Good for Luttig

Remember how the Bush administration held Padilla forever, not charging him, not doin' nuthin', saying to its critics, "Pound sand, we're at war." Then, when the supremes said they'd look at the case, suddenly they decided to charge him criminally?

Here's the appellate judge's response to that: Judge J. Michael Luttig said the administration risked its "credibility before the courts" and left the impression that Padilla had been held in military custody "by mistake."

That, or they're afraid to make the argument they proclaim. C'mon, fellas, you believe it or you don't--and you'd damn well better believe it.