Gov't has to try or free Padilla

In a move that will certainly make my brother happy, and one that is probably well overdue, a federal judge ruled that the gov't must charge or release Jose Padilla within 45 days. According to an article from the LATimes via Yahoo (click the link below to read it), Padilla has been behind bars for nearly 3 years without even being charged. Apparently they want to get as much info as possbile about Bin Laden's network, although not sure what would be left to find out after 3 years, any info he had would likely be outdated by now.

This is another example of how the administration obviously did not count on a judge anywhere ruling against their indefinite imprisonments. The reason I say that is that in these cases where a judge does make a ruling, the gov't seems to be scratching their collective heads saying "Hmm, never thought of that, what do we do now?"

I didn't have a problem holding him for awhile, but I would have to agree, 3 years is probably enough. Time to charge him or cut him loose.

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=2026&ncid=716&e=27&u=/latimests/20050301/ts_latimes/judgerulesterrorsuspectmustbechargedorfreed