Attorney for man charged in terrorism plot says he was 'stripped of ...

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... identity' in jail

The attorney for a man charged with plotting to bomb a shopping mall said Wednesday his client was "stripped of his identity" while in federal custody.

Attorney Mahir Sherif said in an e-mail to The Associated Press that after Nuradin Abdi's arrest last November, he was booked into an immigration jail under the name "John Doe."

"His jailers addressed him as John Doe and any correspondence he received was addressed to John Doe," Sherif said. "His family ... and all other relatives were not allowed to see or visit with him despite their efforts to do so."
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Sherif said during the hearing that "the government took a healthy man, and what we have here is a broken man, mentally."
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