Update: Guilty on all counts. The charges: Count 1 - Conspiracy to Murder, Kidnap, and Maim Persons in a Foreign Country as part of a conspiracy to advance violent jihad Count 2 - Conspiracy to Provide Material Support for Terrorists Count 3 - Material Support for Terrorists Counts 4 and 5 are against Hassoun for... Read More

Striking a small blow against sharia creep, the judge in the Jose Padilla/Abdulla al Mujahir trial ruled that Padilla/al Mujahir's lawyers can't play the "defensive jihad" card: Jurors who will soon debate the guilt or innocence of Jose Padilla and two other men on terrorism support charges cannot consider whether their actions were justified by... Read More

The latest on the Jose Padilla trial: The judge gets a quote of the day award: Defense attorneys insisted the government evidence did not prove the existence of such a conspiracy. Padilla attorney Michael Caruso pointed out that Padilla's voice is heard on only a handful of the intercepted phone calls and is never overheard... Read More

Hey, you know Jose Padilla's al Qaeda job application, posted today by ABC News? If it looks familiar, you may recall that I posted the whole thing here back in January 2006 after reading about it in the Miami Herald and then obtaining the original document from the US Attorney's Office in Florida. All it... Read More

The Miami Herald reports today on the latest development in the Jose Padilla case: I obtained the five-page document (plus the five-page English translation) from the US Attorney's Office in Florida th

A victory for the Bush Administration: J. Michael Luttig won't be pleased.

Via Breitbart.com/AP: Others indicted: Adham Amin Hassoun, Mohammed Hesham Youssef, Kifah Wael Jayyousi, and Kassem Daher. Hassoun also was indicted on eight additional charges, including perjury, obstruction of justice and illegal firearm possession. Hassoun, a Palestinian computer programmer who moved to Florida in was arrested in June 2002 for allegedly overstaying his student visa. Prosecutors... Read More

Just in over the last hour via Breitbart/AP: WaPo/Reuters coverage here. Opinion, written by Michael Luttig, is here. *** Background: What to do with Jose Padilla Washington Post on the Jose Padilla case