"Harry Krause" wrote in message
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NOYB wrote:
"Harry Krause" wrote in message
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http://www.theindychannel.com/news/4240038/detail.html


"If the law in its current state is found by the president to be
insufficient to protect this country from terrorist plots, such as the
one alleged here, then the president should prevail upon Congress to
remedy the problem," he wrote.



Floyd wrote that, in essence, "the detention of a United States citizen
by the military is disallowed without explicit Congressional
authorization."




This was shrewd move by a Bush appointee to spark Congress into enacting
legislation that will give the President the necessary powers. Floyd
knew of course that this case will be appealed to a US Court of
Appeals...so he Padilla ain't gonna see the light of day anytime soon.


Hahahahohohohehehe.

Well, it surely will end up before the US Court of Appeals, no doubt about
that.

I have a suspicion that Bush isn't going to be getting any new powers in
the area under discussion.

I have a suspicion that you're wrong. Bush will push for this...and a
Republican House and Senate will gladly oblige.

Here's why terrorists shouldn't have any rights:


Imprisoned terrorists still advocating terror
1993 World Trade Center bombers write letters exhorting jihad

By Lisa Myers & the NBC investigative unit
Updated: 7:52 p.m. ET Feb. 28, 2005


It was 12:18 p.m. on Feb. 26, 1993, lunchtime, when the van exploded. The
massive bomb rattled the World Trade Center, leaving a giant crater in the
underground garage. Six people were killed, and more than 1,000 were
wounded.

At the time, it was the worst act of terrorism ever committed on American
soil. Three Islamic extremists were among those convicted, each sentenced to
more than 100 years in prison.

Former prosecutor Andy McCarthy convicted others involved in the attack.

"It's difficult to imagine people who are more evil or inclined to do more
mass homicide," says McCarthy.

So the men were sent to America's most secure federal prisons, eventually
ending up at Supermax in Colorado, supposedly unable to do further harm.

Or so we thought. Letters and articles obtained by NBC News show that while
behind bars, the 1993 bombers continued their terrorist activities. They
wrote letters to other suspected terrorists and brazenly praised Osama bin
Laden in Arabic newspapers.

According to confidential Spanish court documents obtained by NBC, at least
14 letters went back and forth between the World Trade Center bombers and a
Spanish terror cell.

In February 2003, bomber Mohammed Salameh writes: "Oh God! Make us live with
happiness, make us die as martyrs, may we be united on the Day of Judgment."
The recipient, Mohamed Achraf, later allegedly led a plot to blow up the
National Justice Building in Madrid and is awaiting trial.

In July 2002, a letter Salameh sent from prison is published in the Al-Quds
newspaper, proclaiming "Osama Bin Laden is my hero of this generation."

"He was exhorting acts of terrorism and helping recruit would-be terrorists
for the jihad," says McCarthy, "from inside an American prison."

The letters to the bombers spoke of the need to "terminate the infidels" and
said, "The Muslims don't have any option other than jihad."

Among those corresponding is a man charged with recruiting suicide
operatives in Spain. Spanish officials accuse him of using letters to and
from the U.S. bombers as a recruiting tool.

All this while the Bureau of Prisons reassured the public that terrorists
were under control.

"We have been managing inmates with ties to terrorism for over a decade by
confining them in secure conditions and monitoring their communications
closely," said Harley Lappin, the Bureau of Prisons director, in October
2003.

Today, federal prison officials refuse to comment directly on what other law
enforcement officials call a horrible lapse, saying only that inmates'
letters are "monitored" and "inspected."

So how did this happen? Federal officials tell NBC that the Justice
Department failed to restrict communications to and from the three bombers
because key officials didn't consider them all that dangerous.

Michael Macko lost his father, Bill, in the trade center bombing and
attended the 12th anniversary memorial on Feb. 26.

"If they are encouraging acts of terrorism internationally, how do we know
they're not encouraging acts of terrorism right here on U.S. soil?" asks
Macko.

That's just one of the many questions now being scrutinized by the Justice
Department.