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Zacarias
Moussaoui

Richard
Reid

John Walker
Lindh

Yasser Esam Hamdi

Abdullah
al-Muhajir

U.S. Citizen

No

No

Yes

Yes

Yes

Basis of Detention

Criminal defendant

Criminal defendant

Criminal defendant

"Enemy combatant" or "Battlefield detainee"

"Enemy combatant"

Access to Counsel

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

No

Charge

Criminal conspiracy to carry out Sept. 11 hijackings

Attempted murder; attempted use of a weapon of mass destruction

Conspiring to kill Americans abroad

None

None

Trial Scheduled

September 2002

November 2002

August 2002

No

No

Where
Detained

Virginia jail

Boston jail

Virginia jail

Military jail in Virginia

Military jail in South Carolina

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