A legal case in Britain involving a radical cleric has raised new questions about whether authorities can hold a suspected terrorist forever. An immigration judge ruled Monday that a longtime terrorism suspect and detainee in the U.K. should be released on bail.
The man at the center of the case, Abu Qatada, 51, has not been charged with any crime, but officials in the U.K. say he is a "truly dangerous" supporter of radical Islam and his release would put Britain's national security in peril. Qatada, whose real name is Omar Othman, is a Jordanian national long credited as being Osama bin Laden's right hand man in Europe. He has been in and out of detention since 2002, but he has never been charged with any terrorism crimes in Britain.
