Judge: Padilla Competent To Stand Trial

MIAMI -- A federal judge decided Wednesday that alleged al Qaeda operative Jose Padilla is mentally fit to stand trial on terrorism-support charges, despite his attorneys' insistence that he is unable to help them prepare a defense.

Okay so the man is competent that's no story, he was always aware of what he was doing. The point is Padilla and his lawyers tried to pull wool over the American peoples head by claiming he was beaten so badly by the Bush administration that he went insane!

Padilla was competent on March 2002 when Khalid Shaikh Mohammed mastermind of the Sept. 11 attacks and al-Qaida's operational planner asked him to target up to three high-rise buildings and use natural gas with a radiological "dirty bomb."

Padilla was competent on May 8, 2002 when he arrived at Chicago's O'Hare International Airport after an overseas trip, carrying $10,526, a cell phone and e-mail addresses for al-Qaida operatives.

Padilla was also competent on when he told his liberal lawyers that he has been subjected to torture, including sensory deprivation, sleep deprivation, and enforced stress positions.

So how on earth is it that Padilla is not competent to stand trial?