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Article: Case tests limits of holding citizens in military prison.(USA)
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- The Christian Science Monitor
- Article date:
- October 28, 2002
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Byline: Warren Richey Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor
The US Constitution guarantees that Americans have a right to appear before an impartial judge whenever the government attempts to take away their liberty.
But should the so-called "privilege of the writ of habeas corpus" apply in the midst of a war on terrorism in the same way that it has during times of peace? And what if the alleged terrorist is a US citizen?
Those are among the fundamental questions confronting a three-judge federal appeals court panel in Richmond, Va., today as it takes up the case of alleged Taliban soldier Yaser Hamdi. The US-born Saudi is being held ...