The Padilla Case and Media Coverage

The Justice Department's attempt to transfer dirtybomber suspect Jose Padilla from military to civilian custody failed after Judge Michael Luttig wrote that President Bush had the authority to hold Padilla as an "enemy combatant" in military custody.

While I question exactly why the government would choose to give Padilla a civilian court hearing, the media, particularly CBS News, has gone awry in claiming that Judge Luttig has "sharply rebuked" the Bush Administration. Hugh Hewitt explains. Who Luttig rebuked were all those liberals who said that terrorists could not be held as enemy combatants indefinitely.