17 Quotes by Andrew Patel

One cannot discount the obvious -- Padilla has no information to provide.

This case started in a very unusual way but I'm happy to say that today it is a criminal proceeding. Mr. Padilla is being treated as any American citizen charged with wrongdoing in this country.

This case started in an unusual way, but I'm happy today it's in a criminal court proceeding. Mr. Padilla is being treated like any other American citizen in the criminal justice system.

They seem to be saying, 'We're not going to take this one, but we are watching and we are not going to let this happen again'.

It's a matter of how paranoid you are. What it could mean is that the president conceivably could sign a piece of paper when he has hearsay information that somebody has done something he doesn't like and send them to jail - without a hearing (or) a trial.

It's a matter of how paranoid you are,

How does someone who is not a member of the armed forces of a nation state become an armed combatant?

The issue that is before the court, that we have asked them to take up, is: does the president of the United States have the authority to sign a piece of paper and send someone to jail without criminal process, and have him held by the military. We say the constitution does not permit that.