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April 4, 2003
Intel programmer detained
Warblogging.com: Mike Hawash in New York Times
According to the NYTimes, a programmer from Intel was arrested by the FBI and the Joint Terrorism Task Force. He has been held as a material witness and is in jail. Warblogging.com goes into greater detail but the main thing is that the government is using "material witness" unfairly.
If this person is guilty of some form of terrorism, he has a right to 1) be charged 2) right to an attorney 3) right to a speedy trial. Unfortunately a lot of that went out the window when Ashcroft pushed the Patriot Act and other anti-terrorism bills along.
Posted by beamz at April 4, 2003 8:06 PM