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Defense Lawyers Let Inside Secret Gitmo Camp

First-ever visit to undisclosed locale 'helpful:' defense attorney

By the Associated Press

Posted Nov 20, 2008 11:34 AM CST
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(AP) – Defense lawyers were allowed for the first time into a section of the prison at Guantanamo Bay so restricted that even its location on the US base is secret. The pair of military attorneys for an alleged Sept. 11 plotter went to Camp 7 to gauge the effects of the prison-within-a-prison on a man so unstable he believes his bed shakes.

Both lawyers said they were barred from revealing what they saw on the "helpful" 90-minute tour. After being driven there in the same closed van used for prisoners to conceal the route, they viewed client Ramzi Binalshibh's cell, medical facilities, and a room where detainees can watch movies. Prisoners there have been visited by Red Cross workers before.

The sun rises over Camp Delta detention compound at Guantanamo Bay US Naval Base, in Cuba.
The sun rises over Camp Delta detention compound at Guantanamo Bay US Naval Base, in Cuba.   (AP Photo)
A Guantanamo guard watches over detainees, not pictured, in the exercise area at Camp 5 maximum-security facility.
A Guantanamo guard watches over detainees, not pictured, in the exercise area at Camp 5 maximum-security facility.   (AP Photo)
A guard tower is visible at the detention camp at Guantanamo Bay US Naval Base in Cuba.
A guard tower is visible at the detention camp at Guantanamo Bay US Naval Base in Cuba.   (AP Photo)
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Guest
Nov 22, 2008 5:45 AM CST
It's so good that some democracy has entered these Nazi-run prisons. Now, we need public accountability, a-la Democratic governments.
Guest
Nov 21, 2008 11:23 PM CST
And?

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Bush administration • War on Terror • terrorism • schizophrenia • Guantanamo Bay • lawyer • Guantanamo prisoners • Camp Seven • Ramzi Binalshibh

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