How Bush used Padilla to Batter the Constitution

Mike Whitney

The government has lied about Jose Padilla from the very beginning. There was no "dirty bomb" or dirty bomb plot. No one was in danger and the government knew it. It was all a bunch of Bush-hooey to try to divert attention from FBI special agent Colleen Rowley’s testimony on 9-11. Rowley appeared before a Senate intelligence committee to explain the details of how she was intentionally "thwarted" in her investigation of Zacharias Moussaoui ("The 20th highjacker") by higher-ups at FBI Headquarters. The whole thing was carried live by NPR and hinted that the White House was directly involved in suppressing the investigation of terror suspects prior to 9-11...

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