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For more than three years, Jose Padilla, an alleged al Qaeda operative, has been held without trial, much of the time without access to a lawyer. A former Chicago gang member and Muslim convert, Padilla was arrested at O’Hare International Airport in May 2002. A month later, he was designated an “enemy combatant” by President Bush and sent to a naval brig in South Carolina.Full Story