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Judge blocks transfer of American ISIS suspect held 7 months in Iraq without charges
Source: Washington Post
Judge blocks transfer of American ISIS suspect held 7 months in Iraq without charges
By Ann E. Marimow and Spencer S. Hsu April 19 at 8:26 PM
A federal judge in Washington blocked the government on Thursday from immediately transferring to another country an American citizen detained by the U.S. military in Iraq.
The ruling from U.S. District Judge Tanya S. Chutkan temporarily halting the planned transfer to an unnamed country came within a half-hour of an 8 p.m. deadline, at which point the government would have been free to make the handoff.
Attorneys for the man, held without charges for seven months, had challenged the move, saying the U.S. government lacks the legal authority to transfer him to a third country.
The Justice Department will almost certainly appeal to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit.
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By Ann E. Marimow and Spencer S. Hsu April 19 at 8:26 PM
A federal judge in Washington blocked the government on Thursday from immediately transferring to another country an American citizen detained by the U.S. military in Iraq.
The ruling from U.S. District Judge Tanya S. Chutkan temporarily halting the planned transfer to an unnamed country came within a half-hour of an 8 p.m. deadline, at which point the government would have been free to make the handoff.
Attorneys for the man, held without charges for seven months, had challenged the move, saying the U.S. government lacks the legal authority to transfer him to a third country.
The Justice Department will almost certainly appeal to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit.
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Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/public-safety/judge-questions-rush-to-move-american-isis-suspect-held-7-months-in-iraq-without-charges/2018/04/19/eda6792e-4341-11e8-bba2-0976a82b05a2_story.html