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Court: 'Dirty Bomb' Suspect Can Be Held
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - A federal appeals court Friday sided with the Bush administration and
reversed a judge's order that the government charge or free "dirty
bomb" suspect Jose Padilla.
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A three-judge panel of the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that the president has the authority to detain a U.S. citizen closely associated with al Qaida.
A federal judge in South Carolina had ruled in March that the government cannot hold Padilla indefinitely as an "enemy combatant," a designation President Bush gave him in 2002.
The government views Padilla as a militant who planned attacks on the United States, including with a "dirty bomb" radiological device.
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