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Jose Padilla's lawyers describe, in detail, his treatment in a recent filing. Under the Military Comissions Act passed two weeks ago, everything described here is now legal.

http://blog.lib.umn.edu/mill1974/EGAD/056216.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Padilla_%28prisoner%29

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"I did not have any knowledge of and was not a member of the plot to hijack planes and crash them into buildings on Sept. 11, 2001. I wish to withdraw my guilty plea and ask the court for a new trial to prove my innocence of the Sept. 11 plot. I have never met Mohammed Atta and, while I may have seen a few of the other hijackers, I never knew them or anything about their operation."
—Zacarias Moussaoui (Frenchman), US v. Moussaoui, 1:01-cr-00455 (Virginia), "Motion to Withdraw Guilty Plea", May 8, 2006

"Moussaoui now claims he 'did not have any knowledge of and was not a member of the plot to hijack planes and crash them into buildings on September 11.' He wants to withdraw his guilty pleas and go to trial to prove his 'innocence of the September 11 plot.'"
—Judge Leonie M. Brinkema, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Virginia, "Order Denying Motion to Withdraw Guilty Plea", May 8, 2006

"Explaining his twists and turns, Moussaoui said, 'Solitary confinement made me hostile toward everyone, and I began taking extreme positions to fight the system.' Moussaoui said that, coupled with his inability to get a Muslim lawyer, led him to distrust his lawyers when they told him he could be convicted of being an al-Qaida member but acquitted of involvement in 9/11. Moussaoui wrote that he pleaded guilty because he mistakenly thought the Supreme Court would immediately review his objection to being denied the opportunity to call captured enemy combatant witnesses to buttress his claim of not being involved in the 9/11 plot. An appeals court agreed with the government that national security would be at risk if captured operatives like 9/11 mastermind Khalid Shaikh Mohammed testified or were even questioned by Moussaoui's lawyers. Instead, statements taken from their interrogations were read to the jury. Shaikh Mohammed's statements said Moussaoui was never considered for the 9/11 plot. Moussaoui shocked the courtroom at his sentencing trial when he recanted his four-year-old claim of having nothing to do with 9/11."
—Associated Press, "Moussaoui Asks to Withdraw Guilty Plea," May 8, 2006

Pete Williams: "The old outbursts were gone... He was very docile today... We believe that he's wearing one of those stun belts, and it may be that he was very worried about doing anything that would cause those Marshals to press the button...."
Dan Abrams: "A stun belt? They literally have something around his waist? That they can push a button and?"
Pete Williams: [Pause] "Well..."
—MSNBC, "MSNBC VIDEO: Moussaoui wore 'stun belt' for new testimony"

www.september911surprise.com

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