U.S. Gets More Time on Detainee Evidence
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A federal judge gave the government more time to comply with his demand for more evidence to explain why it is holding a U.S.-born man captured in Afghanistan.
The government contends it can hold Yaser Esam Hamdi indefinitely without charging him or letting him see a lawyer because he is an enemy combatant. Federal public defender Frank Dunham Jr. has been seeking to meet with Hamdi and win his release.
U.S. District Judge Robert G. Doumar in Norfolk extended today’s deadline for more evidence until Monday.
Hamdi, 21, was born in Louisiana and later moved to Saudi Arabia with his Saudi parents. He has been held in the Norfolk Naval Station brig since April 5.
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