Note: The following text is a quote:
http://www.whitehouse.gov/the_press_office/Transfer-of-Detainee-to-Control-of-the-Attorney-General/
THE BRIEFING ROOM
Friday, February 27th, 2009 at 9:41 pm
Transfer of Detainee to Control of the Attorney General
THE WHITE HOUSE
Office of the Press Secretary
__________________________________________________________________
For Immediate Release February 27, 2009
MEMORANDUM FOR THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE
SUBJECT: Transfer of Detainee to Control of the Attorney General
Based on the information available to me, including the memorandum from the Secretary of Defense and the Attorney General dated February 26, 2009, and the joint recommendation contained therein, I hereby determine that it is in the interest of the United States that Ali Saleh Kahlah al-Marri be released from detention by the Secretary of Defense and transferred to the control of the Attorney General for the purpose of criminal proceedings against him.
Accordingly, by the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States, I hereby direct you to transfer Mr. al-Marri to the control of the Attorney General upon the Attorney General’s request. This memorandum supersedes the Presidential directive of June 23, 2003, to the Secretary of Defense, which ordered the detention of Mr. al-Marri as an enemy combatant. Upon Mr. al-Marri’s transfer to the control of the Attorney General, the authority to detain Mr. al-Marri provided to the Secretary of Defense in the June 23, 2003, order shall cease.
BARACK OBAMA
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Thanks to a special freepmailer for pointing to this link:
BLOG:
http://www.scotusblog.com/wp/al-marri-overruled/
“Al-Marri detention case ended”
Friday, March 6th, 2009 12:13 pm
UPDATED TO 1:40 p.m.
SNIPPET: “The Supreme Court on Friday wiped out a lower court ruling that gave the President the authority to detain indefinitely as terrorism suspects individuals who are living legally in the United States. The order also approved transfer of Ali Saleh Kahlah Al-Marri from military custody to civilian custody for a trial on criminal charges in a regular federal court, presumably in Illinois.”