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...dirty bomb," a conventional explosive laced with a radioactive element. The U.S. government said that the threat of such an attack on an American city was minimal. The clarification followed U.S. Attorney General John Ashcroft's announcement of the arrest in May of José Padilla, an American citizen who converted to Islam and calls himself Abdullah al-Muhajir, and his incarceration in military custody as an "enemy combatant." 55 CANCRI Homely Star Planet hunters at the University of California have found the first solar system that resembles our own. The star, 55 Cancri in the constellation of Cancer...
...Broadcasting - to send a message of "vote no" on a euro referendum. "The central issue," said Murdoch, "is one of sovereignty," which must be precisely what Prime Minister Blair is thinking as he evaluates this new challenge to his Labour government's control by an Australian-born U.S. citizen. Labour has long courted Murdoch, winning endorsements from some of his papers before the last two elections. A new bill that freed Murdoch to buy terrestrial television station Channel 5 was seen by some as a sweetener to get Murdoch's support, or at least neutrality, when the government announces...
...quite radioactive) dust settled on Ashcroft's dramatic announcement, some began asking not only why Mr. Padilla, a U.S. citizen, was being held in a Navy brig as an "enemy combatant," but also why he was dominating America's headlines - and its nightmares. Within hours of Ashcroft's announcement, administration officials were pointing out that Padilla had no radioactive material or any other bomb-making equipment. Nor had he chosen a target, or formulated a plan. And while his connections with al-Qaeda operatives were never in doubt, he suddenly began to look a lot more like the accused shoe...
...system and into military detention, for lack of evidence (at least evidence which the government would be willing to reveal to a judge) to support keeping him in prison. By week's end, the nation's focus was on the constitutional and legal challenges posed by denying a U.S. citizen the rights of due process, rather than the threat presented by Padilla's discussions and training. Unkind voices in Washington even drew attention to the fact that the timing of the announcement had helped the administration forestall criticism over the government's handling of intelligence and security matters...
...that assessment has not been seconded from higher up the chain of command. Alternately, Padilla could be tried by a military tribunal. But that option would require some backtracking at the White House. When the Bush administration established guidelines for military tribunals last November, they stipulated that no American citizen would be subject to trial by that method...