US: Immigrants may be held indefinitely

Detainees sit within the grounds of Camp Delta 4 military-run prison, at the Guantanamo Bay U.S. Naval Base, Cuba June 27, 2006. News and gossip spread so efficiently among prisoners at the Guantanamo Bay detention center that many are sufficiently informed to debate the potential outcome of Tuesday's U.S. congressional election, their captors say. (Brennan Linsley/Pool/Reuters)

In this June 27, 2006 file photo, reviewed by U.S. military officials, a detainee, name, nationality, and facial identification not permitted, sits with a drink in a styrofoam cup as other detainees sit near him, within the grounds of Camp Delta military-run prison, at the Guantanamo Bay U.S. Naval Base, Cuba. Guantanamo Bay prisoners could soon lose access to their lawyers _ one of their only contacts with the outside world _ because of a new law that eliminates their right to challenge their detention in civilian courts, the lawyers fear. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley, FILE)

Notice the AP article title. It would have been more instructive if it said "Enemy Combatants Inside US May Be Held Indefinitely".

I'm sure the nuance was lost on the AP.

BBSNews

The guy looks like Borat.

LOL! With long hair.

1980s :

1983 : (QATARI ALI SALEM KAHLAH AL-MARRI FIRST COMES TO US) Ali Salem Kahlah Al-MArri first came to the US in 1983 - "Mystery man in 9/11 terror case-Who is Ali Al-Marri? FBI links him to hijackers," by RICHARD T. PIENCIAK, New York Daily News 1/12/03

1987 : (AL-MARRI ENROLLS IN COLLEGE IN US) Ali Salem Kahlah Al-Marri enrolled at Bradley in the summer of 1987, majoring in management and administration. - "Mystery man in 9/11 terror case-Who is Ali Al-Marri? FBI links him to hijackers," by RICHARD T. PIENCIAK, New York Daily News 1/12/03

1987 - 1991, and 2001 fall: (AL MARRI ATTENDS BRADLEY UNIVERSITY IN PEORIA, IL) Ali Salem Kahlah Al-Marri was a student at Bradley University in Peoria from 1987 until 1991, when he received a bachelor of science degree. He enrolled for the fall term last year as a graduate student in computer science, university spokeswoman Cath Conver said. - "FBI Agents Say Phone Records Link Illinois Student to Sept. 11 Terrorists, " By Mike Robinson, Associated Press, Published: Mar 20, 2002

1990s :

1991 : (PEORIA, IL : AL-MARRI ENROLLS AT BRADLEY UNIVERSITY AS A GRAD STUDENT) He enrolled for the fall term last year as a graduate student in computer science- "FBI Agents Say Phone Records Link Illinois Student to Sept. 11 Terrorists," By Mike Robinson, Associated Press Writer, Mar 20, 2002

DECEMBER 21, 1991 : (PEORIA, IL : AL-MARRI GETS COLLEGE DEGREE- THEN LEAVES THE US FOR QATAR) Ali Salem Kahlah Al-Marri receives a bachelor of science degree Dec. 21, 1991, majoring in management and administration, according to a spokeswoman at the college. Shortly after graduation, Al-Marri returned to his homeland. - "Mystery man in 9/11 terror case-Who is Ali Al-Marri? FBI links him to hijackers," by RICHARD T. PIENCIAK, New York Daily News 1/12/03

Thanks!

2000 :

MAY 25-26, 2000 : (AL-MARRI RETURNS TO THE USA) The FBI also says it now knows how Al-Marri came to the US and left in 2000. Lufthansa Airlines records show that an Ali S. Al-Marri traveled from Dahman, Saudi Arabia, to Frankfurt and on to O'Hare on May 25-26, 2000, and flew from Frankfurt to Dahman on Aug. 21, 2000. It is not known how Al-Marri got from the United States to Germany. - "Mystery man in 9/11 terror case-Who is Ali Al-Marri? FBI links him to hijackers," by RICHARD T. PIENCIAK, New York Daily News 1/12/03

2000 summer : (AL-MARRI CREATES FRONT COMPANY) Ali Saleh Kahlah Al-Marri was in the US in the summer of 2000. During that time, the government would later contend, Al-Marri created a phony company — AAA Carpets — out of room 209 in the Time Out Motel in Macomb, Ill., under the name Abdullakareem A. Almuslam. By using the false name and the stolen Social Security number of a woman, authorities would later charge, Al-Marri opened accounts at three banks in Macomb for his fictitious business. He also is accused of using stolen credit card numbers found on his laptop to process fraudulent transactions through the AAA business. - "Mystery man in 9/11 terror case-Who is Ali Al-Marri? FBI links him to hijackers," by RICHARD T. PIENCIAK, New York Daily News 1/12/03

AUGUST 18, 2000 : (AL-MARRI FLIGHT FROM PEORIA TO CHICAGO AND ON TO NY) While Ali Saleh Kahlah Al-Marri (*My note : aka Abdullakareem Almuslam?) was scheming in Illinois with his AAA Carpet firm, an Ali Al-Marri took an American Airlines flight from Peoria to Chicago's O'Hare and then on to LaGuardia Airport on Aug. 18, 2000. Al-Marri flew from New York to Chicago the next day and did not connect with a reserved flight to Peoria, the records show. - "Mystery man in 9/11 terror case-Who is Ali Al-Marri? FBI links him to hijackers," by RICHARD T. PIENCIAK, New York Daily News 1/12/03

AUGUST 21, 2000 : (AL-MARRI FLIES FROM FRANKFURT, GERMANY TO DAHMAN) The FBI also says it now knows how Al-Marri came to the US and left in 2000. Lufthansa Airlines records show that an Ali S. Al-Marri traveled from Dahman, Saudi Arabia, to Frankfurt and on to O'Hare on May 25-26, 2000, and flew from Frankfurt to Dahman on Aug. 21, 2000. It is not known how Al-Marri got from the United States to Germany. - "Mystery man in 9/11 terror case-Who is Ali Al-Marri? FBI links him to hijackers," by RICHARD T. PIENCIAK, New York Daily News 1/12/03

Since when are the Gitmo detainees "immigrants"? They better not be--ever. Of course, if the Dems have their way, they will be given formal apologies, full citizenship, and pensions.

But don't tell my heart, my achy breaky heart
I just don't think it'd understand
And if you tell my heart, my achy breaky heart
He might blow up and kill this man

....Gallagher with hair.......lol

So this means my wife, a legal immigrant, could be "disappeared" Soviet-style? That's not very comforting.

2001 :

SEPTEMBER 3, 2001 : (SOMEONE TRANSFERS MONEY TO BINALSHIBH USING THE SAME NUMBER ATTA WOULD GIVE TOMORROW AS A CONTACT NUMBER, ALSO THE ONE AL-MARRI WOULD LATER TRY TO CALL) According to the affidavit [an affidavit accompanying an application for a search warrant for Al-Marri's home] , the number [ telephone number in the United Arab Emirates given as a contact number by Atta in his package mailed Sept 4, 2001] was also used a day earlier [September 3, 2001]by an unidentified individual for a transfer of money to Ramzi Bin Al-Shibh, an unindicted co-conspirator in the federal indictment against Zacarias Moussaoui, the so-called 20th hijacker now in custody in Virginia. - "FBI Agents Say Phone Records Link Illinois Student to Sept. 11 Terrorists," By Mike Robinson, Associated Press Writer, Mar 20, 2002

SEPTEMBER 3, 2001 : (UAE CONTACT NUMBER WAS USED TO TRANSFER MONEY TO AL-SHIBH) The UAE number used by Atta and Ali Salem Kahlah Al-Marri was by an unidentified individual for a transfer of money to Ramzi Bin Al-Shibh, an unindicted co-conspirator in the federal indictment against Zacarias Moussaoui, the so-called 20th hijacker now in custody in Virginia. -court affidavit- according to a -document filed in federal court in Peoria, IL via Peoria's Journal Star - "FBI Agents Say Phone Records Link Illinois Student to Sept. 11 Terrorists, " By Mike Robinson, AP, Published: Mar 20, 2002

SEPTEMBER 4, 2001 : (ATTA SENDS A FEDEX PACKAGE TO THE UAE AND GIVES THE SAME UAE PHONE NUMBER AL-MARRI WOULD LATER TRY TO CALL AS A CONTACT NUMBER FOR THE RECIPIENT) According to court documents, Sept. 11 hijacker Mohammed Atta sent a Federal Express package from the United States to the UAE on Sept. 4 and gave the phone number as a contact point for the recipient. - "FBI Agents Say Phone Records Link Illinois Student to Sept. 11 Terrorists," By Mike Robinson, Associated Press Writer, Mar 20, 2002

SEPTEMBER 4, 2001 (911 HIJACKER ATTA SENDS FEDEX, USES SAME UAE CONTACT NUMBER AS AL-MARRI) According to court documents, Sept. 11 hijacker Mohammed Atta sent a FedEx package from the US to the UAE on Sept. 4 and gave the UAE phone number, the same one used by Illinois student Ali Salem Kahlah al Marri, as a contact point for the recipient. - according to a -document filed in federal court in Peoria, IL via Peoria's Journal Star - "FBI Agents Say Phone Records Link Illinois Student to Sept. 11 Terrorists, " By Mike Robinson, AP, Published: Mar 20, 2002

SEPTEMBER 10, 2001 : (AL MARRI ENTERS THE US) Ali Saleh Kahlah Al-Marri — a 37-year-old from Qatar returned to the United States on Sept. 10, 2001, less than 24 hours before the World Trade Center attacks. Al-Marri, who arrived here on a student visa to study for a graduate degree in computer information systems at Bradley, would represent a new terrorist profile. Unlike the 19 loners who attacked Sept. 11, Al-Marri arrived in the U.S. with a wife from Saudi Arabia and five children, ranging in age from 9 months to 9 years.Al-Marri carries a passport from Qatar, an American ally in the Middle East that will serve as an operations center to run any war against Iraq. He is believed to have two elderly parents in Qatar. It is unclear how he afforded the journey to America and his education. - "Mystery man in 9/11 terror case-Who is Ali Al-Marri? FBI links him to hijackers," by RICHARD T. PIENCIAK, New York Daily News 1/12/03

SEPTEMBER 11, 2001 : (9/11 ATTACKS)

SEPTEMBER 14, 2001 : (PEORIA, IL : AL MARRI IS PULLED OVER BY THE LOCAL POLICE FOR DRIVING ERRATICALLY) It started with a police officer's intuition in a Central Peoria neighborhood just south of Northwoods Mall three days after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. The Peoria officer noticed a car was being driven erratically and pulled it over. The driver had an outstanding warrant for failing to appear in court 10 years before [1991?] on another infraction, and offered to pay a cash bond on the spot, even reaching into a briefcase full of money. Something just didn't feel right, so the officer hauled the driver in on the warrant as well as the new traffic ticket.
A mug shot taken when he was arrested for the traffic warrant shows al-Marri with long black hair, mustache and a scowl on his face....
He supposedly was a graduate student at Bradley University, but school officials say that's not so and that he was a part-time undergraduate student taking computer science classes. ------ "Ex-Peorian Remains Jailed As An Enemy Combatant," by ANDY KRAVETZ, PJStar.com, 9/8/06

SEPTEMBER 2001 mid month : (FBI RECEIVES A LEAD FROM ITS INDIANAPOLIS OFFICE ABOUT AL-MARRI AND A STEAMER CHEST HE HAD SHIPPED INTO THE COUNTRY, AND FROM A US CELLULAR SALESMAN) Like so many other Middle Eastern men living in the United States at the time, Al-Marri became a so-called person of interest to the FBI within a week of the Sept. 11 attacks. The FBI office in Peoria had received a lead from its Indianapolis office regarding a steamer chest that Al-Marri had shipped to the United States. The Peoria office also had gotten a call from a salesman at US Cellular who expressed concerns regarding Al-Marri's cell phone account.
FBI agents Nicholas Zambeck and Robert Brown began a preliminary investigation and discovered that the Social Security number used by Al-Marri also was being used by two others, someone in California and someone in Illinois. They also found a discrepancy in the date of birth on his enrollment form at Bradley. Al-Marri had first said he was born Feb. 3, 1965, and on a later form listed his date of birth as Sept. 24, 1965. - "Mystery man in 9/11 terror case-Who is Ali Al-Marri? FBI links him to hijackers," by RICHARD T. PIENCIAK, New York Daily News 1/12/03

SEPTEMBER 23, 2001 : (AL-MARRI USES NETWORK IP PHONE CARD TO MAKE FIRST CALL TO THE UAE NUMBER FROM PAY PHONE IN PEORIA, IL) The first of the "attempted calls" on cards traced to Al-Marri was made on a pay phone in a Peoria store through a calling card issued by Network IP. The same card was used five days later in a call from Al-Marri's cellphone and again on Oct. 24 in a call from the Al-Marri home in West Peoria, 130 miles southwest of Chicago. [This call was amde to the same one Atta used in his Fedex package as a contact number] - "FBI Agents Say Phone Records Link Illinois Student to Sept. 11 Terrorists," By Mike Robinson, Associated Press Writer, Mar 20, 2002

SEPTEMBER 23, 2001 (AL-MARRI 1st ATTEMPT TO CALL UAE PHONE NUMBER) Ali Salem Kahlah Al-Marri, using calling cards, attempted to call the same number three times after Sept. 11, 2001 - on Sept. 23, 2001 , Oct. 24, 2001 and Nov. 4, 2001. The first of the "attempted calls" on cards traced to Al-Marri was made on a pay phone in a Peoria store through a calling card issued by Network IP. The same card was used five days later in a call from Al-Marri's cellphone and again on Oct. 24 in a call from the Al-Marri home in West Peoria, 130 miles southwest of Chicago. - according to a -document filed in federal court in Peoria, IL via Peoria's Journal Star

SEPTEMBER 28, 2001 : (AL MARRI'S NETWORK IP PHONE CARD USED IN A CALL FROM AL-MARRI'S CELL PHONE TO ?) The same [Network IP] card was used five days later in a call from Al-Marri's cellphone (* My note : no mention of who or what number this call was to)- "FBI Agents Say Phone Records Link Illinois Student to Sept. 11 Terrorists," By Mike Robinson, Associated Press Writer, Mar 20, 2002

OCTOBER 2, 2001, 4PM : (AL-MARRI INVESTIGATION : WEST PEORIA : FBI PAY AL MARRI HOME A VISIT) About 4 p.m. on Oct. 2, 2001, the agents visited Al-Marri at his two-bedroom apartment in West Peoria. When the agents knocked on the back door, a small boy peeked through the window, then answered the door. Moments later, Al-Marri appeared dressed in a traditional kaftan. Once inside, the agents noticed the steamer chest.
Al-Marri confirmed that he had shipped it from overseas. The agents looked inside and found the clothing and spices. When asked, Al-Marri said he was unaware of any problems with his Social Security number. He also said that in Qatar, when he was born, official records listed only a year of birth, not a month and specific day. After Al-Marri produced his Qatar passport for review, Zambeck gave the man his business card and the agents departed. - "Mystery man in 9/11 terror case-Who is Ali Al-Marri? FBI links him to hijackers," by RICHARD T. PIENCIAK, New York Daily News 1/12/03

OCTOBER 2, 2001 : (WEST PEORIA, IL : FBI INTERVIEW OF AL MARRI- AL MARRI LIES AND CLAIMS HE HASN'T BEEN IN THE US BETWEEN 1991 AND SEPTEMBER 10, 2001 ) Al-Marri was accused in the indictment of lying to the FBI during an Oct. 2, 2001, interview when he told agents that he arrived in the United States on Sept. 10, 2001, and that it was his first visit since 1991. The indictment said he had been in the country during 2000. -------- "Terror suspect named as 'enemy combatant,' By Jerry Seper, The Washington Times, Published June 24, 2003

OCTOBER 24, 2001 (AL-MARRI 2nd ATTEMPT TO CALL UAE PHONE NUMBER) Ali Salem Kahlah Al-Marri, using calling cards, attempted to call the same number three times after Sept. 11, 2001 - on Sept. 23, 2001 , Oct. 24, 2001 and Nov. 4, 2001. This second call to the UAE number was made from a pay phone in a Springfield service station, using the same card. - according to a -document filed in federal court in Peoria, IL via Peoria's Journal Star

OCTOBER 24, 2001 : (AL-MARRI'S NETWORK IP PHONE CARD USED TO CALL FROM AL-MARRI'S HOUSE IN PEORIA, IL, TO ?) [The same Network IP card was used] again on Oct. 24 in a call from the Al-Marri home in West Peoria, 130 miles southwest of Chicago. (* My note : no mention of who or what number this call was to)- "FBI Agents Say Phone Records Link Illinois Student to Sept. 11 Terrorists," By Mike Robinson, Associated Press Writer, Mar 20, 2002

OCTOBER 24, 2001 : (AL-MARRI'S NETWORK IP PHONE CARD USED TO MAKE SECOND PHONE CALL TO THE UAE NUMBER FROM PAY PHONE IN SPRINGFIELD GAS STATION) The second call to the UAE number [Atta used in his Fedex package as a contact number] was made from a pay phone in a Springfield service station, using the same card. [This card was also used today in a call from a Springfield gas station] - "FBI Agents Say Phone Records Link Illinois Student to Sept. 11 Terrorists," By Mike Robinson, Associated Press Writer, Mar 20, 2002

NOVEMBER 4, 2001 : (AL MARRI'S QWEST COMMUNICATIONS PHONE CARD USED TO MAKE THIRD CALL FROM CHICAGO HOTEL TO THE UAE NUMBER ; THAT SAME DAY THE CARD WAS USED TO PLACE FOUR CALLS FROM AL MARRI'S HOME) The third call [to the same UAE number Atta used in his Fedex package as a contact number] was made from the Summit Hotel in Chicago, using a card issued by Qwest Communications. The same day, the card was used to place four calls from the Al-Marri home in West Peoria. - "FBI Agents Say Phone Records Link Illinois Student to Sept. 11 Terrorists," By Mike Robinson, Associated Press Writer, Mar 20, 2002

DECEMBER 11, 2001 : (FBI HAS SECOND INTERVIEW WITH AL MARRI) During a Dec. 11, 2001, interview, the indictment said, Al-Marri denied making a telephone call to the United Arab Emirates. The government said the call went to a number belonging to Mustafa Ahmed al-Hawsawi, an unindicted co-conspirator in the pending case of terror suspect Zacarias Moussaoui. Prosecutors said Hawsawi provided financial backing to the September 11 hijackers. - "Terror suspect named as 'enemy combatant,' By Jerry Seper, The Washington Times, Published June 24, 2003
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But over the next year, agents weaved a circumstantial web of evidence around Al-Marri. According to court papers reviewed by the Daily News, his laptop computer contained: An Arabic prayer asking God to protect Osama Bin Laden. Audio files of lectures by Bin Laden and his associates advocating martyrdom and support for the Taliban. Other lectures urging opposition to Jewish and Christian control of Palestine, Lebanon and Saudi Arabia, while advising how to train in Bin Laden's Afghanistan camps. A note in Arabic proclaiming: "Neither the U.S. nor anyone living in it will dream of security/safety before we live it in Palestine and before the infidel armies leave the land of Mohammed." (* My note : reminds me of the sniper suspect, Malvo's notes) Photos of the attacks on the World Trade Center and Arab prisoners held in Kabul. Extensive evidence of credit card fraud. Links to Web sites on hazardous chemicals and how to buy them, weapons and satellite equipment. ---- "Mystery man in 9/11 terror case-Who is Ali Al-Marri? FBI links him to hijackers," by RICHARD T. PIENCIAK, New York Daily News 1/12/03 - "Mystery man in 9/11 terror case-Who is Ali Al-Marri? FBI links him to hijackers," by RICHARD T. PIENCIAK, New York Daily News 1/12/03

DECEMBER 12, 2001 : (AL-MARRI INVESTIGATION : FBI RETURN, AL MARRI WANTS TO GET LAWYERED UP) When Zambeck returned (in the morning) Ali Salem Kahlah Al-Marri mentioned a desire to consult a lawyer and with someone at his country's embassy. When they got back to the Peoria FBI office and Al-Marri met with the polygraph expert, he refused to take the exam. As the agents waited for instructions from terrorism task force prosecutors in New York, Al-Marri was kept waiting in an office through the early afternoon. Shortly after 3 p.m., Zambeck and Brown told Al-Marri that one of their colleagues had found two folded pieces of paper in his laptop carrying case. The agents said that about three dozen credit card numbers were written on both sheets, along with the owners' names, expiration dates of the cards and the brand names — Visa or MasterCard. Al-Marri looked at the sheets and told the agents the handwriting was not his and that he knew nothing about the papers, according to court documents. "Al-Marri then asked if he could go home," wrote Jonathan Etra, an assistant U.S. attorney in Manhattan. "Al-Marri also stated that as soon as he left the interview, he immediately was going to leave the United States with his family."
Back in Manhattan, Etra gave his approval to arrest the Qatari man as a material witness in the government's Sept. 11 investigation. Al-Marri would be held in the Peoria County Jail for several weeks, then flown to New York and placed in the Special Housing Unit at the Metropolitan Correctional Center, a five-minute walk from where the World Trade Center towers once stood. - "Mystery man in 9/11 terror case-Who is Ali Al-Marri? FBI links him to hijackers," by RICHARD T. PIENCIAK, New York Daily News 1/12/03

DECEMBER 12, 2001 : (AL-MARRI ARRESTED) Al-Marri was arrested the day after the second interview and since held as a material witness. Authorities said he obtained a bank account under a phony name, rented a motel room under a false name to create a mailing address and formed a fake company with the motel as its address. He also used a fake Social Security number to open three bank accounts, they said. - "Terror suspect named as 'enemy combatant,' By Jerry Seper, The Washington Times, Published June 24, 2003

DECEMBER 14, 2001 : (AL-MARRI INVESTIGATION : SEARCH WARRANT ISSUED FOR AL MARRI'S APARTMENT) On Dec. 14, 2001, two days after Ali Salem Kahlah Al-Marri's arrest, Zambeck and other FBI agents executed a search warrant at the suspect's apartment. They found more potentially incriminating evidence. Inside an almanac, they found business cards to mark pages depicting major U.S. dams, reservoirs, waterways and railroads. The agents also seized a copy of an Arabic prayer that calls for the defeat of the "villainous" Christians and Jews and seeks victory for Muslims in Palestine, Afghanistan, Kashmir and Chechnya.
FBI computer expert Connie Lawler analyzed everything on Al-Marri's 80-gigabyte hard drive. In addition to the anti-American, pro-Taliban rhetoric, she found files containing more than 1,750 credit card numbers. None of the numbers belonged to Al-Marri. She also collected the bookmarked Web sites and found sites related to computer hacking, fake driver's licenses and credit card fraud, according to a federal complaint filed in U.S. District Court in Manhattan. Lawler also discovered a series of programs that hackers can use to gather information and intelligence about someone else's computer. In addition, she found proxy software that can be used to hide a user's origin and identity when connected to the Internet. - "Mystery man in 9/11 terror case-Who is Ali Al-Marri? FBI links him to hijackers," by RICHARD T. PIENCIAK, New York Daily News 1/12/03

DECEMBER 23, 2001 : (AL-MARRI CHARGED, LINKED TO ATTA & AL-HAWASAWI ) On Dec. 23, Ali Saleh Kahlah Al-Marri was charged with making false statements to the FBI by denying that he had called a telephone number in the United Arab Emirates that has been linked to Mohamed Atta, ringleader of the Sept. 11 hijackers, and Mustafa Ahmed Al-Hawsawi, a fugitive suspected of financing the hijackers. Al-Marri also is charged with lying to federal agents when he said he had not been in the United States from 1991 to 2001, when in fact he was here in the summer of 2000.
During that time, the government contends, Al-Marri created a phony company — AAA Carpets — out of room 209 in the Time Out Motel in Macomb, Ill., under the name Abdullakareem A. Almuslam. By using the false name and the stolen Social Security number of a woman, authorities charge, Al-Marri opened accounts at three banks in Macomb for his fictitious business. He also is accused of using stolen credit card numbers found on his laptop to process fraudulent transactions through the AAA business.
In court papers, federal prosecutors Michael McGovern and Jonathan Kolodner say it also has been established that while Abdullakareem Almuslam was scheming in Illinois with his AAA Carpet firm, an Ali Al-Marri took an American Airlines flight from Peoria to Chicago's O'Hare and then on to LaGuardia Airport on Aug. 18, 2000. Al-Marri flew from New York to Chicago the next day and did not connect with a reserved flight to Peoria, the records show. - "Mystery man in 9/11 terror case-Who is Ali Al-Marri? FBI links him to hijackers," by RICHARD T. PIENCIAK, New York Daily News 1/12/03

"It's pretty stunning that any alien living in the United States can be denied this right," said Jonathan Hafetz, an attorney for Al-Marri. "It means any non-citizen, and there are millions of them, can be whisked off at night and be put in detention.""

Let's dissect this nonsense....
non-citizen = illegal alien
alien = alien
rights = non-rights

Aliens have no Constitutional Rights! Only U.S. citizens, in good standing (non-felons) have Rights.

This is what the NEA does not wish to teach to the children, our future Generation.

2002 :

JANUARY 2002 : (ALI AL MARRI'S BROTHER JARALLAH AL MARRI IS IN GITMO) A brother, Jarallah al-Marri, 32, also is being held by the military. He was arrested in Pakistan and has been at Guantanamo Bay since January 2002. He is accused of going to an al-Qaida training camp and then helping the Taliban or al-Qaida in Afghanistan. ------- "Ex-Peorian Remains Jailed As An Enemy Combatant," by ANDY KRAVETZ, PJStar.com, 9/8/06

JANUARY 28, 2002 : (AL-MARRI INVESTIGATION : ARREST OF ALI SALEH KAHLAH AL MARRI) After more than a month of such data analysis, (checking the contents of Al-Marri's computer) , federal prosecutors in NY were ready to make their next move against Al-Marri. On Jan. 28, he was arrested and named in a one-count complaint charging him with unauthorized possession of "more than 15" access devices — the credit-card numbers — with the intent to defraud. -------- "Mystery man in 9/11 terror case-Who is Ali Al-Marri? FBI links him to hijackers," by RICHARD T. PIENCIAK, New York Daily News 1/12/03

FEBRUARY 2002 : (AL MARRI IS SENT TO NY; SOON AFTER HIS FAMILY LEAVES PEORIA, ILLINOIS AND FINDS A PLACE NEAR THE SAUDI EMBASSY IN WASHINGTON DC) They left Peoria not long after al-Marri was shipped to New York in February 2002.----- " Ex-Peorian Remains Jailed As An Enemy Combatant," by ANDY KRAVETZ, PJStar.com, 9/8/06

FEBRUARY 6, 2002 : (AL-MARRI INVESTIGATION : INDICTMENT) Ali Salem Kahlah Al-Marri was indicted on the credit card fraud charge Feb. 6. - "Mystery man in 9/11 terror case-Who is Ali Al-Marri? FBI links him to hijackers," by RICHARD T. PIENCIAK, New York Daily News 1/12/03

FEBRUARY 15, 2002 : (AL-MARRI INVESTIGATION : 1st SEALED DOCUMENT FILED) Nine days (after Ali Salem Kahlah Al-Marri's indictment), the federal government filed a sealed document in Al-Marri's case. - "Mystery man in 9/11 terror case-Who is Ali Al-Marri? FBI links him to hijackers," by RICHARD T. PIENCIAK, New York Daily News 1/12/03

MARCH 20, 2002 : (AL MARRI'S COURT PAPERS UNSEALED ; HE IS LINKED TO 911 HIJACKERS) CHICAGO (AP) - FBI agents searching telephone records have linked a 36-year-old Illinois student to the terrorists who attacked the World Trade Center and Pentagon, according to newly unsealed court papers. Ali Salem Kahlah Al-Marri has not been charged with any role in the Sept. 11 attacks and his lawyer, Richard Jasper Jr., questioned the link. Al-Marri was arrested Jan. 28 and is being held in New York on a federal charge of unlawful possession of more than 15 credit cards, which were found in his West Peoria home during a Dec. 11 search. When questioned by federal agents following the search, Al-Marri denied any knowledge of terrorism, the court papers say.
Al-Marri was arrested Jan. 28 and is being held in New York on a federal charge of unlawful possession of more than 15 credit cards, which were found in his West Peoria home during a Dec. 11 search. When questioned by federal agents following the search, Al-Marri denied any knowledge of terrorism, the court papers say. The basis for the suspicions of investigators is spelled out in an affidavit accompanying an application for a search warrant for Al-Marri's home. Agents were seeking evidence of several crimes, including "material support for terrorism." The document filed in federal court in Peoria, first obtained by the (Peoria) Journal Star, details how suspected Sept. 11 hijackers used a telephone number in the United Arab Emirates before the attacks. It also says Al-Marri, using calling cards, attempted to call the same number three times after Sept. 11 - on Sept. 23, Oct. 24 and Nov. 4.
Herbert Hadad, a spokesman for the U.S. attorney's office in Manhattan, declined comment on the case. At a hearing Wednesday in federal court on the credit-card charge, Al-Marri was denied bond. Jasper, the defense attorney, said the affidavit alleged only that his client attempted to make calls. "Attempted - I don't know what that means, do you?" he said. "It's the thinnest of inferences, actually.
If you read the affidavit carefully there's no direct or indirect evidence he made the calls. "How do we know there wasn't some kind of mistaken call or some flaw in recovering the numbers?" Jasper asked. - "FBI Agents Say Phone Records Link Illinois Student to Sept. 11 Terrorists," By Mike Robinson, Associated Press Writer, Mar 20, 2002

MAY 30, 2002 : (AL-MARRI INVESTIGATION : 2nd SEALED DOCUMENT FILED) A second sealed document is filed by the government on Ali Salem Kahlah Al-Marri. The documents remain sealed. - "Mystery man in 9/11 terror case-Who is Ali Al-Marri? FBI links him to hijackers," by RICHARD T. PIENCIAK, New York Daily News 1/12/03

DECEMBER 23, 2002 : (AL-MARRI ARRESTED A THIRD TIME) As the scheduled trial date for the credit card fraud case approached — it had been set to begin tomorrow (January 13, 2002) — prosecutors had a decision to make. They had to turn over their evidence to the defense within 14 days of the start of trial. Instead, Ali Salem Kahlah Al-Marri was arrested a third time on Dec. 23 on charges relating to the attempted calls to the 9/11-related number in the UAE and the phony AAA carpet company he ran in Illinois in 2000. The latest charges could bring Al-Marri closer to the Sept. 11 conspiracy, but his attorney, Richard Jasper, does not agree. "The government, in its understandable concern to investigate this crime that was committed on 9/11, has made some mistakes — and they've made big mistakes," Jasper said during a court proceeding (in 2002). "I think they are going to make a mistake here with Mr. Al-Marri."- "Mystery man in 9/11 terror case-Who is Ali Al-Marri? FBI links him to hijackers," by RICHARD T. PIENCIAK, New York Daily News 1/12/03

2003 :

JANUARY 12, 2003 : (AL-MARRI TRIAL DELAYED, SAUDIS PAY WIFE'S BILLS) In the 16 months since the Sept. 11 attacks, thousands of Middle Eastern men have been questioned and detained by the FBI. ... One of them, Ali Saleh Kahlah Al-Marri — a 37-year-old from Qatar returned to the United States on Sept. 10, 2001, less than 24 hours before the World Trade Center attacks— has become the target of a massive terrorism investigation. As a result of the new complaint (of phone calls and problems with his front company), the credit card fraud trial has been postponed. A conference has been scheduled for 4 p.m. tomorrow to decide what happens next. Meanwhile, Al-Marri's wife and children are living in Washington, their bills being paid by the government of Saudi Arabia. - "Mystery man in 9/11 terror case-Who is Ali Al-Marri? FBI links him to hijackers," by RICHARD T. PIENCIAK, New York Daily News 1/12/03

JANUARY 13, 2003 : (AL-MARRI CREDIT CARD FRAUD TRIAL DATE) Scheduled trial date for the Ali Salem Kahlah Al-Marri credit card fraud case - "Mystery man in 9/11 terror case-Who is Ali Al-Marri? FBI links him to hijackers," by RICHARD T. PIENCIAK, New York Daily News 1/12/03

FEBRUARY 2003 : (SAUDI ARABIAN GOVERNMENT ISSUES PASSPORTS TO AL-MARRI'S WIFE AND CHILDREN AGAINST US STATE DEPT REQUEST) In February, authorities said, the Saudi Arabian government ignored a State Department request and issued passports to Al-Marri's wife and five children. They have since left the United States. Authorities said - "Terror suspect named as 'enemy combatant,' By Jerry Seper, The Washington Times, Published June 24, 2003 [* My note: Who exactly is this wife, anyway?]

2003 early : (AL MARRI FAMILY LEAVES THE U.S.A.) They left the country about a year later after living near the Saudi embassy in Washington, D.C. ------- "Ex-Peorian Remains Jailed As An Enemy Combatant," by ANDY KRAVETZ, PJStar.com, 9/8/06

MAY 2003 : (AL-MARRI INDICTED ...) Initially held as a material witness in the September 11 probe, Al-Marri was named in May in a grand jury indictment handed up in Peoria, Ill., accusing him of making false statements to the FBI and of credit-card fraud. - "Terror suspect named as 'enemy combatant,' By Jerry Seper, The Washington Times, Published June 24, 2003

JUNE 23, 2003 : (PRESIDENT BUSH DESIGNATES AL-MARRI AN "ENEMY COMBATANT" AND HAS HIM TRANSFERRED FROM DOJ TO DOD CUSTODY) ...Ali Saleh Kahlah Al-Marri, 37, in Justice Department custody since late 2001, was given the new designation by President Bush and handed over to the Defense Department.
Pentagon officials told reporters that he is being held in a Navy brig in Charleston, S.C. Federal authorities believe that he organized sleeper cells of terror network al Qaeda in this country and helped terrorists gain entry here. Al-Marri is the third person, and the first non-U.S. citizen, since the September 11 attacks to be designated as an enemy combatant.
The designation gives the government the power to try, sentence and even execute terrorism suspects in secret, under rules that limit their constitutional rights, access to an attorney and opportunities for appeal. ...
His designation as an enemy combatant came after prosecutors dropped the pending criminal charges. ...A search of his apartment netted an almanac with major U.S. dams, reservoirs, waterways and railroads marked. Agents seized an Arabic prayer discussing the defeat of "villainous Christians and Jews," and victory for Muslims in Afghanistan, Kashmir, Chechnya and in the Palestinian struggle, authorities said. Investigators also found a sheet with 36 credit-card numbers in a side pocket of Al-Marri's laptop carrying case, and more than 1,000 fraudulent credit-card numbers on the hard drive of his laptop computer, they said.
Deputy Assistant Attorney General Alice Fisher said the decision to seek the new designation gives the government the ability to deter further terrorist attacks. She told reporters that the Justice Department was confident it would have prevailed during trial on the criminal charges. "Setting the criminal charges aside is in the best interests of our national security," she said, adding that Al-Marri had been identified by an al Qaeda detainee, who was "in a position to know," as being involved in a scheme to conduct a second wave of terrorist attacks on the United States. .... - "Terror suspect named as 'enemy combatant,' By Jerry Seper, The Washington Times, Published June 24, 2003

JUNE 24, 2003 : (REPORT : AL MARRI IS INVOLVED IN "SECOND WAVE" PLOT - See KSM) June 24— The Qatari man designated an enemy combatant by the Bush administration was planning another Sept. 11 attack, sources told ABCNEWS.
Ali Saleh Kahlah Al-Marri, 37, was deemed an enemy combatant by the Bush administration on Monday after officials said he was positively identified by an al Qaeda detainee as being part of a planned second wave of terror attacks on the United States. Government officials said they believed al Qaeda's top leadership sent Al-Marri to the United States to coordinate a new round of attacks.
"Al-Marri was sent to the United States as a facilitator for other al Qaeda individuals who would come in to conduct follow-on attacks," Attorney General John Ashcroft told ABCNEWS.
Sources told ABCNEWS that recently captured senior al Qaeda operative Khalid Shaikh Mohammed confirmed Al-Marri's mission to U.S. officials. Mohammed has provided a great deal of information about al Qaeda's presence in the United States, officials said. Government officials told ABCNEWS that Al-Marri — a Qatari native who had been living in Peoria, Ill. — repeatedly tried to contact an al Qaeda leader suspected of helping finance the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks on New York and Washington. Officials said that when FBI agents searched Al-Marri's Peoria home, they found dozens of credit card numbers on his laptop, information on toxic chemicals, and an almanac with a variety of potential attack targets, including dams and railroads. Planning Another 9/11 ------- Sources: ‘Enemy Combatant’ Was Plotting New Round of U.S. Attacks," ABC News, June 24, 2003

Timeline posted above.

* Ali Saleh Khaleh al Marri :
Authorities said Al-Marri reportedly attended the same al-Farooq training camp in Afghanistan as other would-be terrorists and met with al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden. They believe Al-Marri was trained in the use of poisons but had not been sent to the United States to mount an attack. He is suspected of offering himself as a martyr for al Qaeda attacks against U.S. targets, authorities said. - Terror suspect named as 'enemy combatant',"By Jerry Seper, The Washington Times, Published June 24, 2003

You're welcome- I left this out :

1990 : (ALI SALEH AL MARRI CHARGED WITH DUI) During his interrogation, KSM identified a man named Ali S. Al-Marri as “the point of contact for AQ operatives arriving in the US for September 11 follow-on operations.” KSM described Al-Marri as “the perfect sleeper agent because he has studied in the United States, had no criminal record, and had a family with whom he could travel.” Actually, Al-Marri had been charged with driving under the influence in Peoria, Ill., in 1990 -- "Al Qaeda in America: The Enemy Within : How the terrorist organization is recruiting and planning strikes here in the U.S. ," By Daniel Klaidman, Mark Hosenball, Michael Isikoff and Evan Thomas, NEWSWEEK, August 23, 2003, http://www.msnbc.com/news/926691.asp?0cv=NA01.