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Whatever went on inside the Charleston, South Carolina, naval brig while alleged al Qaeda operative Jose Padilla was detained there for three-and-half years, one incredible fact is that the U.S. military videotaped so much of it.

That stunning revelation came out this week at the end of a federal court hearing to assess Padilla's mental fitness to stand trial. In Charleston, it turns out Padilla was videotaped in his cell 24/7, was videotaped taking showers, and taped as guards escorted him from his cell, handcuffed and shackled, even to visit a dentist. Not only that, Padilla was videotaped for hundreds of hours while he was interrogated. The FBI, which normally investigates terrorism suspects, has a policy never to videotape or audiotape its interviews.

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