Timeline of the al-Marri Case

June 23, 2003: George W. Bush declared al-Marri an enemy combatant, and ordered Attorney General to turn al-Marri over to the Secretary of Defense, who was ordered to detain him. Charges are dismissed with prejudice. Al-Marri taken to a military prison in South Carolina.

June 23, 2003: defense planned to file a motion over the restrictions on al-Marri.

June 18, 2003: defense sought to suppress evidence for being illegally obtained.

May 29, 2003: al-Marri makes plea of not guilty.

May 22, 2003: Illinois grand jury indicts al-Marri on the same charges dismissed by the New York courts.

May 20, 2003: al-Marri moved back to Peoria County Jail, without his religious belonging or legal papers.

May 16, 2003: government imposes Special Administrative Measures (SAM) against al-Marri, which requires his attorneys to submit to background checks, bans all contact visits between al-Marri and his attorneys, and “suggested that the government planned to monitor attorney-client communications.” Al-Marri’s attorneys were even prohibited from delivering a Koran to him.

May 7, 2003: US attorney David Kelley, according to al-Marri’s attorney, threatened al-Marri that if he continued a plea of innocence, “the circumstances of his confinement, which were already severe, would be further aggravated.”

April 23, 2003: al-Marri’s attorneys move to dismiss indictments in New York because of conduct alleged in Illinois.

Jan. 24, 2003: al-Marri makes plea of not guilty to second indictment

Jan. 22, 2003: charged in six-count indictment with lying to the FBI and in a bank application.

Dec. 23, 2002: al-Marri arrested for lying to the FBI

Feb. 8, 2002: al-Marri makes plea of not guilty

Feb. 6, 2002: indicted for having illicit credit card numbers

Jan. 28, 2002: al-Marri arrested for unauthorized possession of "more than 15" credit-card numbers with the intent to defraud.

Jan. 2002: al-Marri moved to the Metropolitan Correctional Center in New York City.

Dec. 14, 2001: FBI agents execute search warrant at al-Marri's apartment, finding an almanac with US dams, reservoirs, waterways and railroads marked.

Dec. 12, 2001: al-Marri returned to the FBI office for questioning, and was taken into custody as a material witness.

Dec. 11, 2001: FBI agents visited al-Marri again, searched his apartment, and seized his laptop.

Oct. 2, 2001: FBI agents visit al-Marri at his apartment.

Sept. 18, 2001: Congressional joint resolution authorized force only against those who “planned, authorized, committed, or aided the terrorist attacks that occurred on September 11, 2001.”

Sept. 10, 2001: al-Marri arrives in Peoria with his wife and five children

Aug. 21, 2000: al-Marri returns to Saudi Arabia

May 26, 2000: al-Marri travels from Saudi Arabia to Chicago.

Dec. 21, 1991: al-Marri graduates from Bradley University with a bachelor’s degree in business, and then returns to Qatar.

1983: Ali al-Marri first comes to the United States.