Judge Sides With ACLU, Ruling American Detainee In Iraq Has Right To Lawyer
"Somewhere in Iraq, a United States citizen has been in the custody of the U.S. armed forces for over three months." That is how a federal Judge on Saturday begins her ruling, describing the situation of a never-charged American classified as an enemy combatant, as she ordered the Pentagon provide the prisoner with "immediate" access to […]"Somewhere in Iraq, a United States citizen has been in the custody of the U.S. armed forces for over three months."
That is how a federal Judge on Saturday begins her ruling, describing the situation of a never-charged American classified as an enemy combatant, as she ordered the Pentagon provide the prisoner with "immediate" access to a lawyer.
The still-unnamed man was captured by the Syrian militia in mid-September and handed over to the U.S. military as a suspected member of the Islamic State.
