NEW: Appeals court issues redacted opinion in case about U.S. citizen detained by U.S. in Iraq: https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/4455169-Mattisopinion.html …https://twitter.com/lawrencehurley/status/993597046153269248 …
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And, the court adds, enemy combatants captured on an overseas battlefield are one thing -- "But when an alleged enemy combatant—even one seized on a foreign battlefield—is an American citizen, things are different."
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While American citizens can be classified as "enemy combatants," government has to show legal authority for war and detainee must have chance to contest that he fights for enemy-- "Neither the legal inquiry nor the factual inquiry has taken place in this case," court says.
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