U.S. Indicts Padilla After 3 Years in Pentagon Custody - New York Times

Finally, the AG does the right thing. We now let the courts to perform the job given to them by the Constitution.

The fact that the Grand Jury did not return an indictment based on the "dirty bomb" charge may suggest that Ashcroft never really had the goods to back up his public pronouncements. At last, the public will see how dangerous (or not) Padilla and his kind really are.

Whatever are the AG's real motives, this is a step in the right direction.