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Ahmer Abassi talks to the Associated Press in Karachi, Pakistan, Thursday, Jan. 12, 2017. The Supreme Court on Wednesday is hearing an appeal from former Attorney General John Ashcroft, former FBI Director Robert Mueller and other former U.S. officials who want to shut down a lawsuit filed by human rights lawyers. The legal case is on behalf of Muslim men who were detained at a federal jail in Brooklyn after the Sept. 11 attacks. (AP Photo/Fareed Khan)

Supreme Court considers suit over 2001 detention of Muslims

By MARK SHERMAN - Associated Press

Ahmer Abassi talks to the Associated Press in Karachi, Pakistan, Thursday, Jan. 12, 2017. The Supreme Court on Wednesday is hearing an appeal from former Attorney General John Ashcroft, former FBI Director Robert Mueller and other former U.S. officials who want to shut down a lawsuit filed by human rights lawyers. The legal case is on behalf of Muslim men who were detained at a federal jail in Brooklyn after the Sept. 11 attacks. (AP Photo/Fareed Khan)

Supreme Court takes up suit over 2001 detention of Muslims

By MARK SHERMAN - Associated Press