Slate's Jurisprudence: 'Enemy Combatant' Hamdi Freed

By Alex Chadwick

Published September 27, 2004 at 11:00 PM CDT

Yaser Esam Hamdi, a U.S. citizen captured in Afghanistan and held in the United States without charges since late 2001, is being released Tuesday. Slate legal analyst Dahlia Lithwick talks with NPR's Alex Chadwick about the legal details and implications of Hamdi's release.

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Alex Chadwick

For more than 30 years, Alex Chadwick has been bringing the world to NPR listeners as an NPR News producer, program host and currently senior correspondent. He's reported from every continent except Antarctica.

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