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Re:The Government Is Keeping a U.S. Citizen Secretly Locked ... by sandworm101 on Thursday November 23, 2017 @04:59PM (#15768071)
Who said that person needed to be charged in order to be held? Google "material witness". Totally innocent people can be held forever without even a hint of wrongdoing. (There are other examples too.)
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Re:The Government Is Keeping a U.S. Citizen Secretly Locked ... by michaelmrose on Thursday November 23, 2017 @07:07PM (#15768689)
Indefinite detention would certainly violate at least the spirit of the law.
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