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National Security
Trump Is First to Use PATRIOT Act to Detain a Man Forever
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Never in 18 years has the government used Section 412 of the PATRIOT Act, which permits indefinite detention of resident aliens on national-security grounds. Until now.
Spencer Ackerman
Contributing Editor
Published
Nov. 29 2019
4:31AM EST
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Spencer Ackerman
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