Jose Padilla Case Headed to Appeals Court
Reuters reports major news in the case of "dirty bomb" suspect Jose Padilla, detained more than a year without charges :
A federal appeals court will be asked to determine if President Bush can declare a U.S. citizen captured in this country an enemy combatant and jail him until the conflict with the al Qaeda network ends. U.S. District Judge Michael Mukasey, who is presiding over a case involving "dirty bomb" suspect Jose Padilla, decided on Wednesday to send the matter to the U.S. Second Circuit Court of Appeals to speed resolution of the litigation.
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