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Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jan 15, 2003
Page
4
The 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Richmond upheld a government position allowing Yaser Hamdi to be detained indefinitely in a Navy brig without charges or access to a lawyer. Justice Department officials called the decision a vital wartime protection.
The St Louis Post-Dispatch discusses Judge J Harvie Wilkinson III’s ruling limiting the Hamdi case to battlefield enemy combatants and preserving separation of powers. It notes Hamdi, born to Saudi parents in Louisiana, fought with the Taliban and was detained in the United States without charges.
Contact details for The Southern Illinoisan include publisher Dennis DeRossett and editors Gerald Garcia and Jeff Smyth. Reader letters are limited to 250 words, signed with hometown, and may be edited. Saturday SoundOff column features The Vent with optional name withholding.
A barrage of letters to the editor spans politics and media, defending Gov. George Ryan while criticizing opponents. Also included are letters praising WPSD TV for Perry County coverage and condemning harsh public judgments of a New Year baby’s mother, urging compassion and responsibility.
Leonard Pitts Jr argues that normal times ended with 9 11 and cites Lincoln Roosevelt and Bush to show expedience often tramples rights. He warns Americans have written government a blank check and urges vigilance, noting the need to protect constitutional freedoms even in emergencies.
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