Suspect Won't Be Set Free Court Upholds Power to Detain Without Charges

Augusta Chronicle, The › September 14, 2005

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RICHMOND, Va. - In a victory for the Bush administration, a federal appeals court ruled Friday that the government can continue to hold indefinitely an American accused of plotting to detonate a radioactive "dirty bomb."

A three-judge panel of the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled unanimously to reverse a judge's order that the government either charge or free Jose Padilla, who has been in custody for more than three years.

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Suspect Won't Be Set Free Court Upholds Power to Detain Without Charges

"The exceedingly important question before us is whether the President of the United States po...

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