Legal Feuding in Terrorism Case
A federal judge on Wednesday ordered a Maryland man held until his trial on charges of training to join an Islamic terrorist organization involved in attacks overseas, overturning a U.S. magistrate’s decision to release him.
A few minutes after the ruling that Masoud Ahmad Khan should remain in custody, the magistrate ordered and then delayed the supervised release of four other members of a group of 11 men who prosecutors said wanted to join an organization seeking to drive Indian forces out of the disputed Himalayan region of Kashmir.
The Justice Department said it would immediately appeal the releases, setting up more legal confrontations over the rights of defendants in U.S. courts amid the government’s war on international terrorism.
U.S. District Judge Leonie M. Brinkema said she was convinced that Khan, 31, was a risk to flee prosecution because his family has property in Pakistan and he has traveled extensively.
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