A federal appeals panel has ruled against U.S. citizen Jose Padilla’s efforts to reinstate a lawsuit against former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, the Associated Press reports. Padilla has been in custody for nearly four years and labeled an “enemy combatant.”
Appeals Panel Rules Against ‘Enemy Combatant’ Jose Padilla
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January 23, 2012 11:37 a.m.
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