[AAWSAT] A federal appeals court on Friday held its first session to consider whether to allow the involuntary transfer of a dual-citizenship suspected member of ISIS from US military custody in Iraq to a third country. The court refused to disclose the name or the first-country of the ISIS fighter, but according to US media sources, he is from the Middle East and had attained the US citizenship.US sources reported on Saturday, that President Donald Trump
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wants to send the ISIS member back to his first country. Trump also contacted leaders in his homeland and indicated that he received assurances that the man will receive a fair trial when he returns home.
The Washington Post indicated on Saturday that this is an unusual case before the US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit and it raises significant questions about how the courts balance national security interests with the constitutional rights of citizens.
Judge Sri Srinivasan asked the attorney representing the Justice department whether he could name another case in which a US citizen held in one country was forcibly transferred to another.
Justice Department representative James Burnham responded that: "No, not as I stand here."
He urged the court to defer to the executive branch on matters involving military operations and diplomatic relations.
Meanwhile,
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Attorney Jonathan Hafetz of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) told the court there must be a legal basis for such a hand-off based on a treaty or statute and not "an ad hoc executive deal."