The UKBA decided to review the decision after publicity about the case led to more information being made available and has now told Mohammad he can stay.
Lawyers for Mr. Holmes on Friday accused the government of leaking information about the package to the news media in violation of a court order limiting pretrial publicity.
The BBC then appointed veteran journalist Colin McIntyre, its former UN correspondent and chief publicity officer, as the first editor of a news and information service which was broadcast using the same method.