Supreme Court Agrees to Transfer of Jose Padilla to Justice Department (updated)

By Andrew Cochran

The U.S. Supreme Court overturned the 4th Circuit Court of Appeals and agreed to the Bush Administration's request to transfer custody of Jose Padilla from the Defense Department to the Justice Department for the purpose of standing trial in Miami. Padilla has been held by the Defense Department as an "enemy combatant" since his arrest in 2002, when he was accused of plotting to detonate a radioactive "dirty bomb" in the U.S. This is a major victory for the Bush Administration in the Padilla case.

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