"Convicted terrorism plotter, trained Al Qaeda soldier, and former violent gang member Jose Padilla will be resentenced in December after an appeals court concluded that his 17-year prison term was far too lenient. Padilla is being held in solitary confinement at the Supermax federal prison in Florence, Colo., said his attorney, chief federal public defender Michael Caruso. He said at a hearing Wednesday that he has ‘‘very limited’’ contact with Padilla because of prison restrictions regarding access."
Translation: This guy is never getting out to talk. And who knows what marks he has on his body.
Also see:
"Review Jose Padilla case, says ACLU; Group alleges he was tortured" by Peter James Spielmann | Associated Press, December 12, 2012
NEW YORK — A civil liberties group asked the Organization of American States’ human rights commission Tuesday to investigate the US government for what it says are violations of the rights of convicted terrorism plotter Jose Padilla.
The American Civil Liberties Union says the United States violated Padilla’s rights when it labeled him an ‘‘enemy combatant’’ a decade ago and subjected him to interrogation that amounted to torture, including sleep and sensory deprivation in solitary confinement.
The watchdog legal group said it had filed a petition to the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, which serves as the human-rights investigation arm of the Washington-based OAS. The United States has argued in the past that it is not bound by the commission and views its findings as ‘‘only recommendations that the United States can ignore or it can follow,’’ according to Steven Watt, the ACLU lawyer who filed the petition. But the findings could still prove awkward for the United States, which sees itself as a leader on human rights and is quick to criticize other countries it views as falling short on that front.
I wouldn't worry about awkwardness; by now the whole world knows the U.S. is full of hypocritical shit. As we used to say, it goes in one ear and out the other.
‘‘My experience is that there is some moral suasion and the US supports the commission . . . and cooperates with the commission’s inquiries,’’ said Roger Noriega, a former US ambassador to the OAS who is now a fellow at the American Enterprise Institute think tank.
Related: Roger Noriega is a war criminal
That's who my jew$paper turns to for "expert" analysis.
But Noriega said the United States is not party to the treaty establishing the commission’s authority ‘‘and there can be no argument that we are legally bound by the Court’s decisions.’’
This government thinks it is above all laws and treaties, even those they have signed.
Jamil Dakwar, the ACLU’s human rights program director, said this is the first-ever petition to be filed to the OAS commission by an American citizen against the US government alleging torture and abuse.
Yeah, that's the really scary part: Padilla is a U.S. CITIZEN who is supposed to have rights!
It asks the OAS body to recommend that the United States publicly acknowledge the violations and apologize for its unlawful conduct.
And let the framed patsy out, right?
Good luck getting an apology out this arrogant government that thinks its infallible.
The OAS promotes cooperation among the 35 independent countries of the Americas.
State Department spokeswoman Nicole Thompson referred queries to the Justice Department. Officials at Justice did not immediately respond to requests for comment Monday and Tuesday.
Among the allegations in the ACLU’s petition are that Padilla’s interrogation included ‘‘painful stress positions, sleep deprivation, and sensory deprivation, which caused him severe physical and psychological trauma that persists to this day.’’ It characterized these as ‘‘physical and psychological torture and abuse.’’
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And that is the last I saw of Padilla in my Boston Globe.
Related: Memory Hole: What Four Years of Torture Will Do to an Innocent Man
He's had seven more years of it. I'll bet his mind is mush.
