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Padilla Trial Won’t Include “Dirty Bomb” Claim
Jurors in the trial of accused terrorism supporter Jose Padilla are not likely to hear that he admitted planning to use a radiological “dirty bomb” against the United States, the Associated Press reported today (see GSN, Jan. 13). Padilla was held without charges for 3 1/2 years in the United States as an “enemy combatant.” However, his admissions in custody were made without legal representation and other constitutional protections, meaning they are inadmissible in a civilian court, AP reported. Also not included in the indictment against Padilla, and unlikely to be mentioned in court, are Padilla’s reported admissions that he attended an al-Qaeda training camp and hoped to destroy U.S. apartment buildings using natural gas explosions. Padilla is scheduled for trial in September in Miami on federal charges of conspiracy and providing material support to a terrorist organization. He is accused to supplying funding and recruits for global terrorism efforts. “It’s like the government is playing games,” said Duke University law professor Scott Sillman. “The defense could raise these issues. The government is going to have to explain why they aren’t going after much stronger charges” (Curt Anderson, Associated Press, Feb. 6).
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