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Article: Judge: Court can decide whether dirty-bomb suspect is enemy combatant
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- AP Worldstream
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- December 4, 2002
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Dateline: NEW YORK
A federal court has the authority to decide whether a former Chicago
gang member accused of plotting with terrorists to detonate a radioactive
"dirty" bomb was properly detained as an enemy combatant, a judge
ruled Wednesday.
Until he makes that decision, U.S. District Judge Michael Mukasey
said, Jose Padilla may meet with his lawyers. Padilla, a U.S. citizen,
had been barred from meeting with attorneys since he was declared
an enemy combatant in June.
The ruling was a blow to the government, which had argued that Padilla,
a U.S. citizen, had no right to challenge its actions in court because
of the enemy combatant status.
However, the ...