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http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/868228/posts
Former Idaho football player arrested as material witness in Islamic charities probe
Associated Press ^ | 3-18-03 | NICHOLAS K. GERANIOS
Posted on March 18, 2003 4:30:42 PM PST by Oldeconomybuyer
Edited on April 13, 2004 2:42:04 AM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]
SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — A former University of Idaho football player has been arrested as a material witness in an investigation of Islamic charities with possible links to terrorism, FBI agents said Tuesday.
Abdullah Al-Kidd, 30, was arrested Sunday at Dulles International Airport near Washington, D.C., according to two FBI agents who separately spoke on condition of anonymity. He was carrying a one-way ticket to Saudi Arabia, court documents show.
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http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/881593/posts
Al-Kidd: ‘I’m not a terrorist’
Seattlepi.com ^ | Monday, March 31, 2003 | THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Posted on April 1, 2003 2:18:41 AM PST by miltonim
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SNIPPET: “Al-Kidd was arrested in the investigation of two Islamic charities, the Michigan-based Islamic Assembly of North America and Help the Needy, an offshoot of the IANA.
The FBI wants information from Al-Kidd in the case of Sami Omar Al-Hussayen, who was arrested Feb. 26. Al-Hussayen, a Saudi doctoral student in computer science at the University of Idaho, was indicted last month. He is believed to have financed and administered Web sites for the IANA.
Court documents allege Al-Kidd or his wife, Nadine Zegura, received more than $20,000 from Al-Hussayen and his associates from March 2000 to November 2001.
Federal agents feared Al-Kidd might not have returned to testify if he had left the country, court documents said.”
UPDATE:
http://www.scotusblog.com/case-files/cases/ashcroft-v-al-kidd/
“Ashcroft v. al-Kidd
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Docket No. Op. Below Argument Opinion Vote Author Term
10-98 9th Cir. Mar 2, 2011
Tr.Aud. May 31, 2011 8-0 Scalia OT 2010
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“Supreme Court tosses Abdullah al-Kidd suit against Attorney General over detainment with no charges”
BY LARRY MCSHANE
DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITER
Tuesday, May 31st 2011, 12:05 PM
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http://www.npr.org/2011/05/31/136818807/supreme-court-ashcroft-safe-from-detainee-lawsuit
“Supreme Court Throws Out Suit Against Ashcroft”
by NINA TOTENBERG
May 31, 2011
SNIPPET: “Al-Kidd, a former star running back at the University of Idaho, looked like an all-American boy in his college photos. Born in the U.S. to American parents and raised in the Christian faith, he converted to Islam while in college. That was unremarkable until the aftermath of Sept. 11, when the FBI began visiting him and asking about fellow Muslims. Al-Kidd answered all the FBI’s questions and by 2003 had not been contacted for some time. He was about to board a plane bound for Saudi Arabia where he was going to study language and religion, when he was arrested, shackled and taken to jail under a material witness warrant.”