attacks, so civil libertarians have the tort system to try to ruin Bush lawyers. They may succeed. Last week, U.S. District Judge Jeffrey White of San Francisco backed a complaint filed by convicted terrorist Jose Padilla and his mother against former White House Office of Legal Counsel John Yoo for writing memos that allegedly led to Padilla's illegal imprisonment and treatment during the three-plus years that Padilla was jailed as an enemy combatant. You are part of the... San Francisco Chronicle http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2274413/posts#comment Thu, 18 Jun 2009 15:02:23 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2271596/posts More from our screwed up judicial system that makes you go "huh"? Do these guy in lower federal district courts (or Circuits, for that matter) pay *any* attention whatsoever to the SCOTUS? Apparently not. On Friday, US District Judge Jeffrey S. White denied the Obama DOJ's motion to dismiss the suit of Padilla v Yoo, where Padilla accused Yoo rendering legal memos that led to his "severe abuse" in a Naval brig for over three years. (Read the original complaint) The "severe abuse", as defined in his complaint: .... For nearly two years, Mr. Padilla was held in complete isolation... Flopping Aces http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2271596/posts#comment Sun, 14 Jun 2009 17:06:01 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2270988/posts A prisoner who says he was tortured while being held for nearly four years as a suspected terrorist can sue former Bush administration lawyer John Yoo for coming up with the legal theories that justified his alleged treatment, a federal judge in San Francisco ruled Friday. U.S. District Judge Jeffrey White's decision marks the first time a government lawyer has been held potentially responsible for the abuse of detainees. "Like any other government official, government lawyers are responsible for the foreseeable consequences of their conduct," White said in refusing to dismiss Jose Padilla's lawsuit against Yoo. If Padilla, now serving... SF Chronicle http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2270988/posts#comment Sat, 13 Jun 2009 12:17:20 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2271324/posts A convicted terrorist can sue a former Bush administration lawyer for drafting the legal theories that led to his alleged torture, ruled a federal judge has ruled who said he was trying to balance a clash between war and the defense of personal freedoms. Foxnews http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2271324/posts#comment Sun, 14 Jun 2009 01:56:00 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2271099/posts In a surprising ruling, a federal judge has determined that convicted terrorist, Jose Padilla, can sue former Department of Justice lawyer, John Yoo, over Yoo’s legal opinion that led to Padilla being held as an enemy combatant. US District Judge Jeffrey S. White of the Northern District of California based in San Francisco, denied a Department of Justice motion to dismiss the lawsuit. Padilla’s lawyers contend that Yoo’s legal opinions allowed the US military to detain Padilla as an enemy combatant which led to Padilla being subjected to torture. As reported by local TV station KTVU: The lawsuit alleges the... American Thinker http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2271099/posts#comment Sat, 13 Jun 2009 16:16:53 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2257255/posts Amid all the shocking details in the disrupted plot to bomb Bronx synagogues and fire missiles at American military aircraft, one component of the case should come as no surprise - three of the alleged culprits converted to radical Islam in prison. Radical Islamists have targeted prison populations for recruitment for years. That's where Jose Padilla, suspected of plotting to detonate a dirty bomb and convicted of conspiracy to murder people overseas and of providing material support to terrorists, converted and was radicalized. That's where a California man, Kevin James, created his own cell, called the Jam'iyyat Ul-Islam Is-Saheeh (JIS),... NY Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2257255/posts#comment Sun, 24 May 2009 09:50:07 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2165597/posts HP-1353 "Treasury Designates Additional FARC International Commission Members" SNIPPET: "Washington, DC--The U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) today designated three international representatives of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), a narco-terrorist organization. The OFAC action was taken pursuant to the Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Designation Act (Kingpin Act), which applies financial sanctions against significant foreign narcotics traffickers and organizations, like the FARC. "Today's action exposes three additional members of the FARC's International Commission," said Adam J. Szubin, Director of OFAC. "The FARC is one of the world's largest suppliers of cocaine and continues to be... TREAS.GOV - The U.S. Department of the Treasury http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2165597/posts#comment Fri, 16 Jan 2009 06:39:43 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1957794/posts MIAMI (AFP) - Jose Padilla, the US citizen arrested in 2002 for an alleged dirty bomb plot only to see those charges disappear three years later, was sentenced to more than 17 years in prison Tuesday for supporting the Al-Qaeda terror network. ADVERTISEMENT Two other men accused of plotting with Padilla, Adham Amin Hassoun and Kifah Wael Jayyousi, also received lengthy prison terms: 15 years and eight months for Hassoun and 12 years and eight months for Jayyousi. Miami federal judge Marcia Cook said there was not enough support for the charges to give Padilla the maximum life sentence requested... yahoo news http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1957794/posts#comment Tue, 22 Jan 2008 20:32:09 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1956701/posts War is a continuation of politics by other means, the German strategist Carl von Clausewitz famously observed in his 19th-century treatise, "On War." Clausewitz surely could never have imagined that politics, pursued through our own courts, would be the continuation of war. Last week, I (a former Bush administration official) was sued by José Padilla -- a 37-year-old al Qaeda operative convicted last summer of setting up a terrorist cell in Miami. Padilla wants a declaration that his detention by the U.S. government was unconstitutional, $1 in damages, and all of the fees charged by his own attorneys. The lawsuit... Wall Street Journal http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1956701/posts#comment Sun, 20 Jan 2008 17:32:39 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1952980/posts JOSE PADILLA, the so-called dirty bomber, is expected to be sentenced by a federal judge in Miami this week, and judging from the reaction to his conviction last summer the case will be hailed by many as a triumph of the use of criminal law as the primary weapon against domestic terrorism. The White House will no doubt reiterate its view that the prosecution of Mr. Padilla, a United States citizen, upholds “a core American principle of impartial justice for all.” But the White House has been far from alone in praising the verdict. Perhaps because the argument over Mr.... NY Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1952980/posts#comment Sun, 13 Jan 2008 15:26:06 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1951310/posts John Yoo can be forgiven if he's having second thoughts about his career choice. A Yale Law School graduate, the Berkeley professor of law went on to serve his country at the Justice Department. Yet last week he was sued by convicted terrorist Jose Padilla and his mother, who are represented by none other than lawyers at Yale. Perhaps if Mr. Yoo had decided to pursue a life of terrorism, he too could be represented by his alma mater. Padilla is the American citizen who was arrested in 2002, and detained as an "enemy combatant" in a military brig in... The Wall Street Journal http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1951310/posts#comment Thu, 10 Jan 2008 12:00:55 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1948481/posts MIAMI (AP) - Convicted terrorism conspirator Jose Padilla sued a key architect of the Bush administration's counterterrorism policies Friday, claiming the official's legal arguments led to Padilla's alleged mistreatment and illegal detention at a Navy brig. The lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court in San Francisco claims that John Yoo, a former senior Justice Department official, wrote several legal memos that led President Bush to designate Padilla as an enemy combatant shortly after the U.S. citizen was arrested in May 2002 at Chicago's O'Hare International Airport on suspicion of involvement in an al-Qaida plot. Yoo at the time was deputy... AP http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1948481/posts#comment Fri, 4 Jan 2008 23:24:33 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1374410/posts A former high-level D.C. schools official has been charged with plotting global terrorist acts while also struggling to renovate classrooms and rid city schools of asbestos. Kifah Waed Jayyousi, the former facilities director for D.C. public schools, was ordered held in Detroit yesterday after he was arrested for providing material support to terrorists and plotting acts of terrorism outside the United States. insider.washtimes.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1374410/posts#comment Thu, 31 Mar 2005 10:11:12 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1935039/posts MIAMI -- Attorneys for convicted terrorism conspirator Jose Padilla say he was so badly mistreated by the government during 3 1/2 years in military custody that he deserves far less than the life prison sentence sought by federal prosecutors. A sentencing hearing set to begin this week for Padilla was postponed Tuesday until Jan. 7 because of a death in the judge's family... In court filings, attorneys for Padilla also say U.S. District Judge Marcia G. Cooke should look at whether the U.S. citizen would be more harshly punished than other terrorism suspects, and should take into consideration the conditions... Washington Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1935039/posts#comment Wed, 5 Dec 2007 15:46:53 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1886008/posts Padilla sues US officials over confinement Despite his conviction on terror conspiracy charges, his lawyers say he suffered 'psychological abuse' during military detention. By Warren Richey | Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor Convicted Al Qaeda operative Jose Padilla is seeking to hold former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld and 59 other US officials responsible for what his lawyers say were abusive and unconstitutional tactics used against Mr. Padilla while he was held in military custody as an enemy combatant from 2002 to 2006. Lawyers working on Padilla's behalf filed the civil lawsuit earlier this year in federal court in... csmonitor.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1886008/posts#comment Fri, 24 Aug 2007 16:41:28 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1885244/posts People who knew Jose Padilla before he was sent to a Navy brig in 2002 say he emerged a different man after three and a half years of isolation and interrogation. Those who observed him only from a distance also noticed a change: The "dirty bomber" whose capture then-Attorney General John Ashcroft had announced on live TV morphed into yet another junior jihadist who went to Afghanistan for arms training but never came close to carrying out an attack. Padilla's recent conviction on terrorism-related charges highlights the contrast between the murderous mastermind portrayed by the Bush administration and the less... Reason http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1885244/posts#comment Thu, 23 Aug 2007 06:05:24 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1884181/posts Abdullah Al-Muhajir, a.k.a. Jose Padilla, was convicted Thursday of supporting terrorist activity and, said Associated Press, “conspiracy to murder, kidnap and maim people overseas.” At the Leftist website Daily Kos, Padilla was hailed as an “American Martyr to ‘War on Terror,’” and his trial was compared to the witch hysteria: “As was the case during the witch trials of yesteryear, only the socially unpopular, the mentally ill, and the politically dangerous end up at the end of a noose or in yet another bonfire of political vanity.” The barely literate posting went on to complain that the case against Padilla... Human Events http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1884181/posts#comment Tue, 21 Aug 2007 08:29:53 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1883096/posts He was a well-dressed, soft-spoken man who was devoted to his large family and seemed knowledgeable about ways to repair Washington's broken down public schools. Kifah W. Jayyousi's chief problem as a D.C. school official appeared to be a reckless determination to get the job done, those who knew him said. He lasted less than two years before he was booted out, but no one suspected that the mild-mannered naturalized U.S. citizen from Jordan might be associated with terrorists. On Thursday, a federal jury in Miami convicted the former chief of facilities for D.C. public schools of conspiring to murder,... Washington Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1883096/posts#comment Sat, 18 Aug 2007 16:52:17 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1883024/posts So, as you all know, the news comes out that Jose Padilla has been convicted of being a terrorist by a US Court, yet the AP wants to focus more on what it feels the government did wrong than what Padilla did. I guess the AP thinks the US government is more guilty than is a convicted terrorist. Even after his conviction, the AP fills their report with "supposedly," "possible," and other mitigating verbiage to describe Padilla and the other terror suspects in the news. But even as they want to give Padilla a pass they cast the Bush Administration's... NewsBusters.org http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1883024/posts#comment Sat, 18 Aug 2007 14:09:52 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1882984/posts Padilla Convicted, but the AP Still Can't Believe he's Guilty! By Warner Todd Huston | August 18, 2007 - 05:24 ET So, as you all know, the news comes out that Jose Padilla has been convicted of being a terrorist by a US Court, yet the AP wants to focus more on what it feels the government did wrong than what Padilla did. I guess the AP thinks the US government is more guilty than is a convicted terrorist.Even after his conviction, the AP fills their report with "supposedly," "possible," and other mitigating verbiage to describe Padilla and the other... http://newsbusters.org/ http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1882984/posts#comment Sat, 18 Aug 2007 11:51:32 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1882939/posts There were two perfectly predictable schools of thought being expressed after the conviction of Jose Padilla on Thursday on terrorism-related charges. Supporters of the Bush administration said the conviction justified the more than three years Mr. Padilla spent in military detention before his criminal prosecution, while the administration’s opponents said the verdict proved that the criminal justice system should have handled the case in the first place. But the real innovation in Mr. Padilla’s case, some legal experts said yesterday, was more subtle than those dueling talking points suggested. The Justice Department’s strategy in the trial itself, using a seldom-tested... The New York Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1882939/posts#comment Sat, 18 Aug 2007 04:53:33 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1882633/posts After a three-month trial, a federal jury convicted home-grown terrorist Jose Padilla (AKA Abdullah al-Muhajir or Muhajir Abdullah) of terrorism conspiracy charges. Padilla and co-defendants Adham Hassoun, a Palestinian born in Lebanon, and Kifah Jayyousi, a naturalized U.S. citizen from Jordan, were found guilty of one count of conspiracy to murder, kidnap and maim overseas, one count of conspiracy to provide material support for terrorists and one count of material support for terrorists.Opponents of the Bush administration’s policy of treating terrorists as enemy combatants rather than common criminals, point to the verdict as "proof" that convictions can be obtained while... Political Mavens/Jewish World Review http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1882633/posts#comment Fri, 17 Aug 2007 16:21:39 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1882706/posts The loony schmucks over at the Daily Kos that hate conservatives but love Liberal Democrats are seething and were stumbling all over themselves in defense of convicted Muslim Terrorist Jose Padilla. From The Daily KKKos: GUILTY: American Martyr to “War on Terror” Padilla only the socially unpopular, the mentally ill, and the politically dangerous end up at the end of a noose or in yet another bonfire of political vanity. From allegations of planning to plant a readioactive “dirty” bomb, to being convicted of having his prints on a piece of apparently “found” by the government. The rest was purely... MensNewsDaily.Com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1882706/posts#comment Fri, 17 Aug 2007 18:54:25 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1882693/posts WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The guilty verdict against Jose Padilla showed the Bush administration could win a high-profile terrorism conviction despite questions over whether it acted legally in detaining the U.S. citizen for 3-1/2 years without charges. But critics and law experts called Thursday's verdict a messy win for the government, in which it was able to avoid answering for its long detention and interrogation of Padilla without the legal rights normally granted U.S. citizens, and, his lawyers said, for torturing him. Some said it showed that the administration still lacks a workable system for trying terrorism suspects nearly six years... Reuters http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1882693/posts#comment Fri, 17 Aug 2007 18:30:02 GMT