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“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.”
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http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,506265,00.html
“Supreme Court Dismisses Ali al-Marri’s Detention Challenge”
Friday, March 06, 2009
WASHINGTON —
SNIPPET: “Last week, President Barack Obama ordered al-Marri transferred from military to civilian custody to face federal charges of conspiracy and providing support to terrorists.
But Obama has not renounced the use of preventive detention, which was pursued and defended aggressively by the Bush administration after the terror attacks of Sept. 11, 2001.”
SNIPPET: “A computer specialist, al-Marri was ordered to wreak havoc on the U.S. banking system and serve as a liaison for other Al Qaeda operatives entering this country, according to a court document filed by Jeffrey Rapp, a senior member of the Defense Intelligence Agency.
Al-Marri was helped in his mission by Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the alleged mastermind of the Sept. 11 attacks, and Mustafa Ahmad al-Hawsawi, who allegedly helped the Sept. 11 hijackers with money and Western-style clothing, according to Rapp’s memo. Mohammed and al-Hawsawi are being held at the Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, naval base.”
