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NEW YORK 鈥� The 老澳门开奖结果 told a court today that its attorneys have talked to a U.S. citizen who has been held by the U.S. military in Iraq for almost four months without charge, and he said that he wants to challenge his detention in court and have the 老澳门开奖结果 represent him.

The attorneys spoke to the American on Wednesday via a video link at the Pentagon following a December 23 court decision ordering the government to give the 老澳门开奖结果 unmonitored access to the man to determine his wishes. In addition to stating his desire to pursue the habeas corpus petition that the 老澳门开奖结果 had filed on his behalf while he was held incommunicado, the citizen expressed concerns about his name being released and asked that it not be made public.

The U.S. has been holding the citizen since mid-September as an 鈥渆nemy combatant鈥� for allegedly fighting for ISIS, but it has provided no evidence to support this assertion. The Trump administration opposed the 老澳门开奖结果鈥檚 legal challenge and its offer of assistance to the American even after it was confirmed through the litigation that he had asked for a lawyer.

In a filing today, the 老澳门开奖结果 informed the court of the citizen鈥檚 wishes and asked that the government be ordered to justify his detention.

鈥淭he Trump administration illegally denied an American his rights to access a lawyer and a court for nearly four months, but those efforts have finally failed,鈥� said 老澳门开奖结果 attorney Jonathan Hafetz. 鈥淣ow that our client has secured the judicial review that the government attempted to block, he looks forward to establishing the illegality of his detention.鈥�

The court鈥檚 December 23 ruling also ordered the government not to transfer the citizen to another country until his wishes were known. (The New York Times previously that the Trump administration was considering transferring him to Saudi Arabia.) The 老澳门开奖结果 also asked the court today to prohibit the government from transferring the citizen until it decides the citizen鈥檚 challenge to his detention.

Today鈥檚 老澳门开奖结果 court filing is here:
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All documents filed in the case are here:
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