Jose Padilla
Events (31)
- March 9, 1953: Supreme Court Creates ‘State Secrets’ Privilege in Ruling 1953-03-09
- June 8, 2002: Justice Department: US Military Can Indefinitely Detain US Citizen without Due Process 2002-06-08
- June 10, 2002: Arrest of Supposed Al-Qaeda Plotter Jose Padilla Announced 2002-06-10
- December 4, 2002: Judge Says Padilla Has Right to See Lawyer; Government Challenges Ruling 2002-12-04
- March 11, 2003: Judge Reaffirms Padilla Has Right to See Lawyer 2003-03-11
- March 3, 2004: Lawyers Finally Meet with Accused American al-Qaeda Operative 2004-03-03
- October 9, 2005: Appeals Court Rules Bush Has Right to Hold US Citizen without Charge 2005-10-09
- November 22, 2005: Padilla Indicted for Lesser Crimes, Not on ‘Dirty Bomb’ Allegations 2005-11-22
- December 21, 2005: Appeals Court Judge Excoriates Bush Administration Over Padilla Ruling, Refuses to Allow Padilla to be Transferred from Military Custody 2005-12-21
- February 12, 2007: Military Commissions Act Strips Habeas Corpus, Must be Repealed, Says Author 2007-02-12
- May 14, 2007: Padilla Trial Begins 2007-05-14
- January 4, 2008: Padilla Sues Former Justice Department Lawyer, Contends that Opinions Led to His Illegal Detention 2008-01-04
- January 22, 2008: Padilla, Two Other Defendants Sentenced on Charges of Supporting Terror 2008-01-22
- March 13, 2008: Pentagon Reviews At Least 50 Tapes of Detainee Interrogations 2008-03-13
- March 13, 2008: Al-Marri Alleges Abuse at Hands of FBI, DIA Interrogators; Says Videotapes Prove Charges 2008-03-13
- April 4, 2008: Evidence Mounting that US Using Mind-Altering Drugs on Detainees 2008-04-04
- Shortly Before January 29, 2009: Padilla Sues Rumsfeld, Other Bush Administration Figures for Illegal Detention 2009-01-29
- January 30, 2009: Padilla Attorneys Say High-Level Bush Officials Countenanced Client’s Torture in US Naval Brig 2009-01-30
- February 10, 2009: FBI: Slain Nazi Sympathizer Had Components for Radioactive ‘Dirty Bomb’ 2009-02-10
- March 3, 2009: Law Expert: Memos Prove US a ‘Dictatorship’ for Last Seven Years of Bush Presidency 2009-03-03
- March 29, 2009: Zubaida’s Torture Provided No Useful Information, Senior Government Officials Say 2009-03-29
- April 22, 2009: Former FBI Interrogator Says Premises behind Torture are False 2009-04-22
- March 2002: Padilla Begins Planning Attacks on US High-Rise Buildings
- Late March through Early June, 2002: FBI Interrogator Gains ‘Actionable Intelligence’ from Zubaida Using Non-Coercive Interrogation Methods
- June 2002: CIA Claims to Get Vital Intelligence from Torture of Zubaida, but Others Claim His Leads Are Mostly Vague and Useless
- September-October 2000: Padilla Trains at Al-Qaeda Camp
- (October 1993-November 2001): Florida Cell Supports Global Jihad, Is Monitored by FBI
- 1993: FBI Already Interested in Al-Qaeda Related Charity Based in US
- Early 2002: Padilla Suggests Detonating Nuclear Bomb inside US
- Fall 2002: Justice Department Lawyers Lose Argument over Indefinite Detentions to Cheney’s Counsel
- Mid-April 2002: Zubaida Identifies Jose Padilla, but Dismisses Him as an Incompetent with Far-Fetched Plans