US CITIZEN, TERROR SUSPECT INDICTED

U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales answers questions from reporters during a news conference where he announced the indictment of Jose Padilla for consipring to "murder, kidnap and maim" people abroad at the Department of Justice on November 22, 2005, in Washington. A Brooklyn-born U.S. citizen and Muslim convert, Padilla has been held for three years as an enemy combatant, suspected of plotting a dirty bomb attack in the U.S. Behind Gonzales are FBI Assistant Director John Pistole, Alice Fisher, assistant attorney general in the criminal division of the Justice Department, and Alex Acosta, US Attorney for the Southern District of Florida (l to r). (UPI Photo/Roger L. Wollenberg)