Court Overrules Bush's 'Enemy Combatant' Policy
John Amato: I see that Logan started a post about this new development and I figured I would add some video to his post. CNN's Jeffrey Toobin analys
Via MSNBC:
The Bush administration cannot legally detain an immigrant it believes is an al-Qaida sleeper agent without charging him, a divided federal appeals court ruled Monday.
The case involves a Qatari national and suspected al-Qaida operative who is the only person being held in the United States as an "enemy combatant."
In the 2-1 decision, the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel found that the federal Military Commissions Act does not strip Ali al-Marri of his constitutional rights to challenge his accusers in court. It ruled the government must allow him to be released from military detention. Read more...