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Article: Court says Bush lacks authority to detain indefinitely; 'Enemy combatant' wins ruling on denial of habeas corpus rights.(NATION)
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- The Washington Times (Washington, DC)
- Article date:
- June 12, 2007
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Byline: Jerry Seper, THE WASHINGTON TIMES
President Bush does not have the legal authority to order the U.S. military to hold indefinitely a Qatari national and suspected al Qaeda operative as an "enemy combatant," a federal appeals court panel said yesterday.
In a major setback for the Bush administration, the three-member 4th Circuit Court of Appeals panel - in a 2-1 vote - said Ali Saleh Kahlah al-Marri cannot be held as a military detainee and is entitled to habeas corpus protections that give him the right to challenge his detainment in a U.S. civilian court.
"To sanction such presidential authority to order the military to seize and ...