No, it's not because Bush doesn't like little Jose
It's because Jose Padilla, a former street thug with an extensive criminal record, converted to a radical Muslim sect, and has been connected to Abu Zubaydah, Al Qaeda's top terrorism coordinator, and with a plot to steal radioactive material to detonate a dirty bomb in the United States. Padilla met twice with senior al Qaeda operatives in Pakistan to discuss and plan a dirty-bomb plot. In fact, Padilla was returning from Pakistan when he was arrested at Chicago's O'Hare Airport.
