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... Abdukhadir Muse (left), presumed to be a Somali pirate involved in the attack against the Maersk Alabama (below right) back in April 2009. Muse has now been indicted ... seas or in a state's exclusive economic zone, and the attack must be for private ends. This point is emphasized in a recent case out of the 9th Circuit. In Lei Shi v ... also claimed that there was an insufficient nexus between his acts and the United States, thus offending the 5th Amendment due process clause. The court ruled that due ...