Posted On: July 6, 2007
Terrorism Expert Witness Testifies in Padilla Case
In the federal government's case against terrorism suspect Jose Padilla, Dr. Rohan Gunaratna is the leading expert witness. Author of Inside al Qaeda: Global Network of Terror, Gunaratna will explain Osama bin Laden's al Qaeda network to jurors. Terrorism expert witness Gunaratna has described how Padilla formed a cell in Florida as part of the global terrorist network. The Miami Herald.com reports that Gunaratna stated the:
..."defendants shared the same goal as bin Laden -- to create Islamic states through any means necessary." Assistant U.S. Attorney John Shipley praised Gunaratna, telling U.S. District Judge Marcia Cooke, ``He's the leading scholar in this area.".
