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US CITIZEN, TERROR SUSPECT INDICTED
U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales answers questions from reporters on live television 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 is Alice Fisher, assistant attorney general in the criminal division of the Justice Department. (UPI Photo/Roger L. Wollenberg)

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UPI Almanac for Tuesday, Jan. 22, 2013.
A U.S. judge has delayed sentencing for Jose Padilla, allowing the convicted terror plotter to have visits from his family for the first time in years.
The Florida Supreme Court said it would not throw out the drug conviction of a man who said his lawyer didn't tell him he could be deported for pleading guilty.
CIA chief hails ex-agent's guilty plea
The CIA's chief hailed ex-agent John Kiriakou's guilty plea for leaking the name of a covert operative as "an important victory" for the intelligence community.
UPI Almanac for Thursday, Aug. 16, 2012.
The U.S. Supreme Court Monday declined to second-guess anti-terrorism policies, denying appeals by seven Guantanamo Bay detainees.
A U.S. appeals court ruled Jose Padilla cannot sue an ex-Bush administration lawyer who helped create policies justifying interrogation techniques used on him.
UPI Almanac for Sunday, Jan. 22, 2012.
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Jose Padilla to get new sentence
A federal appeals court in Atlanta Monday ordered a new sentencing for convicted U.S. terrorist Jose Padilla, suggesting 17 years was too light.
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