Padilla: Guilty On All Counts

For those who haven't "heard" yet, Jose Padilla aka Abdullah al-Muhajir was convicted, along with and co-defendants Adham Amin Hassoun and Kifah Wael Jayyousi,

of federal terrorism support charges Thursday after being held for 3 1/2 years as an enemy combatant in a case that came to symbolize the Bush administration's zeal to stop homegrown terror.

Padilla and friends are looking at a life sentences.

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Padilla was first detained in 2002 because of much more sensational accusations. The Bush administration portrayed Padilla, a U.S. citizen and Muslim convert, as a committed terrorist who was part of an al-Qaida plot to detonate a radioactive "dirty bomb" in the U.S. [SNIP]

The key piece of physical evidence was a five-page form Padilla supposedly [sic] filled out in July 2000 to attend an al-Qaida training camp in Afghanistan, which would link the other two defendants as well to Osama bin Laden's terrorist organization.

The form, recovered by the CIA in 2001 in Afghanistan, contains seven of Padilla's fingerprints and several other personal identifiers, such as his birthdate and his ability to speak Spanish, English and Arabic.

One down, all too many more to go.

What others are saying:

Jayne Lyn Stahl at Huffington Post:

Psychologists, and those who have visited with Jose Padilla over the past three plus years of his incarceration say that they see profound emotional wreckage as a result of his detention. Regardless of whether Mr. Padilla's treatment can be tweaked such that it conforms with his constitutional entitlements, as an American, there is no way in hell that anyone can justify turning an otherwise healthy 36 year old into the shell of a man. If the treatment he received at the hands of his captors is ethical and aboveboard, then why is it classified?

Ace of Spades:

DU, DKos (The New Political Center of America™, HuffPo, and sundry other jagoffs are well-nigh drenched in hot Che-Che tears over the conviction. They are brave enough to show their love for America by supporting its enemies who would kill Americans.

Those who love America show it by denigrating and beating the sh*t out of her at every opportunity. Call it the Ike Turner school of patriotism.

Michelle reposts a copy of Padilla's al Qaeda employment application form--in Arabic (translation follows).

Thunder Run (sarcastically):

A red letter day I'm sure...now to hear from the Democratic Leadership on the travesty of convicting this mis-guided man, and my day will be complete.

Tammy Bruce:

I was nervous about this verdict, considering juries can be known for having arrived on the short bus, but in this instance, they arrived at the right verdict in just a day and a half. Good for them and good for us. Now getting some big fish would be nice.