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MIAMI (AP) - The federal judge overseeing the terrorism case against Jose Padilla imposed tight restrictions Tuesday on the handling of classified material to prevent disclosure of national security secrets when classified evidence is turned over to the defense.
U.S. District Judge Marcia Cooke agreed to a prosecution motion on the information, expected to include secret FBI investigations, material provided to the United States by foreign governments and Padilla's own words from interrogations during his 3 1/2 years in military custody as an "enemy combatant."
The former Chicago gang member was once accused of plotting as an al-Qaida operative to detonate a radioactive "dirty bomb" inside the U.S., but those allegations weren't mentioned in the indictment.
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