United States v. Goba
U.S. District Court for the Western District of New York
240 F.Supp.2d 242 (2003)
Four U.S. citizens from Lackawanna, New York — Goba, Mosed, Taher, and Al-Bakri (defendants) — were detained pending trial after being suspected of traveling to Afghanistan in 2001 to train with al-Qaeda, allegedly receiving weapons and explosives training, undergoing anti-American indoctrination, and attending a lecture by Osama bin Laden before returning home and being arrested roughly a year later. Each defendant moved to revoke his detention order, arguing the government improperly proceeded by proffer, that their charged offense was not a "crime of violence," and that they posed no flight risk or danger to the community.
Whether the preventive detention of individuals suspected of committing acts of terrorism violates the Bail Reform Act.