"The politics of fear"

That was Anthony Natale's theme in opening for Jose Padilla.

"Political crises can cause parts of our government to overreach. This is one of those times," he said. Natale said Padilla wanted to become an imam — an Islamic religious leader — and asked him to stand for the jury to see. "He's a young man who has been wrongly accused," Natale said.

Again, Curt Anderson got on the board first with this coverage. I'm sure there will be a lot more.....