The Justice Department launched a campaign Tuesday to defend its detainment of Jose Padilla as an enemy combatant. The Brooklyn-born Padilla has been held in solitary confinement for two years. No charges have been filed against him. He has never appeared in court and has had almost no contact with his lawyer. In a few weeks the Supreme Court will rule on his detention but yesterday the Justice Department attempted to win its case in the court of public opinion by declassifying documents that allege Padilla received training and orders from Al Qaeda to build a dirty bomb and to blow up hotels and apartment buildings. “Michael Greenberger, a University of Maryland law professor who has followed the Padilla case, said he believes the government is trying to influence Supreme Court justices who are now weighing Padilla’s challenge to his 'enemy combatant' status. Greenberger said “I’m sorry to say, I come away with no other conclusion than it was designed to have some kind of extra-judicial influence on the Supreme Court decision.’