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Jose Padilla, the only U.S. citizen to be arrested on American soil, denied access to a lawyer for years and treated as an "enemy combatant," will learn his fate Tuesday in Miami. The former Broward County man's 2002 arrest turned into an saga about the rights of U.S. citizens accused in terrorism cases.
>> i certainly do. >> do you agree with me that under the law of war and enemy combatant properly designated can be held to the end of hostilities? >> yes. that's the circuit i was on before in the supreme court. >> do you agree with me that isis and al qaeda is still at war with us? >> yes, i do. >> so do you agree that anybody associated with these organizations could be held indefinitely if they present a risk to the american people. >> i think they could the determination of whether they present a risk is a determination made by the defense department, and legally they could be held as lon...
Under the law of war, an enemy combatant properly designated can be held to the end of hostilities? >> yes. that's a law both of the circuit i was on before and the supreme court. >> right. so do you agree with me that isis and al qaeda is still at war with us? >> yes, i do. >> so you agree that anybody associated with these organizations could be held indefinitely if they present a risk to the american people? >> i think they could. i think that determination of whether they present a risk and how they should be dealt with is a determination to be made by the defense department and the defens...