detention on suspicion

Forrest declared that the NDAA cannot be used to hold people in indefinite military detention on suspicion of having "substantially supported" al-Qaeda or its allies.

This is like arrest and detention on suspicion that a crime may be committed if importation is allowed to proceed: harm today to Samsung in anticipation of possible harm tomorrow to Apple.

Forrest issued a permanent injunction barring the government from relying on the defense authorization law to hold people in indefinite military detention on suspicion that they "substantially supported" Al Qaeda or its allies - at least if they had no connection to the Sept. 11 attacks.

Federal authorities said today that agents of a terrorism task force in Florida had detained a man on immigration violations who was believed to be an acquaintance of Jose Padilla, the American citizen being held in military detention on suspicion of plotting attacks in the United States.