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Probe Launched After Gitmo Lawyers Bare Secret CIA Pics

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(Newser) – The Justice Department is seeking to determine if military defense attorneys for Guantanamo Bay detainees broke the law protecting classified material by showing prisoners photographs of covert CIA officers and contractors, reports the Washington Post. Three lawyers apparently used the photographs in an attempt to identify potential participants in abuses at secret US-run prisons worldwide.

The photos, taken by the ACLU and the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers' John Adams Project, included shots snapped without the subjects' knowledge, sometimes outside their homes. ACLU officials deny wrongdoing, saying the Justice Department's investigation is an intimidation tactic. The photos, and government investigation, reveal how aggressively both sides are attacking the debate over alleged prisoner abuses.

Chinese ethnic Uighur Guantanamo detainees, who are cleared for release but with no country to go to, show a protest note to visiting members of the media.
Chinese ethnic Uighur Guantanamo detainees, who are cleared for release but with no country to go to, show a protest note to visiting members of the media.   (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley, Pool)
Guantanamo detainees pray before dawn near a fence of razor-wire inside the exercise yard at Camp 4 detention facility, at the Guantanamo Bay US Naval Base.
Guantanamo detainees pray before dawn near a fence of razor-wire inside the exercise yard at Camp 4 detention facility, at the Guantanamo Bay US Naval Base.   (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley, File)
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proud_prude
Aug 21, 09 1:49 AM CDT
The ACLU has every right to feel intimidated. Military defense attorneys is an oxymoron. The USA is completely controlled by our corporate masters. Our elected officials report only to them. We only are allowed to hear what we are supposed to hear. Reply
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