Judge orders Padilla's military jailers to testify | Top News | Reuters.com

Judge orders Padilla's military jailers to testify | Top News | Reuters.com: "MIAMI (Reuters) - U.S. military prison doctors and staff must testify in court about the treatment of suspected al Qaeda operative Jose Padilla while he was held by presidential order as an 'enemy combatant,' a judge ruled on Friday.

U.S. District Judge Marcia Cooke ordered a Pentagon lawyer and seven military and civilian prison employees to appear for questioning at a hearing on Thursday to determine if Padilla is mentally competent to stand trial on terrorism charges.

'Things happened to him at that place. It might be an entirely pleasant experience, I don't know,' Cooke said." Read complete post here.