UPDATE: The mother has backed off her claim the secret charges are directly related to the USA PATRIOT Act. The case is still sealed. MORE

The FBI is holding a 16-year-old North Carolina boy incommunicado in an undisclosed detention facility in Indiana. Details are sketchy, but the USA PATRIOT Act is being cited as a basis to hold Ashton Lundeby without any kind of public hearing. Presumably, this homeschooled student has been deemed an "enemy combatant." The available evidence indicates that the family's IP address had been hijacked to send threatening messages and the family is completely innocent. That young Lundeby is still being jailed without trial is completely outrageous.

The FBI isn't answering any questions, but you can still get in touch and give them a piece of your mind:

Federal Bureau of Investigation
Indianapolis Division

575 North Pennsylvania Street, Room 679
Indianapolis, Indiana 46204
Phone: (317) 639-3301 Fax: (317) 321-6193