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MIAMI (Reuters) - Jose Padilla rocked back and forth during the meetings with a psychologist, his chained hands sweating and facial muscles twitching, and insisted repeatedly in a voice devoid of emotion that he was not crazy.

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Bkumm
Jan. 21, 2007, 6:57 p.m.
He may be crazy to take on the govt., but he insists that there is nothing wrong with his mind.
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deathray
Jan. 21, 2007, 7:05 p.m.
I am certain that keeping him in that kind of isolation has taken it's toll...
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Sandmn
Jan. 21, 2007, 7:27 p.m.
1300 days in isolation and being treated and mistreated constantly, has got to have an affect on anyone. He was obviously not guilty of the accused crime, so he is certainly entitled to his day in court now. I hope he sticks it to the administration good.
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  Natureboy
  Jan. 21, 2007, 10:30 p.m.
  What if he is completely innocent, and was tortured and driven mad for nothing except as a propaganda ploy to keep dull normals whipped up about the "war on terror?"
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  bubba2
  Jan. 22, 2007, midnight
  WHO was 'saved' by his capture?? YOU, for sure, do NOT know he is guilty, either, but you sure make it SOUND like he IS.
  Proof, please. Even the GOVERNMENT doesn't have it.
  All they have ultimately 'charged' him with is "supporting terrorism". What the H*ll does that mean? It sure means that they have NO evidence of him DOING anything.
  Yet, this man has been treated WORSE than sh*t for FOUR years.
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  spkguy
  Jan. 22, 2007, 4:24 a.m.
  Cat,
  Key word here is,"accused".
  What ever happened to the rule of law? You know Habeas Corpus and due process!
  "Though no single opinion of the Court commanded a majority, eight of the nine justices of the Court agreed that the Executive Branch does not have the power to hold indefinitely a U.S. citizen without basic due process protections enforceable through judicial review."
  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamdi_v._Rumsfeld
  
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    spkguy
    Jan. 22, 2007, 5:12 a.m.
    Absolute Power The real reason the Bush administration won't back down on Guantanamo.
    "Why is the United States poised to try Jose Padilla as a dangerous terrorist, long after it has become perfectly clear that he was just the wrong Muslim in the wrong airport on the wrong day?"
    http://www.netscape.com/viewstory/2007/01/21/oped-
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Sandmn
Jan. 21, 2007, 7:46 p.m.
Catestevens:If he were caught red handed, as it was reported, then why does the government drop the charges to lesser charges of support for teerorism? Obviously, they did not catch him. But here's anyother, more obscure view, What if he's innocent? And What if a frog had wings. The fact is he didn't do anything and it was only alleged that he had planned anything. The government is not satisfied with their case and have dropped the original charges. I would like to see people receive trials before we decide to imprison them and mistreat them, silly concept, I know.

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    Sandmn
    Jan. 21, 2007, 10:58 p.m.
    Catstevens: I, just as all of the rest of us, trusted our elected leader to be honest and forthright with us, and to present the truth as it appeared. We have found that this was not the case and we were duped. Okay. We were duped once, so shame of him, and we've learned our lessons. He couldn't but trust with all the tea in china. He has proven himself to be the lowest of the low and a liar to all. With that in mind, I do enjoy being able to recant the earliest opinions I held. And in those opinions is Mr. Padillas case. I hope he sues the snot out of them and wins. He has been conerced into confessions that are worthless. I have not abandoned this nation. I simply have learned to regonize the true terrorists that threaten this nation. The Bush administration is this countries most dangerous enemy. But so has most of the country. The tasks get easier when you realize who the enemy really is.
    
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      Bacalao
      Jan. 21, 2007, 11:44 p.m.
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      Bacalao
      Jan. 21, 2007, 11:42 p.m.
      to quote our president:
      fool me once shame on you, fool me twice.....well....you won't fool me again.
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    bubba2
    Jan. 22, 2007, 12:06 a.m.
    YOU don't even know what the charge of "supporting terrorism" means because the government won't TELL anyone.
    So you are making assumptions of guilt even while you criticize others for what you would call making assumptions about the administration and the war.
    HOW is criticism of the treatment of Jose Padilla an "abandonment" of the U.S.??
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Linkgmr
Jan. 21, 2007, 9:54 p.m.
Then again, it's the sane people who think they are insane, and the insane ones who think they're sane.
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Natureboy
Jan. 21, 2007, 10:29 p.m.
"Former "enemy combatant" Padilla insists he's sane"
So does Bush, but Padilla is more credible...
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NeoWiccan
Jan. 21, 2007, 10:55 p.m.
Guilty untill proven innocent...god bless america LOL
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Bacalao
Jan. 21, 2007, 11:31 p.m.
For a very long time people have been saying that this kind of treatment couldn't happen to an American citizen. It seems as though they have been proven wrong. Thanks to our present administration America is no longer the "home of the free". Pray that this administration doesn't concider you an "enemy combatant", for this may surely happen to you if it does.
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bubba2
Jan. 22, 2007, 12:03 a.m.
What OUR government has done to this man is UTTERLY DISPICABLE. PERIOD.
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Intelligentsia
Jan. 22, 2007, 7:09 p.m.
I cannot say whether he is guilty or if he is innocent. That is none of our jobs, it is the job of a jury of whom are either persuaded or not by a prosecutor. What I do know is that in our constitution, specifically in the 5th and 6th amendments, something known as due process is defined and it is explicitly stated that no person shall be deprived of life, liberty... without due process. The acts of this administration which have essentially been aimed at the deprivation of and deconstruction of our constituion are horribly asinine. I believe when someone breaks the law he is a criminal. Bush has broken the law, repeatedly, and therefor is nothing more then a vicuous criminal.