ABC's Gibson ignored Padilla's three-year detention without charges
August 17, 2007 3:53 pm ET
SUMMARY: In reporting that Jose Padilla "was convicted ... of supporting terrorism,"
ABC's Charles Gibson stated that Padilla "was originally accused of plotting
with Al Qaeda to detonate a radioactive dirty bomb, but that charge was
dropped." In fact, Padilla was never "charge[d]" in relation to the alleged
"dirty bomb" plot. Indeed, Padilla, a
U.S. citizen, was held without
charges for more than three years, a fact that Gibson did not mention.
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