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Ali al-Mari, a man suspected of being an Al-Qaeda sleeper agent, has been in U.S. custody since 2001,

helps an enemy combatant without being charged for any crimes.

In a decision Monday, the Fourth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that the Federal Military

Commission's Act does not repeal Al-Mari's right to challenge his detention in court.

Cato Legal Scholar Timothy Lynch comments on the meaning of the decision.

Tell me a little about the case and the decision that the court reached.

Okay, well this case involves a guy named Al-M-M-M- about the case and the decision that the court reached.

Okay, well this case involves a guy named Al-Mari,

and he is a citizen of Gatar,

and he came to the United States on September 10, 2001,

one day before 9-11. And he claims that he was coming to the United States

to study at American University, but he was arrested a few months later on charges of terrorism and his case initially started in

criminal court he was facing criminal charges then President Bush

designated him as an enemy combatant and then he was transferred from the civilian court

system into military custody and he's been held in a military brig for four years

and then his lawyers have been bringing a constitutional challenge to

his imprisonment saying that he's being imprisoned in violation of his

constitutional rights and then finally this court made the decision and they said that he has been held in

violation of the law and that he either needs to be charged with a crime or

deported or released.

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