Reply #3: So, is Padilla a bloodthirsty terrorist or not?

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Unfortunately, thanks to the bungling of the corrupt Bush administration, we'll never know the truth about this. Either a terrorist avoided justice, or a man was smeared in public by the federal government without recourse or the right to confront his accusers.

Strange that Clinton was able to track down, try, convict and imprison the folks who bombed the World Trade Center Towers in 1993 and the Oklahoma City bombers of 1995 without cutting corners.