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Politics : GOPwinger Lies/Distortions/Omissions/Perversions of Truth -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: jlallen who wrote (10610)	4/18/2004 12:51:35 PM
From: Karen Lawrence	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 173976

Bush lies are tasteless. It's been over a year, still no wmds, which you claimed repeatedly would be found. Bush has also violated the US Constitution. We'll soon see what happens with the Padilla case: In its brief appealing a lower court's ruling that President Bush lacked authority to order the military detention of an American citizen, Jose Padilla, the administration argues that the decision to transfer Mr. Padilla from the civilian courts to a military prison was made under the president's inherent authority as commander in chief. "The authority of the commander in chief to engage and defeat the enemy encompasses the capture and detention of enemy combatants wherever found, including within the nation's borders," the brief asserts. Mr. Padilla was apprehended two years ago at O'Hare International Airport in Chicago on suspicion of participating in a plot by Al Qaeda to detonate a radioactive device, but he has never been charged with a crime. This case, Rumsfeld v. Padilla, No. 03-1027, will be argued April 28... nytimes.com