Padilla, after more lingering in the courts, was suddenly pulled out of military custody and put on trial in a federal court on regular criminal charges.

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Some Republicans said the U.S. should have brought Mr. Abu Ghaith to the offshore prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, rather than prepare criminal charges in a regular federal court.

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People know me as a regular person, and I've never been mixed up in any criminal intentions, especially any linked to terrorism.

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