Federal judge declines to release detained former Taliban ambassador

Driving the news: Mohammad Rahim Wahidi, a lawful permanent resident in the U.S., was detained at Washington's Dulles International Airport on Saturday, according to a a petition for his release filed by his attorneys the next day.

• Wahidi's attorneys said he's being detained despite no charges having been filed against him, and alleged his Sixth and Fifth Amendment rights are being violated.
• The former Afghan diplomat, who is married to a U.S. citizen, was questioned by law enforcement about his brother-in-law, who was charged in New York with being a member of a plot to assassinate an Iranian journalist, per the petition.

Zoom in: After the petition was filed, U.S. District Judge Leonie Brinkema blocked Wahidi's release and ordered him to appear in court Monday for a hearing.

• Brinkema then declined to order his release but left in place the order barring his transfer out of the district of Virginia.
• She ordered the government to comply with the U.S. Customs and Border Protection's detention standards.

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