Article: Judge: Court can decide whether dirty-bomb suspect is enemy combatant

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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 ...

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