The Bush administration cannot legally detain a legal U.S. resident it believes is an al-Qaida sleeper agent without charging him, a divided federal appeals court ruled Monday.Thank heavens that the rule of law wins the day. Let's hope that this leads to the appeals court recognizing that this rule of law should apply to "enemy combatants" held on behalf of the US in other countries. No one should ever be held indefinitely without being charged. Because the Sixth Amendment is a good thing.
The case involves a Qatari national and suspected al-Qaida operative who is the only person being held in the United States as an "enemy combatant."
Monday, June 11, 2007
Give Federal Appeals Court a Cookie
Actually, they deserve a boat-load of cookies - Court overrules Bush 'enemy combatant' policy:
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