Padilla fingerprints appear only on the front of the first page and back of the last page

May 17, 2007
Padilla fingerprints appear only on the front of the first page and back of the last page

Although the form was one of dozens found in a binder in late 2001, it wasn't analyzed for Padilla's fingerprints until August 2006, Morgan said. The fingerprints appear only on the front of the first page and back of the last page, possibly indicating that the form had been simply handed to Padilla at some point, defense lawyers say.

Also testifying Thursday was FBI translator Nancy Khouri, who said that whoever wrote the date on the form used a format most common in the United States — month/date/year — and identified himself as an American. The alias allegedly used by Padilla means "Abu Abdallah the Immigrant," she said.

Khouri also said the form appeared to be filled out be someone not particularly fluent in Arabic.

"It looks like a kid's handwriting," she said.