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Article: Terror suspect can talk to lawyers Court to rule on Padilla's status as 'enemy combatant'
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- Chicago Sun-Times
- Article date:
- December 5, 2002
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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.