Jose Padilla sentenced
Jose Padilla was sentenced today to 17 years in prison, a lighter than expected sentence due to the harsh treatment he was afforded within Guantanomo.
This is the guy who made the news as the ‘Dirty Bomber’ (that’s right, a Uranium Suitcase bomb). Despite the sensationalism, Padilla (a U.S. citizen) was held for 4 years without any charges brought against him. All the ‘dirty bomb’ charges went away, used for nothing more than a good pay-off in fear-mongering (of the kind that’s been rampant since 9-11) and the destruction of a person’s life for priceless propaganda.
The main source of evidence against Padilla were his past (yes, murder and violence) and a document in which he signed on for a terrorist training camp.
His jailers said he was “so docile and inactive that he could be mistaken for ‘a piece of furniture.’
According to his lawyers, he was forced to stand in painful stress positions, given LSD and other drugs, deprived of sleep and even a mattress for extended periods and subjected to loud noises, extreme heat and cold and noxious odors.
One psychiatrist, after spending 22 hours with him, said that what happened to him at Guantanomo: ‘was essentially the destruction of a human being’s mind.”
There was NEVER a dirty bomb! Some experts doubt that any such device exists.
Mark my words: He will be out much sooner. I’m not saying he’s a good guy - this guy was always deviant, always violent.
But though the world will soon forget about Jose Padilla, he will be released when people figure out what absolute bullshit his entire case was…